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VOL. VII

1907

No. I. of PART I.

ASSOCIATION

FOR THE

JOURNAL FOB, THE YEAR 1907.

* 1*S?

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT :

REV. CANON J. p. M. FFRENCH, F.R.S.A.I.
LORD WALTER FITZGERALD. Editor,
REV. E. O'LEARY, P.P.

E. R. M'CLINTOCK DIX, ESQ., Hon. Treas.
SIR EDMUND T. BEWLEY, LL.D.
PEIRCE G. MAHONY, ESQ., Cork Herald of Arms.

THE LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

To face page 1

ANTRIM.

REPORTS FROM COUNTIES

COUNTY ANTRIM

Antrim Churchyard.

'In vol. vi, and at page 189, of The Journal, the inscription on
the Rev. Peter Collingwood's tomb-slab has already appeared ; but
there is no mention made of a coat-of-arms on the slab. These
arms are to be found in a volume of Du Noyer's " Drawings "
(vol. x, p. 20) in the Royal Irish Academy, and are here repro-
duced from a copy kindly made by Mrs. Pierce G. Mahony for
The Journal.

1 The Collingwood Arms are : —

4 Argent, a chevron between three stags' heads erased sable.'

Dunluce Churchyard.

[From the Archdeacon of Dromore.]

Here lieth the body of the | Reverend David Dunkin
Rector | of Agherton and Ardclinis | Who departed
this life the 27™ of july | 1836 in the 82 year of his

AGE.

ARMAGH — CARL0W.

COUNTY ARMAGH.

[Nil.]

COUNTY CARLOW.

Clonmore Churchyard.

[From C. M. Drury.]

' The two headstones from which the following inscriptions
were copied stand side by side in the burial-ground ' : —

I. H. S.

Here lyeth the Body of

the Eeverend Nicholas

Doogan who departed

this Life ye 28th of Jany 1767

Aged 40 yrs May he rest

in peace. Amen.

Here lieth ye body of ye Revd
Patrick Eoffeter who died 9th
Aug* 1771. Aged 52 years.
May he rest in peace Amen.

Tinnaclash Graveyard.

[From C. M. Drury.] ,

Erected by [the members]

of [Tynock B S] in memory of

the honest and patriotic John Cherry

who died Jany 15th 1861 aged 52 years

Have pity on me have pity on me

at least you my friends, for the hand of

the Lord hath touched me Job xixc 21 vrs

Blessed are the merciful
for they shall obtain mercy Math 5° 7 vrs

3 CARLOW.

The [black sheep] of this [parish] know that

Im lying here, they may [vote] as they please

for they have no one to fear,

Im Consigned like all mankind

To my last home my mission is ended

I now cease to roam

Requiescant in pace Amen.

' The B. S. in the above inscription stands for " Book Society."
The words between brackets were defaced by direction of Father
Nolan, so as not to offend the feelings of any class ; but John
Magrath, a very old man, aged ninety- four, was able to tell me what
the obliterated words were.

1 The old people about here all remember poor John Cherry,
"a low-set, hardy stump of a man," who "was disturbed in his
mind." Winter or summer he never wore shoes. He had no
home, but lived on the bounty of the countryside, the farmers of
Tinnock having been particularly kind to him. From what I am
told by different old men, I think he must have had some acquaint-
ance with Daniel O'Connell. Perhaps he attracted the attention of
the Liberator, when he held his great meetings at Baltinglass and
Mullaghmast. At elections he used to abuse the Conservative
voters, hence the allusion in the inscription. He was found
dead by the roadside, about half-way between Tinnaclash and
Hacketstown.

Here lieth the Body of the Eevd Daniel

Murphy Parifh Prieft of Rathvilly 52

years who. Departed this Life the 5th of

December 1798 aged 102 years.

Requiescant in pace Amen.

IHS

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO

Here lieth the remains of

Rev Patk Moore P.P. of Rathvilly

who depd this life 3d April 1839

Aged 73 years

' Father Murphy lived in Tinnock, where Mr. Kane now lives.
His immediate successor was Father Moore, who died at Barraderry
House. Next in order came Father Gahan, and he was followed by
Father Nolan.

* Tinnock Chapel was built in 1828 ; and, after that time, the
old chapel at Tinnaclash, no longer needed for its original purpose,

CAVAN.

was used for the National School, until about thirty years ago, when
the present schoolhouse was built. Some of the stones in the
old chapel walls, after it had been allowed to go to ruin, were used
to repair the wall of the graveyard, and there is now little left to
show where it stood.'

COUNTY CAVAN.

Ball yconnell Cliurcli, Parish of Tomreg'an.

[From Rev. H. B. Swanzy, Newry.]

1 The following inscription, from a monument on the south wall
of Ballyconnell Church, was kindly copied by Surgeon-General
S. B. Roe, c.b., now of Ballyconnell House' : —

Erected

Robert William Story

Third Son of the Revd Joseph Story

Of Bingfield In this County

To The Memory Of His Beloved Wife

Sarah Ainsworth Story

Youngest Daughter of John Enery Esq1'6

Of Ballyconnell House In This Parish

Who Departed This Life At Carlisle In Cumberland

9th December 1829 Mt&t 33

Deeply Lamented

Her Mortal Remains Lie Interred In The

Cathedral Burying Ground Of That City

Quis Desiderio Pudor Aut Modus Tarn Cari Capitis

' Mrs. Story was daughter of John Enery, of Bawnboy, and
afterwards of Ballyconnell, High Sheriff, Co. Cavan, 1796, and
Co. Kilkenny, 1800, Lieut. -Colonel Kilkenny Militia (by Sarah
Ainsworth Blunt, his wife), son of John Enery, of Bawnboy, High
Sheriff, Co. Cavan, 1759, Co. Longford, 1760, and Co. Fermanagh,
1764 (by Margaret, sister of Sir John Hamilton, Bart., and only
daughter of William Hamilton, of Dunnemana, Co. Tyrone, m.p. for
Strabane, by Catherine, sister of George Leslie-Montgomery, m.p., of
Ballyconnell). The Ballyconnell estate eventually came to the
Enery family through the last-mentioned marriage.'

O CAVAN.

Belturbet Chureh.

[From the Rev. H. B. Swanzy, Newry.]

' I have found among the manuscripts of the late Rev. W.
Reynell the following copy of an inscription on a tablet in Belturbet
Church, noted by him on 24th February, 1864. It may be of
interest as perpetuating the memory of a descendant of Bishop
Bedell ' :—

Near to this stone lies the Body of Bedell Howard
Stanford, Esqr, Who departed this life the 11th day of
March, in the year of our Lord 1776, and in the 56th year
of his age. He was a man of virtue and integrity — A
steady friend and tender husband. This Monument
was Erected by Elizabeth Stanford, Relict of the
deceased, being the only remaining proof she could give
of her grateful respect to his Memory.

1 Arms : Azure, three bars argent, on a chief indented a hand
holding a dagger erect.

' Bedell Howard Stanford, of Cam, Belturbet, High Sheriff
Co. Monaghan, 1754, and Co. Cavan, 1768, j.p. Co. Cavan, 19th May,
1759, was second, but eldest surviving, son of Capt. John Stanford,
of Belturbet, j.p., High Sheriff Co. Cavan 1734, b.a., Trin. Coll.,
Dublin, 1706, by his marriage (Kilmore licence, 22nd Nov., 1707)
with Elinor, eldest of the three daughters of Major Daniel French,
j.p., of Belturbet, High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1690, by Isabella, youngest
daughter of the Rev. William Bedell, Vicar of Kinawley, Co. Cavan,
1634-7, and Rector of Rattlesden, Suffolk, 1644-70, eldest son of
the famous William Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore, 1629-42. (See
" The Life and Death of Bishop Bedell," edited by T. W. Jones,
Camden Society, 1872, pp. 195 and 259.) Cam descended to the
Stanfords through the French family from Bishop Bedell's younger
son, Ambrose Bedell, of Cam, j.p., High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1668.

1 Bedell H. Stanford married Elizabeth, sister of David Jones,
of Bensfort, Co. Meath, High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1763, and eldest
daughter of John Jones, of Belturbet, High Sheriff Co. Cavan,
1730, by his wife, sister of Benjamin Copeland, of Bensfort, High
Sheriff Co. Meath, 1751. She died 1798, leaving her property to
her own relations.

' B. H. Stanford was succeeded in the representation of his
family by his younger brother Daniel Stanford, of Dominick Street,
Dublin, Attorney-at-Law, who by Mary Richardson, his wife, had,
with other children (of whom Elinor married, 1796, Francis
Eastwood, and Isabella married at Wexford, 23rd April, 1789, John
Brownrigg, ll.d., Barrister-at-Law, of York Street, Dublin), a son,
John Sanford, of Cam, High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1789, whose
descendants are the present representatives of the celebrated
William Bedell.'

CLARE. b

Drung' Churchyard.

[From R. Hope, Esq., Cavan.]

1 In this old churchyard there is a curious monument to the
Reilly family, which bears a coat-of-arms, viz.' : —

' Argent, on a mount vert, an oak-tree with a snake descending
the trunk proper, supported by two lions rampant gules.

' Below the arms is the motto : — " Fortitudine & Prudentia."

1 Then follows the inscription, which reads ' : —

This Monument was erected 1763
By the RevnD Doctor John Reilly

M — Luke & Philip Reilly in

Memory of their father Capt
Owen Reilly who died May

18th 1723 AGED 52 YEARS

n.b. said Luke paid the whole cost
of this tomb himself, anno 1770.

COUNTY CLARE.

]>romcliffe Churchyard, near Enni§.

[From Alfred Molony.]

' On a tombstone a little to the north-west of the ruined
church ' : —

Sacred

to the Memory of

Michael Greene Esq of Ennis

Solicitor

who departed this life

on the 19th day of November 1837

Also to the memory of his Widow

Jane Greene

who died on the 17th day of June 1854

Henry Greene

Died 9th November 1869

1 Michael Greene was a younger brother of William Greene,
Solicitor, of Ennis (" Bumbo "), about whom, andhis witty sayings,
so many droll stories are still told in Clare. Mrs. Jane Greene was
daughter of Chartres Brew, of Applevale (see vol. v, page 316).

[To face "page 6.

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THE REILLY COAT-OF-ARMS, FROM THEIR MONUMENT
IN THE CHURCHYARD AT DRUNG.

[From a rubbing by R. Hope, Esq.]

CORK.

Henry Greene (only surviving son of Michael and Jane Greene)
lived at Brookville, near Ennis, and was Sub-Sheriff of Clare for
several years.'

' On a tombstone adjoining the foregoing one ' : —

Sacred

to the memory of

John Trousdell Esqr Solicitor

Bindon Street Ennis died 24 April 1843

Aged 39 years

This tomb is erected by his bereaved widow

as a trifling monument of her affection for him

And for her Dearly loved Child

William Greene Trousdell

who died 3rd May 1861

Aged 20 years

Whatsoever ye do in word or deed do all in the

name of the Lord Jesus. 3rd Collossians 17th Verse

Neither is there Salvation in any other for there is none

other name under Heaven given among men whereby

we must be saved. 4th Acts 12th Verse

' John Trousdell was a nephew of the above-mentioned Michael
and William Greene, and was in partnership with the latter,'

COUNTY CORK.

Agrlisliclrinag-li ( liu idi.ru r<l.

[From Colonel Grove White.]

In memory of | Mary Burrowes Hut-chins | daughter of |
Samuel Hutchins of Fortlands Esq and Mary Burrowes
his second wife | who died at Fortlands, Feb 25th 1853 j
in her ? year. Blessed are the pure in heart for they
shall see God.
Flat slab.'

CORK. 8

1 Upright stone.'

1 The Castle Harrison vault was built by Henry Harrison, of
Castle Harrison, who was known as the " Commissioner." He was
Commissioner of Customs in Ireland about 1710. On the top of this
vault is an altar-tomb to some member of the Harrison family, but
I cannot read the inscription.

' I understand that this churchyard is the private property of
Colonel Harrison, of Castle Harrison. It is only a short distance
from Castle Harrison, and lies about 3£ miles (south-west by west)
from Charleville.'

Kiilii iillane Churchyard.

[ From James Buckley.]

' This parish is situate between two and three miles to the
west of Mitchelstown, and, for the most part, lies in the Barony of
Condons and Clongibbons. A considerable portion of the very
interesting and somewhat uncommon ancient church still exists.
The inscriptions here are comparatively modern, and the oldest but
one records the death of a centenarian.'

IHS
Here Lies ye Body of Catherine Condon who died March
ye 31st 1768 Aged 34 years Eequiescat in Pace

IH S
lam8 Lyne Honora Lyne

9 CORK.

IHS

IHS

This Stone Was Erected By Andrew Casey In Memory
of His Wife Catherine Condon Who Died ye 10th Octobr
1778 Aged 24 Years May She rest in Peace

IHS

Erected by David Tobin of Cloughlefin in Memory of
his Daughter Mary Tobin Departed this Life October 7th,
1837 Aged 17 years.

IHS

Erected by John Tobin of Cloughlefin in Memory of his
Brother Martin Tobin who depd this life Sep* 15th 1841
Aged 29 yrs.

1 The following particulars of a most appalling occurrence in the
townland of Furrough, near Kilbehenny. some four miles east of
Mitchelstown, are taken from The Dublin Evening Post of the
17th February, 1816':—

"Mitchelstown, Feb 12 : A most melancholy event took place
yesterday morning near this town. A farmer of some respectability
in the neighbourhood, whose daughter was married the previous
night, invited a number of his friends, &c, to the wedding. After
supper all the young people retired to a large barn to dance. There
was a fire in the barn, as the night was cold ; and, after they had
been dancing for some time, they wished to have the fire extin-
guished, when one of the young men went into the dwelling-house
for some water, and seeing a large jug full of water, as he supposed

CORK. 10

(but it proved to be spirits), brought it into the barn and threw it on
the fire. The barn immediately took fire, as it had no chimney ;
before the door, which was locked, could be opened, dreadful to
relate, a number of them were burned to ashes ! and such as found
their way out were miserably scorched. Sixteen have been already
interred, and about twice that number are despaired of : among
the latter number is the bride — the bridegroom is severely scorched,
but he will recover. A young gentleman who has just come from the
melancholy scene says he never saw so dreadful a sight — men and
women lying on the outside of the ruins so disfigured that their
parents even could not recognize them ! ! The uncle of the young
man who was married and his daughter are among the dead. They
have not got all the bodies from under the ruins yet, but from every
account it is supposed that about 20 persons were burned to death."

Cork Mercantile Chronicle. — ' Further particulars of the melan-
choly effects of the fire at Mitchelstown, mentioned in The Dublin
Evening Post of 17th inst.' : —

"Mitchelstown, Feb. 14: Since my last I have learned the
following particulars. I omitted to inform you that the name of the
farmer was Chamberlaine ; his young son, a man of the name of
Bronogue, his eldest son and daughter, with two more of that name ;
a young man of the name of Noonan, an only son ; a young woman
of the name of Cavenagh ; two young sisters of the name of Clancy ;
and two more females of the name of Mahony, one of whom was to
have been married on the Sunday following, were burned to ashes.
Several beggars, who generally attend at country weddings, were
also burned. I Imve just heard that four persons who were injured
by the fire have died in consequence. I understand that there are no
hopes of the recovery of four more. A poor blind female fiddler lost
her life : her little daughter who was an attendant on her made her
escape, but was very much injured. From the appearance of the ruins
and the bones found it is generally conjectured that from 25 to 30
have perished, besides those who have died since. It is impossible
to describe the state of distraction of the parents and relatives in
endeavouring to discover some remnant of the remains of the
unfortunate sufferers."

' The ashes of the girls Mahony, whose relatives still reside in the
locality, were conveyed thither for interment ; and two large head-
stones, bearing the following inscriptions, were raised, side by side,
to their memory ' : —

William Mahoney of Ballylought Erected this in Memory
of his Daughter Margaret who diedFeby 11th 1816 Aged
20 y" May her foul Rest in peace Am11.

11 CORK.

IHS

Erected by William Mahoney of Ballylough in Memory
of his daughter Mary Mahoney She died Febry 11th 1816
aged 22 yrs May she rest in peace amen

Killeag-li Churchyard.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

* The graveyard at Killeagh, County Cork, lies close beside the
Killeagh Eailway Station on the Cork and Youghal line. The
Protestant church of Killeagh, a plain but neat structure, stands
on the north side of this graveyard, which is somewhat better kept
than some of the neighbouring ones. Owing to the rather large
number of headstones and table-tombs, it presents a more symme-
trical and finished aspect than is usual in Co. Cork rural church-
yards, and the inscriptions on many of the older headstones are
still quite legible. The following is a selection of the inscriptions
in Killeagh Churchyard, want of time preventing me from copying
the remainder, where legible ' : —

Erected | by John Hillgrove in Mem | ory of his Wife
Margaret | Hillgrove alias McCarthy | who departed thi
life October the 23rd 1822 aged 71 years.

Erected | by John Bride in memory of his | Wife
Hanorah Smiddy who died | March 11th 1810 | aged 70
years

* Table-tomb ' :—

Sacred to the memory of Thoma3 | Benger late of
Glenane More [?] | Departed this life the 20th day | of
July 1773

CORK. 12

'Table-tomb' :—

Here lieth the Body of | Patrick Joyce who | deceased
October the 7th 1778 | Aged 60 years

Table-tomb ' : —

Tumulus Alain Greatrakes, 1766 | nee nos reliquit
antecessit | tandem libertandum cujus tandem [?]
aeternus

' At the base of a lofty Celtic cross, forming the most conspicuous
monument here, is inscribed ' : —

Erected by his Fellow Countrymen

To the memory of

Timothy Daly of Midleton

who fell fighting for his

Country's Independence in Castlemartyr

on the night of the 6th of March 1867

in the 34th year of his age

BIP

God Save Ireland

Table-tomb ' :—

1 Table-tomb, inscription facing west ' : —

Here lyeth the Body of | Patrick Bellew who | departed
this life | the 7th Day of October 1718 | aged . . .
years

This Stone was erected by Mary Morress in Memory |
of her husband William | Ahern who Depd | this life
the 15th of August 1787 | Aged 33 years

CORK.

Here | lies the Body of Thomas | Doyle who departed
this life | Sep 5th 1813 aged | 70 years

1 Cross ' : —

Mog*eely Churchyard.

[From Mr. James Coleman.]

' Mogeely graveyard is about three minutes' walk north of the
railway station of that name, and two miles nearer Cork than
Killeagh. A large addition to this graveyard has recently been made,
and the old part, in which a considerable portion of the old pre-
Reformation Church still stands, with a two-light lancet window
intact on its eastern wall, is no longer in the disgraceful condition
it presented a few years back. The following three inscriptions are
from graves within the old church walls, the remainder being from
those outside ' : —

1 Table-tomb ' :—

€0RK. 14

Table-tomb '

Here lyeth the body of George B.ttally who depa I rted
this life . . . 1701

Erected by William Forreh [?] in me | mory of his son
Eich | ard who died Feby the | 11th 1704 aged 21 years

Here lyeth | the Body of | Robert Colbort | who
departed this life February the 22d 1756 Aged 56 years.

Here | lyeth the Body of | William Quirk who
departed this life | June the 13th 1768 Aged 34 years
This stone was erected by I his wife.

i Celtic cross, on base at back ' : —

This Celtic Cross and railing have been erected | by the
Most Rev. Dr Fitzgerald | in memory of his beloved
relatives |

* In front ' : —

On table-tomb extending from the above ' : —

This | is the burial place of | Simon Keane & family |
He departed this life | the 17th day of Feby 1798 aged
67 years

1»5 CORK.

Table-tomb ' : —

' Surmounted by a sort of spire, or pinnacle, is the following
inscription, for the ungrammatical portions of which the stonecutter
is, doubtless, partly responsible ' : —

A fond regret thy sudden flight deplore
And o'er thy grave affection shed her store
Yet hope survive triumphant o'er thy tomb
Thy bliss to share in a celestial home

His widow and children dedicate this | monument to
his memory | and as a mark of their burial place

Table-tomb': —

1 At the north-west corner of the graveyard stands the Catholic
church of the village — one of the ugly, old-fashioned chapels now
being gradually superseded by more becoming structures, such as
those at Killeagh, Carrigtwohill, and Midleton. In the space in
front, just outside the western wall of the graveyard, are four
separate table-tombs inscribed thus ! : —

Sacred to the memory of the | Rev Michael Hanagan |
late PP of Mogeela | who died July 16th 1852 J Aged 51
years | Erected as an enduring memorial by his sorrow-
ing relatives.

CORK. 16

Sacred to the memory of the | Eev. Edmond Ahernr
E C C of Imogeela | who departed this life May 1, 1856 in
the 50th year of his age | and. 20th of his sacred ministry |
This tomb has been erected by his sorrowfull friends

monanimy Churchyard.

[From James Buckley.]

' Not a vestige of the ancient church survives— a circumstance,
perhaps, unprecedented in this country. Some ruins existed a
century and a half since, according to Smith's A. and P. State of
County and City of Cork. A modern Protestant church, in the
erection of which the old church was probably utilised, stood here,
but was taken down about fifteen years ago. The late Eev.
Richard Ahern, the Parish Priest, acquired the pews, and had them
installed in Annakissy Church, where they are now in use.

' After a close inspection of most of the headstones in this
cemetery, the one bearing the oldest and most interesting
inscription I could find, was erected to a father of the flock. The
inscription appears in no fewer than three different languages —
English, Latin, and Irish — and is probably unique ' : —

IHS

Here lieth the bodt

of the Eevd Danl Kelhr

^^ pp of m0inaimny

who died febry ye 20th

1751 aged 56 year

requiescat in pace

(' Then follow two lines in Irish characters.')

17 CORK.

IHS

Here lieth the Body I of the Kevd Jam8 Roche | P P ot
Monanimny Who | Died Febr the 26. 1777 | Aged 68
years | Eequiescat in Pace Amen.

I H S

IHS

Here Lyeth The Body of Richard Nagle Who Departed
this Life the 21 Day of Sepber 1761 Aged 80 years And
his Wife Ellen Nagle Departed the 4 Day of Februry
1757 aged 80 years.

IHS

Memento Mori Here Lies The Body of Elizabeth
Higgins Wife to David Magner Who Depard This Life
April the 18th 1797 Aged 42 years He caused This Stone
to Be Erected For Him And Family May 'She rest in
Peace

IHS

Erected by James Magner in memory of his fon
Edmond who died in 1798 aged 19 yrs also his
daughter Aliza who died 31st Jany 1822 aged 35 yrs
May they rest in peace Amen.

CORK. 18

Erected by James Magner of Kilquain in memory of his
Uncle Patrick Magner who departed life Aug8t 31. 1859
Aged 58 yr8 & also his Brother Son Denis who Departed
Augst 26. 1859 aged 23 yr8 May their Souls rest in Peace
Amen.

' This stone is neatly executed, but rather frail. It is at present
cast down, but very little injured. Hence this record of it.'

IHS

Timothy Eiely erected this in memory of his Son Daniel
who died Decbr the 1st 1801 aged 33 years May he rest
in peace Amen.

Jeremh Riely erected this in memory of his Son Iohn
Riely who died June 20th 1812 ag'd 18 yrs Alio John
Riely son to Den8 Reily died March lft 1831 Ag'd 6 y"
May their fouls r ft in peace amen. This stone and
ground is Regeftered.

Here lieth the Body of Joan Hogan Wh° Departed This
Life 16th February 1762 Aged 40 years

Here lieth the Body of Daniel Linihane Who Dec(l
September 1766 Aged 78 Years Also Joan Linihane his
Wife Who Deed June 21. 1766 Aged 61 yrs

+
IHS
Here lies the Body of John Linnihan who did April
1793 A 84 Also the Fam Burying Place

Mensal slab ' : —

Erected in Memory of Daniel Linehan of Mount Nagle
who died Octbr 25th 1830 aged 86 yrs Also to his son
Denis who died 28th of Novbr 1796 aged 17 yr9 And of
his wife Ellen who -died 20th of April" 1812 aged 60 yrs

IHS

Lyeth

Here the Body of James Sullivan Who Died Septem1

the 18. 1778 agd 21 yrs. May he rest in Peace Amen

19 DONEGAL — DOWN.

IHS
Erected by Tho8 Lane in memory of his Father Iermh
Lane Decd Ianry 17th 1794 Aged 69 yrs May he rest in
peace Amen

+
IHS
Here lies the body of David Madden the son of William
of Kilmacom and the Husband of Margaret Rea he was A
dutiful son and affectionate brother father and Husband
and an honest well conducted man he died Novembr
the 25th 1821 aged 48 yer May his soul rest in peace

COUNTY DONEGAL

[Nil.]

COUNTY DOWN.

ttallig-g-an Church, Parish of I nisharg y.

[From the Archdeacon of Dromore.]

1 Stone in gable ' : —

B. T.

A. D. 1704.

Monument ' : —

[Arms]
Vita et Morte Triumphans

DOWN. 20

IfiaiilH'id;; v. Old Pre§»yterian Churchyard, Parish of
Seauatrick.

[From Captain R. Linn, Christchurch, New Zealand.]
N° W 336.

HERE LIETH THE BODY

OF THOs SHIELDS WHO

DIED 15th MARCH 1796

AGED 65 YEARS

In memory of

Henry Wallace

of Banbridge who died 20 September 1806

also his son James who died August 1798

aged 6 years

Downnatrick Cathedral Burial-ground (old part).
South-West Corner.

[From Major R. R. S. Crookshank.]

Here lieth

interd the body of S1'

Charles devick who served

as Captain in the regiment

of Coilonel Antheny hamilton in

this Kingdom and dyed in down

patrick the 17th of March 1688

21 DOWN.

' An ordinary style tombstone — granite — somewhat sunk in the
ground, lying near south-west corner of old graveyard.

1 Sir Charles de Vic appears to have served from 167$- 1677 as
Ensign in Captain Koderick Maunsell's Company in Regiment of
Guards in Ireland. He was Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of
Guards, 1678. From 1680 to 1686 he commanded a company in
Sir William King's Regiment of Foot (stationed in Galway),
afterwards (1685) commanded by Colonel Theodore Russell, which
regiment was stationed in Derry in 1686. This is all the informa-
tion I have about Sir Charles de Vic. He was probably the son
of Sir Harry de Vic, a staunch Royalist, living in 1651-4. In
1686, Anthony Hamilton, mentioned in above inscription, was
Lieutenant-Colonel in Sir Thomas Newcomen's Regiment.'

Downpati icl* Churchyard.

[From Edward Parkinson and Dr. F. C. Crossle.]

Sacred

To the memory of

John Wyatt Lee Esq

of London

who died at Downpatrick 2 April 1833

Aged 48 years.

Oh, if English or native you chance to draw near

Know a stranger in Ireland hath made his tomb here

Think not though from all he loved best far away

The Englishman found him alone in that day

When the tired wheels of nature refusing to move

He felt he must die far from home and his love

Ah no ; all around him contented to share

The duties a wife would have paid to him there

For the sons and the daughters of Erin well know

From their own soft emotions to feel others woe

And the Spirits of Friends which from England had flown

Found fit temples of grief in the kind hearts of Down.

Long hl» rick la n <1 Churchy aril. Parish of" Ag-haderg*

[From Captain R. Linn, Christchurch, New Zealand.]

Here Lyeth the Body
of William Waddle of Ouly
Who departed this life the

20h day of Deem 1740

in the 60 year of his

DOWN. 22

Here lyeth the Body of Cap* Edward

Taylor who departed ye 14h May 1706

in ye 60 year of his age

The Glorious actions of ye just
Smell sweet & blossom in ye dust

+
IHS
ERECTED BY
JOHN DUFFY
FOR HIM AND
HIS POSTERI
TY

AD 1789

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF

.... McDOWELL OF LOUGHBRICK

LAND WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 5th

MAY 1739 IN THE *40 YEAR

HERE • UNDERNEATH •
THIS • STONE • LIETH • THE • BO
DY • OF • JOHN • DICKSON • W-
HO • DEPARTED • OVT OF ■ TH-
IS • MORTAL • LIFE • THE • TWE-
NTY • SEVENTH • DAY • OF • FE-
BRUARY • IN • THE • YEAR OF •
OVR • REDEMPTION • 1703 ■
AGED • 38 • YEARS •

HERE • LYES ■ YE • BODY • OF JAMES

TODD • WHO • DYED • YE • 13th OF

DECEMBER • 1704 ■ IN • YE • 58 • YEAR

OF • HIS • AGE

HERE • LYETH • YE • BODY • OF • ROBERT

TODD • SON • OF • JAMES ■ TODD • OF • BALLY

NESKEAGH ■ WHO • DEPARTED THIS LIFE

MARCH • YE ■ 17th • 1728 • AGED XX

Remember Death

Here lyeth the Body of

James Wallace of Brickland

Merc* who departed this life

the 19 of May 1763 aged 63 years

28 DOWN.

This is the place of interment of
James & John Nesbitt of
Emdell and their ancestors since the
year 1600

Magrlieraclrool Churchyard.

[From E. R. M'C. Dix.]

Here lieth the Body of | Robert Buckley of Bally | kine
who departed this | life the 2nd December 1791 | Aged
71 years.

+
Here Lyeth the | Body of Manus | McCaherty who De
Parted This Life | The 14th Day of Nobr | 1740.

Here lyeth Intared [sic] the Body of Christo1 Barr cenor
[sic] of Burren Who Departed | This life on the 13th
day of June in the | year of our Lord 1797 Aged 66
years.

Here lieth the Body of Richard Cordner | of Ballyna-
hinch Who Departed this Life | June the 9th 1798
Aged 48 years.

DUBLIN. 24

COUNTY DUBLIN

Balrtoyle Oltl Cliui'cliyar<l.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

Here lyeth the Body of [ John Dundas who depa | rted
this life Feby ye. 5th | 1737 | aged 85 | Alcey (?) Goss
erected this & Patk Goss.

I.H.S. & hour-glass.
Here lyeth the Bod | y of James Goss | who depar | ted
this life ye 5th day | of June 1723.

1 These are the only three stones about the old ruin on which
anything can be read ; there are several others ; some appear to be
broken, and some show very little above the ground, and have
no appearance of any inscription or carving.'

Clogrlu'an Cliui'cli.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

' On a handsome mural tablet over the Communion Table ' : —

Near this Spot rest the Mortal remains of
Sir Hy Wilkinson of Corballis in this Parish
who departed this life A.D. 1831, Aged 79.
And Elizath his beloved Wife A.D. 1826 Aged 72
Also J. S. Anna Liddiard their Daughter
Wife of the Eevd Wm Liddiard of Augburn, Wilts.
Also H. Y. Wilkinson her Grandchild.

Jesus is the Besurrection and the Life. John 11 24-5.

' There is another tablet, but a partition has been put across
the middle of it; it is evidently much older. The name Doherty
appears on it.'

25 DUBLIN

< ru in I in. St. Mary's Clnireliyartl.

[From Captain G. S. Cary.]

Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth widow of the late
Commander Thomas Strange Royal Navy who died
18th March 1854 and also to Mary younger daughter of
the above who died 27th January 1891. At rest together.

I»u him Trinity College.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald, 1906.]

' At the back of the College Chapel, in a very small railed-in
enclosure, are placed the sepulchral monuments removed from the
interior of the old chapel when it was rebuilt in 1798. They
consist of a recumbent effigy, three flat slabs, two slabs fixed in the
wall, and a mural monument.

' The flat slabs bear the following inscriptions ' : —

Pl^ MEMORISE SACRUM ElCARDI BALDWIN, S.T.P.

a.d. 1758.

'Of Richard Baldwin's parentage practically nothing is known.
A handsome marble monument to him exists in the College Theatre.
He is represented reclining in classic costume, with two females
"bending over him, one of whom represents Fame. This statuary
was executed in Rome by a Dublin man named Hewetson.'

~PlM MEMORISE SACRUM GULIELMI TEMPLE, L.L.D.

ARMIGERI I HUJUSCE CoLLEGII PROPOSITI A.D. 1609, |
ATQUE ALIORUM QUORUM RELIQUIAE | SUB ANTIQUO SACELLO

sepult^ | in hoc coemeterium translate fuere |
Anno Domini 1799.

' Sir William Temple was knighted in 1622. He was the son of
Anthony, younger son of Peter Temple, of Derset, in Warwickshire.
He was elected Provost on 14th November, 1609; and represented
the College in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 till his
death on the 15th January, 1627, aged about 72 years. His wife
was Martha, daughter of Robert Harrison, of a Derbyshire family,
by whom he had two sons and three daughters. ( Vide Dictionary
of National Biography.)'

DUBLIN. 26

Pl,E MEMORISE SACRUM | FrANCISCI ANDREWS LL.D. |
HUJUSCE COLLEGII ALUMNI SoCII | & TANDEM PROPOSITI |

Cujus beneficio Observatorium | Astronomicum CON-

DITUM ATQUE IN | PERPETUUM CONSTITUTUM FUIT. | In
PR^POSITURAM ELECTUS FUIT A.D. 1758. | ObUT DIE
12 JUNII AD 1774

' The recumbent effigy is that of Dr. Luke Challoner, one of the
principal movers in the establishment of Trinity College. His
effigy is carved in alabaster, but it has suffered to such an extent
from exposure to the weather that it is barely distinguishable ; it
rests on a limestone box-tomb, and at one end are the remains of a
shield in alabaster, for armorial bearings, also in a sadly decayed
state.'

' A Funeral Entry in Ulster's Office thus records his death' : —

Luke Challoner D : of Divinitie dec : 27 Aprell 1613.

He was the first mover & the earnest solicitour for the

buildinge & foundinge of Trinitie Colledge by Dublin •

where he lieth buried with this Epitaph —

Conditur hoc tumulo Challoneri triste cadaver,

Cuius ope et precibus conditur ista domus.

His first wife was Rose dr* of Walter Ball of Dublin,

Alderman Maoir, by whom he had divers children

that died before him, Except Phoebe his dr* now li-

vinge. His second wife (now widow) was Elizabeth

dr* of Christopher Percevall, by whom he had noe issue.*

• The inscription given in this Funeral Entry is not now visible
on the tomb ; but on one of the sides has been cut in recent
times ' : —

' We now come to the mural slabs and monument, the latter
erected to the memory of Dr. George Browne, who died in 1699.
The slab to the left is thus inscribed ' : —

KATAPA E2TI MH AIIO0A-

NEINt

* It was accidentally stumbling across this Funeral Entry that first drew my
attention to the existence of these sepulchral monuments in Trinity College.
f I.e., " It is an accursed thing not to die."

27 DUBLIN.

Dixit . Epictetus, credidit
Johannes . Stearne

M. & J. U. D. COLLEGII. 8. S. InDIV.

Trinitatis . Dublin . Socius . Senior . Collegii

MeDICORU . IBIDEM . PRAESES . PRIMUS . QUI . NAT-

-us . fuit . Arbracile . xxvi . Novemb : 1624
Denatus . Dublinii . xvm . Novemb I 1669, CUIUS

ExUVLE . OLIM . RESUMEND.E . HIC . DEPOSITS SUNT.

Philosophus Medicus sumusq. Theologus IDEM,

Sternius hac, nullus jam requiescit humo

Scilicet ut regnet, natura quod edidit unum

Dividit in partes mors inimica duas,

Sed modo divius [sic-] coalescet Sternius atque

IBIT AB EXTREMO, TOTUS IN ASTRA, DIE.

1 In the top left corner of the slab is a coat-of-arms, viz. —
Sterne impaling Ryves : — " Three crosses fleurie, two and one," for
Sterne. "On a band three lozenges," for Ryves.'

' John Stearne (or Sterne) was born on the 26th November,
1624, at Ardbraccan, County Meath, in the Episcopal Palace of his
grand-uncle, James Ussher, Bishop of Meath. His father was John
Sterne, of Cambridge, who settled in the County Down ; and his
mother was Mabel Bermingham, a niece of Primate Ussher's.
John Stearne's wife was Dorothy, daughter of Charles Ryves, by
whom he had three daughters, and a son also named John, who
was afterwards Bishop of Clogher. The epitaph on his tomb was
composed by his friend Henry Dodwell the elder. (Vide Dictionary
of National Biography.)'

1 The large mural monument with Corinthian columns was
erected to the memory of Dr. George Browne, another of the
Provosts of Trinity College. The inscription is very hard to decipher,
as, in addition to being cut on a black slab, the letters have
been filled in with a black composition, making them almost
illegible ; however, with perseverance, and the assistance of Sir
Edmund T. Bewley in doubtful words, it can be made out as given
below ' : —

P. M. S.

Reverendi admodum viri, Georgii Browne, S.T.P.

Alumni Socii et tandem Propositi hujus Collegii

Qui rem literariam Ingenio Diligentia aliorum Institutione

Per triginta annorum spatium Promovit.

M&es has dimidio sua parte auctiores Amplificavit pecunia

partim a Regni ordinibus Impetrata partim suo Ipsius

DUBLIN. 28

Testamento le^ata. Quod foeliciter Inchohavit alter

Perficiendum Eeliquit

Qui charitate in pauperes studio in bene meritos

Benignitate erga omnes tantum profecit

Ut solus etiam inter bonos optimi Prsesidis partes

Implevisse videretur.

Quern vivum viventes Colebant Mortuum mirabuntur posteri.

Monumentum hoc, Publicis Collegii sumptibus extructum,

Propositus et Socii Seniores poni Curavere.

OBIIT

Quinquagenarius Die Quarto Junii Dominica Trinitatis

Anno Dom.

1699.

' Translation ' : —

Sacred to the revered memory of

The Very Keverend George Browne, Doctor of Divinity,

Student, Fellow, and eventually Provost of this College,

Who advanced the Study of Letters by his talents, his

Steady application, and his instruction of others, for the

space of thirty years.

These buildings, augmented to the extent of one half,

he enlarged with money partly obtained from the several classes

throughout the Kingdom, and partly bequeathed by his own Will.

What he so happily commenced he left to another to finish.

He was so conspicuous for his charity to the poor, his

good-will towards the deserving, and his kindness

towards all, that amongst many who were good he

alone seemed to have fully discharged the duties of an

excellent ruler

His contemporaries esteemed him while living, and posterity

will look back with admiration on him though dead.

This monument, erected at the public expense of the College,

the Provost and Senior Fellows have set up.

He died

At the age of fifty years, on the fourth day of June

— Trinity Sunday — in year of our Lord

1699*

' On the' right hand side of the large mural monument is the
Seele slab, in the left top corner of which is a coat-of-arms.

* The translation was kindly supplied by Sir Edmund T. Bewley.

runs

29 DUBLIN,

A fess engrailed between three whelk-shells.* The inscription

P. M. S.
THOMiE SEELE, S.T.D.

HUIUSCE COLLEGII

DIGNISSIMI PBiESIDIS

ET INSTAURATORIS

QUI OBIIT FEB. II

ANNO DOMINI MDCLXXIV

yETATIS SU.E LXIII

NlJPER AB EXILIC- CUM PRINCIPE ReGNA REDIBANT,

Et posuere suas Pr^lia lassa MINAS.
His solis deerant tam publica commoda tectis.

Exilium Ars passa est, Exiliumque Fides.
Pr^posuit Seelum Carolus; quo preside Mus^e

Proscript^: veteres incoluere Lares.
Tecta chalonerus pia condidit; obruta Seelus

Instauravit; erat forte creasse minus.

Magna viri doctrina, modestia magna, ruberet

Si sua perlegeret carmine ivsta, cinis.

CONVENIT URNA EOCO DEBEBATURQUE SaCELLO :
NON ALIO STERNI PULVERE TEMPLA DECET.

Diimnag li or tlie Blue Bell €ri*aveyai*<l.

[From J. R. Fowler.]

' All that now remains of the church is the west gable, contain-
ing a pointed door, and a window of the usual Norman type, and a
fragment of the east end. The sides of the window mentioned
above are composed of single pieces of stone. That of the north
side had fallen slantwise across the window, and for many years
had been a striking feature in any drawing made of the church.
An antiquarian friend tried to restore this slab to its original
position. Result: it lies in neatly smashed pieces on the ground
below.

1 This parish is now merged in that of Clondalkin.

' Some of the inscriptions copied are highly interesting, especi-
ally that beginning : " Here lies the body of Ann Whelan." '

* Sir Arthur Vicars informs me that the Seele(or Seale) Arms are: — " A fess
between three wolves' heads"; and that the Shelley family coat is : — "Sable,
a fess engrailed between three whelk-shells, or." So that it appears that those
responsible for the erection of this slab to Dr. Seele's memory affixed the wrong
coat-of-arms to it.

DUBLIN. 30

[Memento IHS Mori.]

[on Sun].

This Stone was Erected by Michael Maher Bleacher, in
Memory of his Father Owen and his Mother Margareth
Natives of Mountrath in the Queens County and six
of his Children — Ann Aged one year Margaret Aged
16 years Susan Aged 16 years Bridget Aged 20 years
his Son Laurence Departed this Life August ye 14 1799
Aged 24 years^the Lord have mercy on all their souls

+
Memento IHS Mori

[On Sun.]
This Stone and Burial Place Belongeth to Mr Chris1
Eustace of Patrick Street Weaver and his Pofterity
Here lieth the Body of his Wife Elizabeth Eustace who
departed [this] life Nov the 5th 1763.

Rest, if any, underground.

+
IHS

5lere lieth the body of Christopher Moony who

DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 23d DAY OF IvLY 1736 IN THE
42nd YEAR OF HIS AGE.

1 The inscription next copied is just saved from oblivion, as the
best part of the stone is rotten. Much is lost as it is ' : —

Here lieth the Body of John Dowling of Ash Street
in the City of Dublin who departed this life the 8th of

August 1786 years. This stone

was Erected to his Memory

' The remainder is illegible.'

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

+
Memento IHS Mori

[In Circle.]

This Stone was Erected by Mr Thomas Fagan for him
and his Pofterity. here lieth the body of his Dearly
Beloved wife Margret Fagan who Departed this life
Novr 1772 aged 32 years and four of his children.

31 DUBLIN.

1 The next three stones were so thickly covered with ivy that I
could not get it off to read them.'

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Memento I H S Mori

Here lieth the remains of Mr Philip Hines of Bow
Street in the City of Dublin A man of singular Benevo-
lence of mind and goodnefs of heart, an affectionate
husband a tender parent and sincere friend he merited
the friendfhip of all and the enmity of none His Beloved
wife Mrs Mary Hines erected this stone in testimony of
love to him while living and to Perpetuate his memory
now Dead He departed this Life the 16th day of June
1791 Aged 50 years Lord have mercy on his Soul Here
also lieth 4 of his Children

[Flaming I H S [Flaming

Chalice.] [On Sun.] Chalice.]

[Cherub.]

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

This Stone was Erected by Mary Higgs N° 30 Marys
Lane in Memory of her Beloved Husband Arthur Higgs
who Departed this life the 24th of November 1807 aged
39 years Also four of his children.

+
IHS

[On Sun.]

This Stone was Erected by M1S Marg* Bifhop of Leefon
Street in Memory of her Hufband Terance (!) Bishop
who Departed this Life Octr 23d 1774 aged 30.

+
Gloria in IHS Excelsis Deo

[On Sun.]
This Stone and Burial Place was Erected by Ann
Dourly in Memory of her Beloved Husband John
Dourly who departed this Life the 2d of March 1819 in
the 40th year of his Age also Four of his children who
died young

DUBLIN. 32

IHS

m [On Sun.]
This Stone and Burial Place Belongeth to Edward Hogg
of Ormond Market Victualler and his Pofterity Here
lyeth the Body of his wife Elinor Hogg who Departed
this Life the 18th of December 1762 aged 41 years of
two of his children Iohn Hogg Son of the above Died
Decr 4 1813

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
IHS
[On Sun.]
Memento Mori
As a small tribute of conjugal affection This Stone was
erected by Bridget Dunn in memory of her beloved
Husband Matthew Dunn who on the 13th of March 1799
Closed the mortal Scene in the 49th year of his age Here
lieth the remains of their Son Matthew who died young.

-r-
[Cherub.] IHS [Cherub.]

[On Sun.]
Here lyeth the Body of Ann Whelan
Who has not left her Fellow on the Strand
Alas she is gone that good Neighbour
Who always paid the Poor for Labour
Nor drove the Beggar from her door
But gentle was to Kich and Poor
God let her have a bleffed Seat
And let her Offspring all be great
The good Mother the good Wife
Who done no 111 and hated Strife

' There is no date on this most interesting tombstone, or, if
there is, it must be very far below ground, for I poked down for
some inches, but saw nothing else.'

IHS

This Stone and Burial place Belongeth to Mr Peter
O'Neil of the City of Dublin and his Posterity Here
lyeth [stone broken] Petr O'Naile Who Departed this
Life the 19th of Septr 1748 Aged 49 years

33 DUBLIN,

IHS

This Stone and Burial place belongeth to Christopher
Darcy of Eansford Street & his Posterity here lieth

1 Best underground.'

+
IHS

This Stone and burial place belongeth to philip Walsh
of s\ James Street of the City of Dublin and his
posterity Here lyeth fiue [sic] of his children Viz,
Oliver Mary Elizabeth Margrate and Eose Walsh Anno
Domini 1744

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

+
[Cherub.] IHS [Cherub.]

Memento Mori
This Stone Was Erected by Mary Ann Nowlan in
Memory of her Late Husband Mr Patt Nowlan of
MountEath Queen3. County who Deprd this life 11th
January 1808 Aged 48 years

+
[Cherub.] I H S [Cherub.]

This Stone was Erected by Denis Bray of Fleet Street
Dublin in Memory of his dearly beloved Wife Catherine
Bray who departed this Life the 1", Augst 1809 in the
29th, year of her age also two of their Children who
Died Young.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

[Chalice.] IHS [Chalice.]

Memento Mori

In remembrance of the

many Virtues of a beloved Husband

This Stone was Erected

DUBLIN. 34

by Anne Dunne of Coles Lane

to mark the spot

where be deposited the remains of

Joseph Dunne Builder

who with Confidence in God

departed this life the 24th of August 1828

Aged 40 years

Here also lie two of their Children

who died young

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
[Flaming Chalice.] I H S [Flaming Chalice.]

This Stone was Erected by Mrs Mary Cunningham in
Memory of her Dearly Beloved Husband Mr, Andw
Cunningham who Departed this Life the 10th of
February 1865 Aged 54 years Late of G\ Britain S4, Also
4 of their Children

Crlasnevin Churchyard.

[Kindly contributed by Mrs. T. Long, Dublin, 1903.]

1 Mural Tablet ' :—

Sacred | to, the memory of | Thomas Tickell Esq, |
Who was born in 1686 | at Bridekirk in Cumberland |
He married in 1726 Clotilda Eustace | Died in 1740
at Bath, and was buried in this Churchyard | He was
for some time Under-Secretary in England | and after-
wards for many years | Secretary to the Lords Justices
of Ireland | But his highest honour was that of having
been the Friend of Addison,. The sd Clotilda Eustace
was the daughter & one of the co-heiresses of | Sir
Maurice Eustace Kt. of Harristown in the County of
Kildare | she died in July 1792 in the 92 year of her
age, and was buried in this churchyard.

Mural tablet, urn above, arms beneath ' : —

William Orr Hamilton am. t.c.d. Barrister-at-law |
departed this life on the 24th day of June 1817. aged
36. | The remains of this distinguished scholar and
excellent man are interred j in the adjoining cemetery |

35 DUBLIN.

A few of his numerous and afflicted friends have united
in erecting this monument as a Testimony of their
Respect and a Memorial of his Virtues., The admirable
powers of his understanding The accuracy and extent
of his scientific attainments the engaging qualities of
his heart | and the unaffected simplicity of his manner |
Have left on the minds of all who enjoyed the privilege
of his Friendship a deep and indelible impression.

Mural Tablet ' :—

* Tablet on Glasnevin Churchyard wall ' : —

* Above this were the Beatitudes, now illegible.'

On churchyard wall ' : —

Rebuilt Anno Domini 1707 Sr. John Rogerson Knight
and Charles Reeves Esq. Churchwardens.

Churchyard ' : —

John Barrett. D.D. j Vice-Provost of T.C.D. | aged 68,
1821,] Catherine Guinness (niece) 1826 | Mrs. Elizabeth
Kearney wife of | John Kearney of | Wellington St.,
and niece of John Barrett, 1848 | She was a faithful
friend, a loving wife, and a benefactress to the poor.

DUBLIN. 36

Sir. Henry Jebb, Knight 1811.

Notes — " Mr. Justice Jebb was called to the Bar in 1789, &
advanced to be Justice of the King's Bench in 1818, & a commis-
sioner of Great Seal (ever exercising powers of Lord Chancellor)
1823, 24, & 25. He was succeeded by Judge Crampton in 1834.
Mr. Justice Jebb was son of Sir Henry Jebb who died in 1811, will
dated 10 Feby 1811. To be buried in Church yard of Glasnevin,
with becoming decency, but at as little expense as possible." Sir
H. Jebb left 3 sons, Frederick, Boss Henry, who entered Holy
Orders, was rector of Gleavy, Co. Antrim, and Henry, & 2 daughters,
Charlotte Maria, who married John Hill Linde, and Frances
Dorothy, who married John Latouche White.

I. H. S.

Bichard Houid. 1739, " Overseer of ye highways."
Member of vestry at time of restoration of Church in
1707, He along with Pady received a notice from vestry
in 1708 " to gravelle well and make good the Boad from
the gate of the Avenue of his Grace the Lord Primate
& Lord Justice of Ireland to the parish church of Glas-
nevin, and the rather for that his Grace hath been a
benefactor to the Said Church."

Thomas Wall, Baker of St. Michans parish and
numbers of his friends, also Anne his wife also Edward
Kindelon Gardener of Capel St., & 13 of his children.
Erected by daughter of Thomas Wall in memory of her
parents & husband. 1745-1759.

Erected by John Walsh of Jordans Alley in memory of
his father Lawrance and Mother and 3 of his children.
1771 & 1773. also his brother Bev. Laurance Walsh
Doctor of Sorbonne. P.P. of Garristown & Balmydon
who died 1795 aged 79.

George Grattan. aged 22. 1810, He was pre-eminently
skilled as a painter and was justly considered one of the
highest flowers of Irish genius. He devoted his short
life to the duties of a son and the affections of a brother.

37 DUBLIN.

His piety was of that retiring kind which hides itself
from human scrutiny and while he saw & admired the
beauty of this world, he yet looked & hoped through
Christ our Lord to be received into another & better.

Succession of Rectors.

1706.— William White.

1707.— Ralph Darling.

1709. — William Woolsey. In 1709 the Churchwardens were
deputed to go from house to house, and collect subscriptions for
ensuing year to be paid quarterly to Rev. Wm Woolsey to "encourage
& better enable him to take pains in discharging his duty."

1710. — Michael Hartlib. In this year an order was made from
the Clerk of the Peace for the county that 60 trees were to be
planted in parish of Glasnevin.

The number of persons applotted was 19. In 1713 Sir John
Rogerson collected money for a bell, and flagging, also " Communion
banisters." He paid £65 for a bell, still in existence.

1719. — John Travers. It is to John Travers we owe our
present communion plate. He collected the sum of £19 odd for
the purpose, he himself, Delany, and Sir John Rogerson being chief
subscribers.

The following is account as appears in vestry book, 1725 : —

To one chalice & paten with ye Latin inscription, weighing
19 oz, 15 penny weight at £6, 11. 4, 6/8 per ounce.

To one chalice & Paten with English Inscription weighing 19
oz, 18 penny w. at 6/ per oz, £6, 12, 8,

To one large salver weighing 16 oz, & 3 p, w, £5, 7, 0, at 6/8
per oz.

Engraving inscriptions 12/6. Total, £19. 4. 2.

The inscriptions are : — On salver —

" Humbly dedicated to ye service of ye altar of Glasnevin by ye
curate & parishioners. Anno Dom, 1724." The same on one chalice
and one paten.

On the other two pieces of plate — " D.O.M. In usum Ecclesiae
Parochialis de Glassinevin. Johannes Davys Armiger humillime
Dedecavit Anno Dom 1724."

' In the following year is a list of contributions collected by John
Travers for a church porch which was soon afterwards erected.'

1727. — William Pountney.

1735. — Patrick Delaney, d.d. (pro tern.).

1736.— Richard Parker.

'For others see " Fingal and its Churches," by Rev. Canon
Walsh, d.d.'

DUBLIN. 38

Kill OKI Churchyard.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

IH S
Here lieth the body of Mathias Runkell Deceas | d
November the 20th 1760 aged 76.

l.u*li.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

the dekmont slab, at the Catholic Church.

• The Dermont slab, belonging to the sixteenth century, which
has been more or less described on pages 103-105 of the second
Volume of The Journal, now leans against the west wall of the
Baptistry of this Church ; it was discovered in 1753 buried in the
Protestant Church of Lusk, and removed from thence some years
ago. About the year 1891 the late Colonel Vigors took a rubbing
of it, which is reproduced on the opposite page ; but unfortunately
he made an error or two in the letters by touching up the rubbing
with a pen and ink after having left the place.

'A very old error in the reading of Walter Dermont's wife's
Christian name has been perpetuated since Vallancey read a paper
on this slab before the Royal Irish Academy, in March, 1789, which
was published in the Second Volume of the Transactions of that
Society ; it is there, and has since been, given as /ID0UlCHt which
is incorrect. As will be seen in the rubbing here given, the third
letter is an u {," and there is no " C" in the word. As the "i" s
are not dotted, the second u \\\" may be an ** in " ; and, for want of
a better, I would read the word " /iftolina," though I know of no
such Christian name.

1 The slab consists of a bad quality of limestone, much covered
with small cracks ; in length it measures 5 feet 5 inches, in breadth
2 feet 2 inches, and in thickness up to 5 inches.

' The carving of the letters and the sculpturing of the figures are
crude ; the latter represents the Trinity. The Father is shown as a
King ; the Son, our Lord crucified ; and the Holy Ghost, as
the Dove.

'The inscription, cut in "black-letter," runs round the edge of
the stone, with two more lines at the foot of the slab ; the letters
average 3 inches in length ; the right hand bottom corner of the
slab is broken off, and was missing in Vallancey' s time (1789).

' The date, when perfect, may be any year from 1535 to 1538.

' A word or two in smaller letters follow the " Amen," but they
are illegible.

[To face page 38.

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THE INSCRIPTION ON THE DERMONT SLAB (c/rca 1537),
NOW IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AT LUSK.

[From rubbings by Lord Walter FitzGerald, 1906.]

To face page 39.]

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' The inscription commences at the foot of the slab, and reads
in the following order ' : —

■g aiabus
Is*

Bust of"

a
- King. _

[A Dove.]

«-t

2 [The Crucifixion.

]

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4 The wife's surname does not appear on the slab.

' A curious feature in the sculpturing is the presence of
two hands in the space between the wife's name and the
Crucifixion. They are inexplicable unless intended for a play on
her surname.

4 The name " Dermont " may be an Anglicised form of
M'Dermott.'

The Catholic Chuech.

1 Through the kindness of the Rev. Thomas Byrne, p.p., of Lusk,
I was shown, and allowed to copy, an inscription in relief which is

DUBLIN. 40

cut on an altar-stone (20 inches x 18) now inserted in the High
Altar of St. MacCuilin's Church. The inscription reads ' : —

+ ILLMVS • AC • RMVS ■ DNS +

D ■ PATRITIVS • RVSSELL
ARGHIEPVS ■ DVBLINIS

+
HYBERNIE ■ PRIMAS
ME • CONSECRAVIT
ANO ■ ONI -1688 +

' The present Catholic Church was built in 1808, and has been
recently added to. The south, west, and east sides are surrounded
by a burial-ground dating from the same period. In the chapel
enclosure, and facing the street, is a high pyramid of cut granite, on
which is inscribed ' : —

d . o . M

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED

BY THE

LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION

OF IRELAND

TO THE

REVEREND PETER JAMES TYRRELL

PARISH PRIEST OF LUSK.

A MARTYR FOR IRELAND

BORN 24th DAY OF JULY 1792

ARRESTED FOR SEEKING A REPEAL OF THE UNION

ON THE 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1843

DIED FROM ILLNESS PRODUCED BY HIS

PROSECUTIONS & EXERTIONS FOR LIBERTY

ON THE 4TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1843

MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE

' In the burial-ground attached to the Protestant Church ' :-
* Table-tomb on the west side ' : —

This Tomb was Erected | by Eevd Walter Dungan in
memory of his | Parents Wm. & Cathe Dungan ofLusk |
Wm died May the 4th 1755 Aged 72 years | Cathe died
June the 2nd"l785 Aged 88 years.
Pray for them.

41 DUBLIN.

Flat slab ' :—

Here lieth the Body of Mrs Mary Jane Dixon the most
tender and affectionate wife of M1' James Dixon of
Kilmainham, farmer, who departed this life the . . day
of Feb. 1784 Aged 47 years.

[Then follows an illegible verse in four lines.]

Here lieth the Body of Mr John Dixon father of the
above James, who departed this life the 2nd of May 1784
Aged 85 years.

IHS
This Stone and Burial . .
ngs to William Cavenag .
Hill in Memory of his Po
Under lieth the Body of .
venagh and Wife, he D . .
this life May the 2nd 1692
years Also William Cave .
to the above John Ca . . .
his wife he departed th . .
.... 1770 Aged 81 years

Flat slab

. . eth the body of Mark Rochfort Esqr.
nestown who departed this life the 28 of
June 1800 Aged 70 years

Here lyeth the

Body of George Murray senio1'

who departed this life November

the 25 in the year of our Lord 1734

In the 57th year of his age^
Here also lyeth the Body of Sarah

Murray wife of the abovenamed
George who departed this Life July
the 26th in the year of our Lord 1735

In the 53 year of her age-*"
Here lyeth the body of Humphrey Mu

(Rest underground.)

DUBLIN. 42

' On the south side' : —

IH S
Salus Per crucem
This Stone and Burial Place belon-
gs to James Lawless of Belings-

town, Farmer.

Here lyeth the Body of Bridget

Lawless wife to sd James who died

the 13th of Septr 1747 Aged 63 years.

Also Four of their children.

Here also lyeth the Body of Agnes

Dixon Daughter of sd James and

Bridget Lawless who died the 5

of May 1755 Aged 44 years

Bequiescant in pace

Flat slab ' :—

THIS STONE AND BURIAL PLACE BE
LONGETH TO RICHARD UMFRIS OF THE
CITY OF DUBLIN, BAKER, AND HIS POSTE-
RITY. HERE LIETH THE BODY OF MARY
UMFRIS THE WIFE OF THE ABOVE SAID
RICHARD UMFRIS WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE THE 13th DAY OF DECEMBER 1713
IN THE 31 YEAR OF HER AGE

Headstone, inscription faint ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BO
DY OF IOHN FVL

LAMD.

' Small headstone (the lettering on which has recently been
recut) ' : —

This I H S Stone

And Burialplace belongs to James

Quin of little Holywood and his

Posterity. Here lieth the Body of his

Father Patrk Quin who departed this

life the 12th June 1784. Aged 75 year8

43 DUBLIN.

Here lietli also the bodyes of two of
his children. Here likewise lieth the

body of Agnes Quin Daugter (sic) to the

above James Quin Shee departed

this Life the 15 of April 1792 Aged 15 year8

A headstone

DY OF NI

BROWNE WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE-"

THE 18X DAY OF 172

THIS STONE WAS

BY HIS WIFE MARY BROW
NE ALIAS CORCORAN.

At the east side of the burial-ground ' : —

Here lyeth ye Body of Michael

Doyle who depd this life May

ye 9th 1703 in ye 54 year of his

Age, & Ann his wife who like

wise depd this Life June ye 9^

1722 in the 77 year of her age.

& three of their sons viz —

Peter James & Denis

Iohn Doyle ye only survivin

son

(Remainder underground.)

IHS

Here lyeth the Body of

Christopher Russell who

Deceased April the 15th

1750 Aged 47 years.

1 Lusk is dedicated to St. MacCuilin, a name locally pronounced
" Macklin." He was venerated on the 6th of September.

DUBLIN. 44

Harold* Cross Cliui'Cli, Dublin.

South Galleky.

[From Captain G. S. Cary.]

This tablet is erected by her sorrowing parents as a
tribute of affection to the Memory of their beloved child
Mary Clarke Manifold, who for many years attended
the church and Sunday school of Harolds Cross and
departed this life on the 20th of February 1864 aged 12
years 6 months and 27 days. Also their beloved and
lamented son Kichard Fenton Manifold who died at
Morar Gwalior India on the 21st of July 1865 aged
3 years and 3 months.

" I love them that love me, and those that seek me
early shall find me." Prov. viii chap 17 verse.

" But one thing is needful ; and Mary hath chosen that
good part which shall not be taken away from her."
Luke x chap 42 verse.

Malaliitle Churchyard.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

The Maud Plunkett Altak-tomb.

' Situated in the nave of these church-ruins (which stand close
to the castle) is an altar-tomb, bearing on the covering slab the
effigy of a lady cut in low relief, dressed in the costume of the
fifteenth century. There is no inscription.

' The lady's head rests on a double cushion, and her feet are
supported on another cushion, tasselled at the corners. She wears
the horned-head-dress of the period.

' Her dress opens low at the throat. A band encircles the waist,
and cuffs are worn at the ends of the sleeves. There is no neck orna-
ment. The skirt of the dress falls in straight folds to the ankles,
and an underskirt reaches to the feet. The train of the upper skirt
sweeps round to the right side. The hands are placed, palms
downwards, flat upon the breast.

1 The features of the face are worn away.

1 A raised band runs around the edge of the slab, but there are
no traces of letters on it.

1 The slab, which is fractured in places, measures 7 feet in
length, and 3 feet 9 inches in breadth.

' Each of the four sides of the altar-tomb bears a shield, on
which are carved in relief either coats-of-arms or religious emblems.
And each shield is supported by three angels, one on either side,
low down, and one at the back.

To face page 45.]

V"*^ -*

:-f?,; 1r-

C« £

THE MAUD PLUNKETT TOMB (15TH CENTURY) IN
CHURCH RUINS AT MALAHIDE.

[With rubbings of the shields bij Lord Walter FitzGerald, 1905.]

45 DUBLIN.

• I. The shield at the west end shows a heart pierced by two
swords, saltire-wise, emblematic of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

1 II. On the north side is a shield bearing the Plunkett and an
unidentified coat-of-arms, impaled, viz. : —

' For Plunkett — " Sable a bend argent, in the sinister chief a
tower triple-towered of the second."
[On the bend is cut an "annulet," a mark of
cadency, denoting a fifth son.]

' For (?)— Chequey.

1 III. The shield at the east end is carved with the emblems of
our Lord's Passion and Crucifixion. Down the middle of the shield
is a cross. To the right of it are a pincers, hammer, crown of
thorns, a ladder, and two scourges. To the left of the cross are
carved three nails, the seamless vest, three dice, and a spear.

1 IV. On the south side the shield bears the Talbot and Plunkett
coats-of-arms impaled, viz. : —

'For Talbot — " Argent, a lion rampant gules."

1 For Plunkett — The coat described above (II), except that the
stone-cutter has reversed the design in error.

1 From the Calendars of Exchequer Rolls in the Dublin Record
Office, supplemented by " Burke's Peerage," I have been able to
put together the following particulars about the Matilda, or Maud,
Plunkett represented on the tomb.

' She was the daughter of Sir Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of
Killeen, who died in 1445. He was of Rathregan in the County
Meath and of Killeen in right of his wife Joan, daughter and heir
of Sir Luke Cusack of Killeen.

1 Maud Plunkett was three times married : —

' First — To Sir Thomas Hussey, Baron of Galtrim, whose
widow she was in 1430. He is said to have been slain on the day
of his marriage.

' Secondly — To Sir Richard Talbot of Malahide, who was living
in 1438.

' Thirdly — To John Cornewalsh, Chief Baron, whose wife she
was in 1445.

'Maud Plunkett survived her third husband by several years,
and the date of her death is given by Burke as occurring on the
17th July, 1482.

4 Her tomb at Malahide gives one the idea that it is a cenotaph,
that is, a monument erected during her lifetime, and when she was
the wife of Sir Richard Talbot. Firstly, because it bears no
inscription ; and secondly, because the arms of her third husband
do not appear on it.::: If this is the case, she was probably not
buried at Malahide at all, but with her third husband's people.

* Unless the unidentified coat (II) is his. Burke's "Armoury" gives no
coat-of-arms for Cornewalsh ; and those for Cornwallis are entirely different.

DUBLIN. 46

Palmerstown Chureliyai'tl.

[From Lord Walter Fitz Gerald.]

1 This churchyard is in a disgraceful state of neglect. Most of
the walls of the church ruins are still standing; the church consisted
of nave and chancel, a plain round arch being in the dividing wall;
a belfry, hid in ivy, tops the west gable ; there is no cut stone-work
now left in the windows, with the exception of a square one in the
north wall of the nave. Apparently the oldest inscription in the
churchyard is one dated 1701, in the south-east corner; it is cut on
a slab built into a small enclosure, and reads as follows ' : —

HEKE LYETH THE

BODY OF IOSHUA

WILSON WHO DEPAR

TED THIS LIFE THE 24th

DAY OF APRIL IN THE

YEAR OF OUR LORD

1701

' In the chancel lies a large fractured slab on which is
inscribed ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF

MATHEW ALEN OF PALMERSTOWN

ESQ. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

IULY YE 14th 1645. THIS STONE

WAS LAID HERE BY HIS

DAVGHTER MADM ALICE ALEN

' The Alens, of Palmerstown, were a branch of those of St.
Wolstan's, in the County Kildare. The above-named Matthew was
the son of John Alen, of Palmerstown (ob. 8th August, 1604), the
son of Matthew Alen, of Palmerstown (ob. 21st November, 1589),
the second son of William Alen, of Castletown, near Celbridge, in
Kildare, who was a brother of Sir John Alen, Knt., of St. Wolstan's,
County Kildare, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.'

4 The long inscription which follows has already appeared
in The Journal (vide volume iii., page 433), but it has been so

47 DUBLIN.

inaccurately given there, that it is reproduced in this number ; it
reads ' : —

Shis monvmen* is erected by foHN J{eatinge

ESQ' CH: ^VSTICE OF Ye COVRT OF COM: PLEAS
2 SON OF gDM : ^{EATINGE OF NORRAGH-
MORE IN COM : J{lLDARE ESQr BY &LLNOR
^VSTACE HIS 2 WIFE DAVGHTER OF tOn
^VSTACE OF 5^ARRISTOWN IN Ye COM :
AFORE Sd ESQ' IN MEMORY OF Ye I/*' fiRACE
SHVCKBVRGH Ye RELICT OF Sr RICHARD-
SHVCKBVRGH OF SHVCKBVRGH IN Ye CO : OF
WARWICK KK SHE WAS ONE OF Ye DAVGH" OF Sr
9HOs $foLT OF ASTON-IVXTA-ggERMINGHA- IN Ye
Sd COM: BAR*. AFTER SOM YEARES VIDVITY ON Ye
27'* Sr 1659 SHE INTERMARRYED Wh Ye Sd J" THEN
A STVDENT AT J?INCOLNS JNN Wh WHOME HAV-
EING LIVED Wh MVCH MVTVALL COMFORT &
SATISFACON SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE Ye 12th
OF A% : 1677 & IS HERE JNTERED IN JL VALT
WHEREIN ARE LIKEWISE DEPOSITED Ye ASHES
OF Ye Sd gDMd : & gLLINOR WHO HAD BOTH
BEEN FORMERLY BVRYED IN THIS GROVND.
& W" IT SHALL PLEASE Ye ^LMIGHTY TO
PVT AN END TO HIS Ye Sd &)HNS PILGRIM-
AGE, HIS DESIRES NOW ARE T HIS BONES MAY
BE LAID BY THEIRS IF CONVENIENTLY IT
MAY BE.

1 The monument this inscription is copied from is a plain mural
one in a projecting frame, which is built into the south wall of, and

DUBLIN. 48

inside, the chancel ; below it is a vault, probably the one referred to
in the inscription. Many of the letters are conjoined, and some of
the first letters of certain words are of an ornamental character ;
the inscription is incised, and owing to its height the first seven
or eight lines are not legible unless reached by a ladder.

' The John Keatinge here mentioned died issueless in October,
1691 ; his father, Edmund Keatinge, was the first of his name in
Narraghmore, which lies between Kilcullen and Athy, in the County
Kildare. The latter in his will styles himself " of the City of Dublin,
Esq.," and died on the 25th April, 1659 ; by his wife Ellenor he
was brother-in-law to Sir Maurice Eustace, Lord Chancellor of
Ireland.

1 Mr. F. Elrington Ball has written an article on the career of
John Keatinge, the Chief Justice ; it was published in (the consecu-
tive) vol. x, pp. 141-5, of " The Journal of the Cork Archaeological
Society," in the year 1901.

' Sir Maurice Eustace, the Lord Chancellor, resided at Harris-
town, near Ballymore-Eustace, County Kildare ; and in Damask
Street (now Eustace Street, Dublin) ; his father John was a younger
son of William Eustace, of Castlemartin, County Kildare.'

Portmarnock Old Churchyard.

[From E. K. M'C. Dix.]

IHS

[Rosette.]

Here lieth the body

of Anne Molloy who Depa

rted this life oct, [sic] the 11 1714

Aged 8 years

' This stone has top right-hand corner wanting.'

Underneath this Stone

Lieth the Remains

Isaac Willan Esq of Carrick Hill

Who departed this Life Febr the 26 179— [broken]

Aged 59 Years

Stay Pafsenger stay Here I lie
As you are fo once was I
And as I am fo you will be
Prepare for Death and Follow Me

The stone is broken across at the last line.'

49 DUBLIN.

5^ERE LIETH Y BODY | OF ANDREW QviN DE | CEASb SePr

y 14 1736 I aged 60 also his | son Patrick Qvin I
deceasd March 19

+
IHS

Here lieth the Body of John Lowry | who Departed this
life the 6th day | of April 1792 in the 72nd year of his
Age ! His wife May Lowry died Ianuary 19 | 1777 in
the 33nd [sic] year of her Age | His Son Thomas Lowry
died March 18th | 1767 in the 24th year of his Age

* Then follow an illegible line and a half. Lichen so covers
this inscription that it may not be quite accurately copied. These
were the only old inscriptions I could find, save one that was but a
fragment of two or three words, and hardly legible. There are many
modern headstones, as burials still take place there. There is a
table-monument railed off in the chancel of the ruined church,
which I could not get at. It was covered also with decaying leaves,
twigs, &c.'

St. .Joint's Churchyard.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

' Fine coat-of-arms.'

Here lyeth the bodie of | Eobert | Echlin who
departed this i life the 20th day of december | 1706

AGED 71 YEARS AS ALSO | THE BODIE OF AnNE FRANCES |

Agnes Eustace & Penelope | his children.

Here lies ye body of Thorns Oakes of Francis [?] Street
who departed in Full Assurance of Faith, May 1763.

Sovereign Grace Redeeming Love
His theme below His song above.

DUBLIN. 50

John Blackley Esqre who died the | 13th of October
1801 aged 34 years j and of Temperance his wife who |
departed this life 10lh of February 1809 | aged 49 years.

A tomb of Father Murphy is also there. He died 1792, but it is
very illegible and broken.

To face page 51.]

THE CARMACK, OR McCORMICK, COAT-OF-ARMS ON A
TOMBSTONE IN ST. KEVIN'S OLD CHURCHYARD, 1740.

[From a rubbing by the Rev. JR. S, Maffett,']

51 DUBLIN.

tit. Kevin's Old Churchyard.

[From the Kev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

{Continued from 'page 500, Vol. VI.)

' Row I, No. 19. — A flat stone, close to No. 18. I had the
earth and sod removed from this slab by the caretaker, and was
then surprised to find a coat-of-arms carved on it; there being, as
far as I am aware, only two others in the churchyard (for the
Leeson arms, see page 287, vol. vi). I took a rubbing of the arms,
and also of the inscription, though the latter does not present any
features of particular interest. The arms seem to be : — On a
chevron between three swords, those in chief with points downwards,
and that in base with point upwards, as many [ ? J with a crescent
for difference. These arms impale apparently a bend with three
horses' heads erased. The crest is a bird of some sort on a rock.*
The tinctures are not given. I saw lately on a book-plate — name,
Michael Cormick — the arms described above as on the dexter side,
having what I believe were three roundels on the chevron. They
were without the crescent, and with a different crest. On the
tombstone the devices on the chevron seem to have a hollow
between the centre and an outer rim. I am not aware to what
family the impaled arms belonged. The lettering is in small
characters, as follows ' : —

This Stone and Burial place

Belongeth to Iohn Carmack of

New Street Gent[n] and his Posterity

here Lyeth his Son Robert who

dyed the 21st Iune 1740 Aged Six

years

' No. 20 is a headstone, leaning to the south, close to the
wall, and some 3 feet from No. 19. There is, in relief, an
I H S, with cross above, and heart pierced by arrows below,
within a double-pointed circle, which has " Gloria in Excelsis
Deo," in written characters, round it, and on either side a

* I find in " The Book of Family Crests" (1851) a martlet on a rock as the
crest for " Cormac and Cormack, Sco," as well as for " M'Cormack and
M 'Cormick, Sco." But the bird carved is not a martlet. There are families
bearing these names spelt with " a " instead of " o," and belonging to Ireland
and Cornwall, noted in Burke's " General Armoury," and the above work.

DUBLIN. 52

cherub's head, over a sacramental vessel, surmounted by a cross,
also in relief ' : —

' No. 21. — A large limestone (?) slab on freestone (?) supports
is surrounded by very rusty railings close to the last. The slab is
a little shaky, and some of the granite flagging, which covers most
of the space inside the railings, is disarranged. The age, 107, in
the last line is quite plain ' : —

Sacred to the memory

Henry Thomas Brownrigg Esqr

who departed this life on

the 21st of December 1830,

Aged 75 Years.

Also of

Elizabeth, his Wife, who

departed this life on the

7th of July 1831,

Aged 68 Years.

Also Anne Wife of

Capt. R. F. Brownrigg,

who died 1st July 1863 Aged 107 Years.

' The wall behind the tomb is covered with plaster of a yellowish
colour over the whole breadth of the enclosed space. In the centre,
a couple of feet or so above the tomb, there is on the wall a slatish
slab flaking off, against which is placed a marble urn (on a pedestal)
with the following inscription, parts of which are very indistinct.
The slab, which is somewhat like the side of a low, broad obelisk
in appearance, had to be re-fastened, I was told, to the wall some
years ago.'

[H.] S. E.

The Remains of

Capt[n?] Richard F. Brownrigg

of his Son

Major Robert Shaw Brownrigg

and of his Grandchildren

53 DUBLIN.

John [? High]more Montague

and

Anna Maria Louisa [Jerolde]

Also of

Constance Ann Skeats [Jerolde]

who died 15th March, 18[83]

As:ed 2 Years.

No. 22 is a fossiliferous headstone about a foot from No. 21

' No. 23 is an upright stone about half a foot from the last.
The central ornament, with text, is the same as on No. 20. On
either side of this there is, in relief, a cherub's head looking towards
the centre of the stone ' : —

■ This Stone was erected by Patrick McGee, | of Kevin
Street Harness Maker : as a Tribute | of affection, to
Five of his Beloved Children : | who died Y7oung. Anno
Domino [sic] 1828. | And of [sic] his beloved Daughter
Teresa, who died | the 17tb of June 1845, aged 15
years, j Also his Son James, who died 1st Jany 1848,
aged 29 years | Here also lie the remains of the
above | Patrick McGee, | who died 22nd Aug* 1855, aged
70 years. | And to commemorate his eldest Son |
Edward, (whose remains are interred in | Kilbride
C° Wicklow,) He died 10th May 18[53]. | And The
Kevd Joseph Elias McGee, C.C. | his youngest Son
died on the 22nd Augt 1870. | whose remains are laid
in the Vaults of | St. Andrew [sic] Westland Row |
Here also are interred the remains of Mrs Mary
McGee, I Relict of the above Patrick McGee, | who
died 29th Jany 1877, aged 90 years. | Also their Second
eldest Son the Vr*. [sic] Rev° Father | Henry McGee,
O.C.C. X. Prior of the Carmelite Comunity [sic] \
Whitefriar S1 who died 27th Decr 1879, aged 64 years.
And | the 40th- year of his Sacred Ministery [sic] . |
Requiescant in pace.

DUBLIN. 54

' No. 24 is a small headstone with ornamental top, leaning to
the south, and about a foot and a half from No. 23. The names
are in sloped capitals ' : —

This Stone was Erected to the | Memory of Elisabeth
[sic] jones ! who Departed this Life March 7th 1799, |
Aged 84 Years, also Lies Interd [sic] here | the Body
of elisabe[th] lighton [sic] \ who Departed this Life
July 4th 180 [5?] | Aged 60 Years.

' No. 25. — This slab, 16 inches in width and 33 in height, is
inserted in the wall, but apparently goes below the level of the
ground. Most of it is covered by No. 24, which stands only some
3 inches out from the wall. The inserted slab projects 6 inches at
the head and 3 at the foot to the right hand of the headstone (No.
24), which latter is 27 inches wide. This made it very difficult to
copy, or take a rubbing of, parts of the slab, especially what is con-
jectured to be an abbreviation of " with." The last word is very
small and has the " 22 " above it ' : —

Here lyeth ye Body

of Wm Leigh ton [sic]

who dyed ye 2d of

Novr 1764 aged

5[9] yrs [? wtb] Elinor

his Daughter a2g2ed

' No. 26 is a very low altar-tomb leaning to the south and only
a foot above the ground at the other side. Its head is close to the
wall and some 6 inches from Nos. 24 and 25. It has in relief an
i h s, with cross above, within a double pointed circle, gloria in
excelsis deo, in sloped capitals, is carved round the upper part of
the circle, and Memento Mori, in written characters, on a line below
it. There is, in high relief, a cherub's head looking upwards and
towards the centre of the stone on either side ' : —

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' No. 27 is a flat stone about a couple of feet from the last
memorial. At the top there is a headstone erected after 1860, but
the inscription on which, as giving some particulars of the Kev.
John Lewis (whose death in 1826 is recorded on the older stone), I
subjoin. The entry in Cotton's "Fasti" with respect to this
clergyman is : — " 1799-1800. John Lewis, B.A., collated December
31st (FF.) ; installed January 6th. He died in 1826." He was
the immediate successor of the celebrated Walter Blake Kirwan in
the prebend of Howth. The figure in brackets in the seventh line
is perhaps more likely to be 3. None of the other " 3's,° however,
have rounded heads. On the other hand, all the undoubted " 8's "
have the curve from the left hand of the upper part to the right
hand of the lower part of the figure deeply cut ' : —

Here lieth the Body of Miss Ann Lewis

who departed this Life 15th June 1808,

aged 16.

Here lieth the Body of Francis Richard Lewis

who departed this Life 26th March 1812,

aged 18

Sarah Catherine Lewis, aged 2[3 or 8]

departed this Life

14th September 1819.

MRS Mary Lewis, aged 57

departed this Life

3d May 1824.

Bevd John Lewis aged 7 [ ? 3] years

Departed this Life

1 [3]th December 1826

MRS Mary Warren who died

on the lsc March 1828 aged 82 years.

Frances Martha Lewis who
died on the 12th April 1832 aged 29 years.

Ebenezar [sic] Warren Lewis

Barrister at Law who died on

the 6th March 1835 aged 34 years.

Here lieth the Body of Elizabeth Lewis
second child of the Revc1 John Lewis
who departed this life on the 19th of
December 1872 aged 84 years.

Also
the Body of John Edward Lewis lieu* Colonel

late 68th Light Infantry
who died on the 22nd June 1878, aged 72 years.

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1 Granite headstone (mentioned above) with marble slab and
block capitals ' : —

4 No. 28. — A limestone slab on granite supports, with flags
underneath, about a foot and a half from No. 27. It has a double
pointed circle with " Gloria in Excelsis Deo " in capitals round the
upper part. u Memento Mori," in written characters, is divided by
the lower part of the circle, which contains, in relief, an IHS,
with cross above and heart pierced by arrows beneath ; only a rim
round the heart is raised ' : —

'No. 29.— A flat stone from which I had to get the earth, &c,
removed by the caretaker, this being a somewhat heavy undertaking,
as in two former cases. It lies about a foot from No. 28, and has
similarly carved devices and words, the whole of the IHS, with
cross, however, being in this case in relief, and not merely the
outlining edges, as in 28 ' : —

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' No. 30 is a headstone about a foot from the last, and apparently
sunk deep in the earth. It has, in relief, an I H S with cross
within a single pointed circle, the alternate points of which are
curved. If there is any further inscription, it must be after a
greater space than that between the lines above ground ' :—

1 This stone (No. 30) is some seven feet from the wall of an out-
ofiice built at right angles to the churchyard wall, and jutting out
twelve feet. With it Row I of the southern or larger portion of the
graveyard is ended.'

;St. Paul's, tfortli King- Street, Dublin, 1007.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

1 Inside the church ' : —

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Sacred to the memory of | Lieut. Colonel Augustus
Cuyler | Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police |
of the City of Dublin | and formerly in the Coldstream
Regiment of Foot Guards | Died June 14th 1837 aged
40 years | Respected, beloved and lamented | by all who
knew him. | He was the third son of the late General
Sir C. Cuyler. Bart. | Farewell to him whom youthful
valour drew | to seek a soldiers fame at Waterloo. |
Farewell to him so prompt with friendship's balm | the
anguish of the sorrowing heart to calm | of pining want
to cheer the low abode | the hand concealing whence the
bounty flowed | To him farewell benevolent and kind |
of spirit joyous and of ardent mind | Farewell to him
whose early grave contains j all that was earthly of his
dear remains | but Christian hope is not bestowed in
vain | that those we loved on earth may meet again |
Where grief no more shall pain nor death destroy | but.
faith in Christ be crowned with heavenly joy.

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Sacred | to the Memory of | Edward Trevor Esqre
M.D. | who departed this life 12th February 1837 |
aged 71 years | Also of Mary his wife | Who died 13th
March 1842 | Aged 75 years | Their mortal remains are
deposited in a vault | underneath this Church and this
tablet has been | erected to their Memory by their
surviving children j . In the adjoining ground also
repose the mortal remains | of seven children of Captain
Edward | Trevor Royal Artillery (eldest son j of the
above), and Anne Catherine his wife. | This inscription
is added to their memory | as a small but sincere tribute
of parental affection that passeth not away, And of
sorrow that is not without hope ! For our Redeemer
saith | Suffer little children & forbid them not to [ come
unto Me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. |
Matt. 19. v. 14.

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1800 where he died on the 17th Jan | 1844 in the 78th
year of his age | prompt & uncompromising | in all his
actions, with strict integrity he combined | True
Benevolence and Charity I Without Ostentation

' This concludes the tablets inside St. Paul's Church. The
Royal Arms are still on the front of the gallery. In the vestry
there is a very nice old press with " The gift of Richard Robinson "
on it, and a fine old chest with three padlocks ; but, unfortunately,
neither has any date — at any rate, outside.'

Much broken, an hour-glass at one side ': —

The burial Edward Walsh | posterity

March 25th 1723.

Here lieth the body of | John Davis Junr. who | Died
the 11 March 1752 | aged 26 years also the \ Body of
John Perry who | died 2 August 1752 aged 56 years.

Here lieth the body of Henry Ashworth Esqre | who
filled all the characters that constitutes j an

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Here lies the mortal part of Mrs. Judith | Bannen with
her two infants dear | who departed this life on the
27th day | of May 1784 aged 58 years. [ 0 King angels
watch this sleeping dust | Till Jesus come to raise the
just | Then may she wake with sweet surprize ] and in her
Saviour's image rise | Also the remains of Thomas
Barber who departed this life | the 25th of April 1843 |
aged 33 years

1797.
This stone & Burial Place | Belongeth to Joseph
Williamson of | Aston's Quay Grocer | here lieth three I
of his beloved children Joseph John | and Jane
Williamson who died young | Here also lieth the rem8
of his niece | Elenor Thompson who departed this life |
the 15th of Jany 1802 aged 25 years. Here lieth the
remains of the above I Joseph Williamson who departed
this life | the 5th of Jany 1807 aged 59 years. | Here
also lieth the remains of Thos Williamson son to the

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Here Lieth the Body of Mrs. Hannah Coddington |
Wife of Dixie Coddington | Esq16 and Daughter of
Kobert Waller | Late of Allerstown in the County of |
Meath Esqre. She departed this Life | The 15th day of
January in the year of | our Lord 1768 aged sixty two
years | Here also lieth the body of | Dixie Coddington
Esqre husband of the | above Lady, he died in September
1776 in the 83rd year of his age | and also the body of
Dixie Coddington | Junr Esqre grandson of the above
mentioned | Dixie Coddington and Joint Serg\ at arms |
with his Father of the Kingdom of Ireland. I He
departed this life at Corke | the 26th day of August 1787
in the 22nd year of his age. | To the endless sorrow &
affliction of his desolate Parents.

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' Cherub at top ' : —

1 This extraordinary inscription is the only one from St. Paul's
which has hitherto appeared in this Journal. I give it here
again, as I wish to make this a complete record of the legible
inscriptions there. The letters are quite clear.'

In circle at top ' : —

0 angels guard the sleeping dust.

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Under this stone lieth the remains of Mrs Mary Mulvany |
the beloved wife of John George Mulvany | of Richmond
Street Mount joy Square | ... and amiable in disposi-
tion | her conduct in this life gained her the affection of
her friends and all who | knew her But her loss is by
none | more deplored than by him who has | caused this
stone to be placed | She dep1 this life on the 23rd day of
June 1828 | aged 34. | Here also is interred the remains
of John George Mulvany | the above-named who
departed this life the 28th day of Sepr 1838.

Sacred to the memory of | Ensign Honyborne Atkinson|
of the 17th Regiment | who died on the 23rd of August
1834 | aged 19.

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Here lieth the body of Henry Halliday who departed
this life the 15th of Dec, I 1801 | aged 61 years.

A slab on outside wall of church, the only one ' : —

This monument was erected by theNon-Commissioned
Officers and Privates of his Majesty's Royal North
British Fuzi leers in memory of James Chapman
James Wogdon and Daniel Patton soldiers in the | above
Regiment the former was barbarously | and inhumanly
murdered by a rebel banditti on | the evening of the
23rd of July 1803 the two latter | died of the wounds
they Received on the same night j Erected in January
1804 | and ... by Lieut. Colonel Donald Robertson |
Commanding the Regiment.

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Here lieth the body of | Elizabeth Doyle who died on
the 25th of July 1836 aged 50 years.

The burial Place of | JolmGarstinEsqre late of | Moles-
worth Street in this City ( and several of his family |
Here lieth the body of the above-named John Garstin
who | departed this life on the 29th day of September
1808 aged 55 years.

This burying place is the | property of Mr Augustine
Thwaites.

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69 DUBLIN.

4 At the top an urn and flower at each side' : —

Here lie the remains of Richard Cherry | Late of the
City of Waterford | who died the eight of May 1819 |
aged 43 years.

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The night dew that falls tho' in silence it weeps
Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps
and the leaves that . . . tho' in silence they roll
Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.

Also | Charlotte daughter of Troop- Sergt Major Wilson [
who died the 11th of May 1810 | aged 18 months.

Sacred to the memory of | Elizabeth Fraser Wife of |
Alexander ... of his Majesty's 8th [Stone broken
across, dates effaced.]

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This stone was erected by Marg* Wilson | nurse in the
Royal Infirmary Dublin | in memory of her beloved
Husband Wm Wilson of the 67th Reg' | who departed
this life 12th April 1802 | aged 52 also her grandson
John | Coghlan who died young aged one year & 4
months. I

Here lyeth the remains of Mr- Patrick | Griffin who
departed this life on the 2nd | of September 1807 and
also of his wife | Margaret who departed this life on the
26th I November 1820. I

Erected | to the memory of | Joseph Shirley | who de-
parted this life 22 June 1870 aged 74 years. I am
Thine | what a comfort What a blessing to know Jesus
is mine.

Erected in memory of Mrs* Anne Blevins | Wife of
William Blevins late of | the 5th Dragoon Guards Died |
May 18th 1835 aged 57 years.

Here lieth the remains of John Johnston | of the City
of Dublin Esqre who departed | this life the 5th August
1823 aged 75 years | also ... of his children the last
of whom was Margaret.

Swords Church.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 The churchyard at Swords is remarkably uninteresting so far
as old tombstones are concerned, as there are no slabs now visible
dated earlier than the eighteenth century (with one doubtful excep-
tion), though the church contains one very interesting sixteenth -
century slab belonging to the Blakeney family.

' The square belfry of the older church still stands, and close
beside it the Round Tower, with its comparatively modern upper

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portion, which is ungraceful and a poor imitation of the ancient
design, having four large, round-headed windows (which should
have been made square-headed to be in keeping with the doorway
and other openings) in the top story, and a low, mean-looking,
conical roof.

1 The place is dedicated to St. Columbkill.

1 The ancient slab inside the church lies at the foot of the
Communion-rails steps. It is of limestone, 6 feet in length, and
2 feet in breadth ; the inscription (which has already appeared in
Vol. I, at p. 351, of The Journal, in an incomplete form) runs
round the four edges with three additional short lines at the upper
end to complete the sentence. It is cut in relief in " black-letter,"
and in very good preservation ; the middle portion of the slab is
unsculptured. The inscription reads ' : —

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1 The persons here named were probably James Blakeney and his
wife Elizabeth Taylor, and perhaps two other wives, Alison Canlie
and Margaret Walsh, and a son William.

' The inscription is very vague as to whose death the date refers
to.

' In connection with the name Taylor, there is a slab (formerly
in the old church) now lying at the east end of the burial-ground,
on which is inscribed ' : —

This Stone was Erected by

Iohn Taylor of Swords Esqr the

ground being nine foot long and

six broad (situated on the north

side of the Altar) being the -»■

Ancient Burial place of his <*"

Ancestors. Septr ye 9th 1725.

' Above the inscription is cut, in relief, a coat-of-arms : — " Azure,
& lion rampant argent, debruised by a bendlet gules, charged with
three escallops or."

' The crest looks like a swan on the wing ; and the motto is : —
Prudent. Com. Le. Serpent.'

1 On the left-hand side of the Communion Table is a mural monu-
ment of black and white marble to the memory of Dr. Owen, d.d.,
Vicar of the Parish, who died in 1764 ; the inscription has already
appeared on p. 350, Vol. I, of The Journal. It contains a few verbal
errors, but the copyist stumbles badly in date of the year, which is
wrongly given as 1760.

1 A coat-of-arms — " A chevron between three lions rampant" —
and a crest — a lion rampant — are carved at the top of the
monument.'

1 Two limestone slabs lie side by side in the central passage of
the church near the upper end (having been removed from the
ruins of the old church). One is to a member of the Hewetson
family, and the other to that of Scardevile. Both inscriptions have
•already appeared in The Journal (for the former, see Vol. I, p. 349,

DUBLIN. 74

and for the latter, Vol. V, p. 70), but are repeated here owing to
errors which have occurred in them' : —

Here lies Interr'd
ye rnd Christopher Hewetson Clk

( Chan: of Christ's )
Late 1 Preb: of Sl Patrs V Church

( Vicar of this I

And chap: to ye most END Ad. Loftus

(sometime Ld Arbp of Dub :
and Ld Chan: of Ireland)

OBIIT AN DOM 1634

with Several of his near Relations

on whose Grave yis Stone was laid

by his Grandson Mic: Hewetson

Archdeacon of Armagh.

IULY [? 9th] 1694.

1 On the slab alongside the above : —

' A coat-of-arms : — " three lozenges ." This coat

is probably a foreign one ; the name " Scardevile (a Huguenot)"
is not given in Burke's General Armoury.

' The Scardevile coat impales that of Culliford, viz. : — " Argent,
a fess between three mules passant sable" (though the stone-cutter
has omitted the mules) ' : —

HERE LYETH YE BODY OF YE REVD
HENRY SCARDEVILE DEAN OF «*"
CLOYN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
YE 3d OF FEB 1703

ALSO
HERE LYETH YK BODY OF ELIZAB
ETH SCARDEVILE HIS DAVGHTER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE YE 4th
DAY OF MAY 1704.

' There is a mural monument on the right of the Communion
Table to the memory of this same clergyman, which gives the names
of his wives and children, for which see Vol. I, p. 349 ; the latter
is surmounted by the same coat-of-arms, and has a unicorn for

the crest.'

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' Near the path leading to the church is a large tombstone, on
which is inscribed ' : —

a • dni • 1627

rbts : rvssell

poster1tati

Here Lieth Intered the Body

of Mr Robert Russell of Drynam

Greatgrandson to the above

Mr Robert Russell, he died

August the 6th 1766 Aged

74 years.

In loving Memory of

Robert Russell Cruise,

Born 10th October 1827

Died 31st October 1903

R.I.P.

' The upper portion of the above inscription has been recut,.
probably at the time the modern addition was made.'

1 On a headstone at the east side of the burial-ground is the
following inscription ' : —

I.H.S.
This Stone and Burial | Place belongeth unto |
Bartholomew Dowdal | and his Posterity. Mach the

25 1741, here under | neath lies 4 of his childr | Peter,

Anne, Bridget, An

Tallag'lit Churchyard.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]
[Continued from Vol. IV, p. 411.)

' About the middle of the burial-ground there are two large
slabs lying side by side. These stones are of a peeling quality, so

DUBLIN. 76

that the inscription on one (which is also badly fractured) is
illegible. What can be made out on the other is as follows ' : —

HEEE LYETH THE BODY OF M»
[? DAN]IELL BROWN OF IOBSTOWN
WHO DECEASED THE . . DAY OF
FEBR. 1700 AND ......

AND MR RO[?BERT]

KNOCKLINE AND

1 The remainder of the inscriptions are all copied from granite
headstones on the south side of the church, some of which are of
an ornamental kind, like the one figured on p. 316 of Vol. V of
The Journal.'

I. H. S.

I.H. S.
Here lyeth the | Body of John Bry | in who departed
This Life March | 1 1742 Aged | 69 years.

HERE

LYETH THE

BODY OF GEORGE

BEGGELLY WHO

DEPARTED THIS

LIFE MAY THE

5 IN THE 60 YEAR

OF HIS AGE

1716.

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IHS
THIS STONE EKECT
ED BY MILES KEOUG
H OF KILLINAKDEN IN
MEMORY OF HIS FATH
ER & MOTHER THOM
AS & MARY KEOUGH &

THEIR POSTERITY.
AND ALSO HERE LIETH
THE BODY OF HIS BROT

« The remainder is underground.

+
I.H. S.

THIS STONE AND BURIA
L PLACE BELONGETH TO
IAMES REILLY AND HIS

POSTERITY.

HERE LIETH THE BODY

OF HIS FATHER & MOTH

ER PATER & IUDY RE-

The remainder is underground.'

MISCELLANEA.

The Vaults under St. Michan's Church, Dublin.

The following description of these Vaults is made up of extracts
from an account of them, written in 1888, by Sir Arthur Vicars,
k.c.v.o., f.s.a., Ulster-King-of-Arms :—

St. Michan's Church is situated on the north of the river
Anna Liffey. It is doubtful if there exists any of the original
church. It is a cruciform structure, in a sort of a semi-classical
style of last century (eighteenth), of the plainest possible description,
with a fine old tower at the west end, with graduated battlements.
This tower presents the appearance, to my mind, of having
undergone a partial, if not total, rebuilding : possibly in 1686,
at which date it was restored, as appears by an inscription over
the west door.

The church was founded in the year 1095, in honour of
St. Michanus, said to be a Danish bishop, and there is a recumbent
effigy, occupying a niche in the south wall, in the church, of a
bishop in alb, chasuble, and mitre, holding a pastoral staff. This
is supposed to represent the founder. It is of granite, but has
been whitewashed over.

Before treating of the Vaults, it may be interesting to mention
that there is a tradition that the organ in this church is the
one on which Handel first played his "Messiah." Though I do
not like to upset such a nice old tradition as this, I feel bound
to say that it is devoid of foundation. By the " Memorial Book "
of the parish I find that the organ was built by Cuvillie, in 1724,
and the same source gives a full specification of it.

It is well known that Handel paid his first visit to Dublin
in 1742, and performed his "Messiah" in the Fishamble Street
Music Hall, now long since pulled down. An organ there was in
the room on which Handel played, which we learn from a letter
from Handel to Jennens. But as the organ now in St. Michan's is
the same as that erected by Cuvillie, in 1724, it is quite impossible
that it could have been in Fishamble Street for Handel to have
played his " Messiah " on it. However, as it was the finest organ
in Dublin for many years, it is quite probable that Handel did
actually play on it in St. Michan's.

The organ case is finely carved with fruit and flowers, also the
gallery in front of it with musical instruments. The church plate

[To face page 78.

EFFIGY OF A BISHOP IN ST. MICHAN'S CHURCH.

[From a photograph by B. Killick, of Bray.']

mostly dates from the seventeenth century, though there is one
silver-gilt chalice the base of which might possibly be pre-
Reformation.

Having said this much about the interior of the church, I shall
pass on to the vaults, of which there are five. They are entered
from the outside on the south side, and for the most part extend
across the entire width of the church. Two are under the nave ;
one small one, consisting of a single chamber, under the south
transept ; another extending from transept to transept ; and the
fifth, called the chancel vault, from being situated beneath the
chancel.

The entrance to the first vault, beginning at the west end, as in
the case of all the others, is protected by massive iron doors placed
in a slanting direction against the wall, and on these being swung
back a flight of steps is disclosed to view. Descending the nine
steps, we come into a long arched passage 37 feet long, 5 feet
6 inches wide, and 8 feet 10 inches high. Off this passage are
four arched entrances to the right and left, each 3 feet 2 inches
wide, and 5 feet 4 inches high. Unlike our sensations in most
other vaults, a warm feeling is perceptible on entering the place,
accompanied by a dry stone-and-mortar sort of smell, which tells
one at once of the absence of all damp. I have heard some liken
the smell in these vaults to that of mustard. Entering the
chamber on our left, which contains some twenty coffins of the
Beard and Stitt families, we come upon a curious spectacle.
On one side is a pile of coffins, out of one of which the whole side
has fallen, and there is displayed to "view the body of a man in a
perfect state of preservation, his flesh presenting a brown, leathery
sort of appearance. He rests on hay — all that remains of the
upholstery of the coffin. And some hay still clings to the sides ;
but all signs of the lining, or shroud of the corpse, have disap-
peared.

The next chamber is that of the Osborne family, as appears by
the arms on the iron gate — Quarterly ermine and az. a cross engrl.
or. This vault contains six coffins, which, contrary to custom, are
placed nearly upright and leaning against the wall. There is a
legend in connection with this family, that this is the way they
have buried their members for many generations, in order to
facilitate their answer to the last summons. All the coffins in this
vault appear to be of this century.

The next chamber is a mass of confusion — coffins in various
stages of dilapidation, lying about on top of one another in every
position. Here is shown the body of a man with a piece of crape,
now red from age, tied over his eyes. The sexton holds that this
is a sign that he was hung, which is not at all improbable, for we
know that St. Michan's was situated close to the old Newgate or
prison of Dublin, and the parish had a right of burying malefactors

who had been put to death, and got very large fees for it, too.
The brothers Sheares, the rebels of 1798, who were hung at New-
gate, are buried in St. Michan's vaults ; and Robert Emmet, another
rebel, is said to lie in the churchyard, as also some other less
important offenders. The last coffin was brought into this chamber
in 1840.

We next come to the Mac Dowell and Neilson vaults, and on the
opposite side, as we return, those of Ferguson, Rev. J. H. Monahan,
Precentor of Christ Church Cathedral, and Archer. In the last-
named we see where a coffin has collapsed from the superincumbent
weight of two more modern ones. This state of things we saw
once or twice in our inspection of the place, and in some cases the
result is anything but edifying, as the pressure causes the bodies to
protrude, and the spectacle of emerging arms, and legs, and tufts
of hair, presents a very awful appearance. The last chamber on
our left is that lately appropriated by Canon Marrable, formerly
rector of this parish.

The next vault is the second from the west end, and is entered
like the last, than which it is somewhat smaller, the passage being
29 feet 6 inches in length. On the left-hand side are two chambers
with doorways, respectively 5 feet 4 inches by 3 feet 2 inches.
The first one is a very large vault belonging to the family of
Hamilton, of Abbotstown, Co. Dublin, and contains, according
to the sexton, some forty coffins, all seemingly in a good state of
preservation. The other chamber is only 11 feet by 8 feet, and
8 feet 10 inches in extreme height, and, like all the others, is
arched. This chamber contains altogether ten coffins — two on the
left, four on the right, and four in the centre without lids. The
centre one contains the body of a lady brought here about the year
1790. All these have once been covered with black velvet, some of
which still hangs on the sides in strips. It is a popularly-received
idea that these bodies are several hundred years old, and people
go even so far as to say that the body of a man with his legs
crossed in the coffin nearest the wall is a crusader. The absurdity
of this wild notion is obvious when we look at the coffins, which
we have reasons for thinking are the original ones in which the
bodies were first placed. They are of the ordinary shape of
the present day, of which I believe I am correct in stating one
of the earliest examples known is that of Lancelot, Bishop of Win-
chester, buried in 1626 in St. Saviour's, Southwark, whose coffin was
discovered in 1830 (Gent.'s Mag., Aug., 1830, p. 171). Everyone
knows now that the cross-legged crusader theory is long since
exploded. There is not much to guide one in guessing the date of
the coffins in St. Michan's, but I should scarcely think that there are
any prior in date to about the end of the seventeenth century, if
indeed so early ; the greater number are much later than that. We
were informed by the sexton that in another of the vaults, some

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years ago, he saw " E. Rook, 1690," marked in nails on the lid of
a coffin of a child. The lock of this vault being out of order, we
were unable to visit it, though I have since had this statement
corroborated by another ; but whether or not my informants mis-
took the 1790 for 1690 will, however, never be ascertained, for the
coffin in question has since fallen to pieces. I don't remember,
however, having seen any dates on my previous visits. At all
events, whatever their dates may be, the coffins must certainly have
been here many years, and quite long enough to set people wonder-
ing how it is that time and the usual process of decay seem to have
had no effect on them.

The appearance of these four bodies is similar to all those that
we saw, and is weird and wonderful in the extreme. The flesh has,
as in the other cases, assumed a dark and leathery appearance,
though the pores of the skin, as also the features, are discernible ;
the " abdominal walls " are elastic on pressure ; and the fingers can
be moved independently of each other ; and it is very probable that
the other joints of the body are equally pliable. The right hand
of the female figure in the centre coffin is missing, and the wrist
presents an appearance as if it had been cut off, possibly by some
vandal of a tourist.

The bodies seem to have undergone practically no change since
a rather fanciful account of them was written in 1832, in The
Dublin Penny Journal. I subjoin an extract : —

11 Underneath this ample church extend long, narrow galleries,
on either side of which are the vaults, not much larger than
common coal-vaults, in which the coffins are placed. Some, which
are the private property of individuals, are fastened up with wooden
or iron doors, others are open ; and into one of these the sexton
led us, candle in hand. I confess that, on inspecting the contents,
I was greatly disappointed. I had read Brydone's description of a
subterraneous catacomb in Sicily, which has the property of drying
up the bodies of those enclosed in it, and in which those dead
centuries ago are still standing in their niches, the same in form
and features as when alive, and clothed in the attire and ornaments
belonging to their sex. If I did not anticipate exactly the same
here, I at least expected, from report, to see dried and preserved
specimens of the human form ; but if ever there was a shocking,
revolting, melancholy representation of what ' man that is mortal '
may come to, it is here. In a common tomb or vault, after a few
years have gone by, nothing remains but the remnants of the
coffins and the bones ; everything belonging to the child of dust
has returned to its dust, except what may mark the place as a
Golgotha — a place of skeletons and skulls. But here death is, as
it were, making a mockery of mortality, leaving flesh in rags and
tatters, and allowing skin, muscle, and cartilage to remain, so in
the most appalling way to humble human pride, and show what

man's gallantry and woman's beauty may become when it is pre-
served, as it is here, half skeleton, half mummy. The transition
state between preservation and decay was most horrible to look on.
There lay a large man, whose head was on one side, either so placed
in order to fit into his coffin, or else (the idea is fearful) he had
come to life in his narrow cell, and, after horrible contortion, had
died for want of air. The skin on the head, the cartilages of the
nose, the cellular substance of the legs, the capsular ligaments of
the joints and fingers, were all preserved ; but, oh, the torn, worn,
tattered skin ! — just like decaying, discoloured parchment, exhibit-
ing all the colours belonging to the slowest possible decay — blue,
green, and yellow — the mildew and mouldiness of a century.
Never will the image of that ghastly specimen of decay be effaced
from my memory."

I need hardly remark that the foregoing account is rather
coloured. The author's imagination seems to have led him astray
when he speaks of the man who he thinks was buried alive, on the
ground that his head slightly inclined to one side. I was also
unable to detect the "blue, green, and yellow" tints, or any
appearance that would suggest the slightest action of damp.

Before leaving this vault I was curious to see if the antiseptic
properties extended to the coffins which had not from age as yet
exposed their contents. So we raised the lid of the one on our
left, which did not seem to be fastened down. It was with feelings
akin to awe we gazed on the confusion that reigned inside : — there,
amidst a heap of rubbish, and what appeared to have once been
part of the upholstery of the interior, lay the body of a man in
exactly the same condition of preservation.

The next vault we visited is the largest of them all, and extends
from one transept to the other, the central passage being 70 feet
long, 5 feet 4 inches wide, and about 9 feet high. Passing on our
right the vaults of the White family, and those of the Rev. Charles
Stanford, Prebendary of St. Michan's, 1846, and Prebendary
Abbot— in the last-named of which there is that fearful debris and
confusion which seems to make such a mockery of the sadness of
death — we come to the family vault of the Earls of Leitrim, the
entrance to which is protected by a large wooden door. By placing
the candle opposite a hole in one side of the door, and looking
through another, we got a view of the interior, which contains some
twelve coffins, including that of the late Earl, who was murdered in
Donegal some few years ago. Most of the coffins in this chamber
are covered with velvet ; and the sexton informed us that on the
burial of the late Earl, the velvet on the surrounding coffins was
found to be perfectly free from damp— another proof of the dryness
of these vaults. The silver-gilt coronets on the coffins reflected the
rays of the candle in a strange way about the gloomy interior.
The adjoining vault belongs to the Viscounts Monck. It is curious

that the interior of this chamber should present some signs of
decay, and all within a space of about three years, due, I believe, to
the following facts : — A short time ago a coffin was disinterred
from the churchyard, and brought into the Weir vault (situated
opposite the Monck vault), after having been in the ground
some years. As a result, all the coffins in the chamber became
covered with a white film of mildew, and the appearance, a year
ago, was truly remarkable, and indeed beautiful, all the coffins in
this vault being enveloped in what resembled a coating of snow.
The coffin from the churchyard is supposed to have introduced
damp — an element foreign to this place — which worked its way
across the passage to the Monck vault, and there did the havoc
that we saw, besides causing such debris in the Weir vault itself.
The damp, however, seems to have almost entirely expended itself,
and been stopped by the peculiar nature of the place, for as I write
all signs of mildew have disappeared, and only the walls of this
particular chamber show any moisture.

On our way out we pass the vaults of the Wilson, Brereton,
Sankey, and Putland families, and a vault belonging to no family
in particular, containing human remains in a most shocking state
of disorder, due to the collapsing of the coffins, and presenting the
appearance of a regular charnel-house.

This was very much the condition of most of the vaults until
some years ago, when a former rector had the debris collected and
placed in the chamber under the vestry, the entrance to which, now
blocked, is at the termination of the west-end vault.

Before leaving we must notice the coffins of the brothers Sheares,
the rebels of 1798, in the last chamber next the entrance. When
first buried here, they had no leaden coffins, and in process of time,
when the wooden coffins went to pieces, the bodies were exposed to
view. And it seems that many years ago some one stole the head
of John Sheares for a wager ; and great was the wonderment
caused at the time by its sudden disappearance. But through the
agency of the late Dr. Madden, m.r.i.a., it was restored, and the
remains of both brothers placed in lead and oak coffins in 1853.
The outer coffins are now fast decaying, the lids having disap-
peared, and the sides show signs of going to pieces.

The chancel vault we did not visit, for we found it impossible to
turn the key of the iron doors. We were told, however, that it
contained nothing of interest beyond " a gintleman with an orange
sash around him." The roof of this vault extends beyond the
present chancel several feet, which may in some degree expose
the interior to the elements, and account for the fact that the
bodies in this vault are not nearly so well preserved as in the
others, the vault being much more damp than the rest. In
the chancel vaults are buried, amongst others, the Morgan Croftons
and Percivals. ,

I noticed in some of the chambers of these vaults webs of most
gigantic proportions, forming huge curtains over the gloomy sur-
roundings. In one chamber the web must have been at least ten
feet long, and as wide as the chamber itself. The sexton told us he
had seen one of these spiders, which he described as being of large
size, and black in colour. He has been anxiously looking out for
one to capture to send to a naturalist who is curious to examine
one. I do not see what the spiders would have to live upon
(unless, as his theory is, that they feed on the dead bodies around
them), for I saw no sign of life whatever.

The first question that will suggest itself to one on seeing
these vaults will naturally be : To what can be attributed these
extraordinary phenomena ? — for there is no question as to the
bodies being embalmed, since some of them have been compara-
tively recently placed here.

There are many theories put forward as to the peculiar nature
of these vaults. One is, that it is due to the tannin in the earthen
floors of the vaults, as the ground on which St. Michan's is built
was anciently a vast oak forest, and not very long ago known as
Oxmanstown Wood. Certain it is that the floor of the vaults does
not show the slightest sign of damp, but, on the contrary, is of a
pale yellow earth, fine and dry.

There is an old record which states : " The faire green or com-
mune, now called Osmontowne Green, was all wood, and hee that
diggeth at this day to any depth shall finde the ground full of great
rootes." (Vide also Hanmer's Chronicle.) This would go to support
the Tannic theory just propounded. It is said that, in 1098,
William Kufus got permission from Murchad, King of Leinster, to
procure wood for the roof of Westminster Hall from these woods.
This was possibly the roof pulled down in the year 1397. I have
heard it suggested that the preservative properties are to be attri-
buted to the magnesian limestone, of a yellow colour, of which the
vaults are partially built, and that it absorbs the moisture.

The following extract, by a well-known chemist of Dublin,
appeared in a Dublin journal some sixty years ago : —

" The bodies of those a long time deposited appear in all their
awful solitariness — at full length — the coffins having mouldered to
pieces ; but from those, and even the more recently entombed, not
the least cadaverous smell is discoverable ; and all the bodies
exhibit a similar appearance — dry, and of a dark colour. It is
observable of animal matter in general, that in common cases, from
the action of the external air, or its own reaction, putrefaction
results ; but when placed in a temperature not exceeding 32°, the
septic tendency is considerably counteracted, as the preservation of
the mammoth in the iceberg would sufficiently prove. In this
instance, it appears that the action of the fluid was interrupted by
cold. Now, if the action of the enclosed fluid was altogether

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THE COAT-OF-ARMS AND INSCRIPTION OVER THE

DOOR OF THE MOLYNEUX HOUSE IN

PETER STREET, DUBLIN.

[From a drawing by Miss C. F. Long.']

destroyed, as is the case in the salting of meat, it is plain this would
also contribute to counteract the septic tendency : whence it follows
that it is the moisture which gives life to the putrefactive ferment.
Now, the floor, walls, and atmosphere of the vaults of St. Michan's
are perfectly dry ; the flooring is even covered with dust, and the
walls are composed of a stone peculiarly calculated to resist
moisture. This combination of circumstances contributes to aid
nature in rendering the atmosphere of those gloomy regions more
dry than the atmosphere we enjoy. Further, it appears that in
none of the bodies deposited here are any intestines, or other parts
containing fluid matter, to be found, having all decayed shortly
after burial."

Another theory is that of Sir Charles Cameron, f.r.c.s., Vice-
President of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and
Ireland, and Medical Officer of Health for Dublin, which is that
the peculiarities of these vaults are due partly to their undoubted
dryness, and partly to the great freedom of their atmosphere from
dust.

Molyneux House, Peter Street, Dublin.
From Miss A. Peter.

Built by Dr. Thomas Molyneux (State Physician in Ireland) in
1711. He was President of the College of Physicians for several
years and Physician General to the Army in Ireland in 1717. In
1730 he was created a baronet. He married Catherine, d. of Ralph
Howard, grandfather of the 1st Lord Wicklow.

He had 16 children, and was succeeded in the title by his son
Daniel in 1733. The father of Sir Thomas Molyneux was Samuel
Molyneux, of Castle Dillon, Co. Armagh, Chief Engineer of Ireland;
and his eldest brother was the "celebrated William Molyneux,"
M.P. for Dublin University.

[See Burke's Peerage under the Baronet of this name.]

86
NOTES AND QUERIES,

John Chartres, Mayor of Cork, 1692.— I should be
obliged for any information about the descendants of his younger
sons, John, Thomas, and Ralph. Was John Chartres, of Knocka-
loho, County Clare, the Mayor's second son ?

Alfred Molony,

12 Vincent Square Mansions, Westminster, London.

Weldon Family.

I shall be much obliged for any information concerning Thomas
f?j Weldon, of Weldon, in Staffordshire [?], possibly Northampton-
shire, or Northumberland, whose four sons — Walter, m.p. for Athy,
1613, married Jane, daughter of John Ryder, Bishop of Killaloe ;
William, married [_?] Jane, daughter of John Bolton, of Great
Fenton, Staffordshire ; Robert, married in 1616, at St. Mary
Le Strand, London, Katherine Bambridge (Bainbridge, or Bambrick,
of Apeley [?] , Cumberland) ; and Thomas married Anne, daughter
of . « . Blood, of Dunbryn, Co. Meath. They settled in Ireland

towards the end of the sixteenth century.

•

Sir A. Weldon, Bart.,

Kilmorony, Athy,

Ireland.

Hackett.

Information concerning the ancestors of the following required :

William Hackett — Born 1737 ; married — Lvons ; died
4/15/1672.

James Hackett — Born 1767; married Margaret Donovan; died
182(7?).

Bartholomew Hackett — Born 1799 ; married Anne Byrne ; died
1856.

The latter, who was a distiller in Midleton, County Cork, was
brother of William Hackett, the antiquary. Their father is
believed to have been a tanner.

J. Dominick Hackett,
Laurel Hill,

Long Island, New York,

U.S.A.

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COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT

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ID WALTER FITZGERALD, M.R.I.A., Editor.
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PEIRCE G. MAHONY, M.R.I.A., Cork Herald of Arms.

PREFACE.

JN presenting to our members the two half-yearly parts of
our Journal for 1907, we wish to draw their attention to
the following matters.

During the past year we are glad to say that the following
have become members of our Association : —

His Grace The Most Rev. William J. Walsh, d.d., m.r.i.a.,
Lord Archbishop of Dublin ; The Most Rev. Nicholas Donnelly,
d.d., m.r.i.a., Lord Bishop of Canea ; Guillamore OGrady, m.a. ;
The Dublin Corporation (for Kevin Street Library) ; The
New York State Library; E. C. R. Armstrong, m.r.i.a.;
C. H. Thompson, m.d. ; The New York Historical Society ;
George Fogerty, m.d. ; Major MacGillycuddy ; H. S. Guinness,
Esq. ; J. D. Hackett, Esq. ; J. D. Crimmins, Esq. ; Raymond
Gorges, Esq. ; The Royal Dublin Society ; F. A. Crisp, Esq. ;
Miss F. Mary Marlande ; Sir Maurice Dockrell ; Mrs. Mahony,
Major T. J. Chamberlayne ; F. E. Ball, m.r.i.a. ; Rev. T.
Gogerty, c.c. ; Mrs. Lecky ; T. U. Sadleir, Esq.; Messrs. S. E.
Stechert and Co. ; Rev. J. Meehan, c.c. ; His Excellency The
ONeill, Count of Tyrone ; The Manchester Reference Library ;
The Reform Club, London ; Mrs. Travers ; James Mills, m.r.i.a. ;
Miss Shuckburgh ; The Historical Society of Pennsylvania ;
S. A. Quan-Smith, Esq. ; C. A. Bernau, Esq. ; E. M. F. G.
Boyle, Esq.

It is with much regret that we have to announce the death
of an old and valued member — The Reverend Luke Barton,
P.P. of Castletown- Geoghegan, Mullingar, who was deeply
interested in our work.

Our membership now stands at 184, being an increase of 28
as compared with our numbers for the year 1906.

It may not be out of place to state, for the benefit of our
new members, the objects of our Association, which are as
follows : —

I. — To endeavour to rouse the attention of the Clergy and
Laity to the present generally very disgraceful state
of the burial-grounds in Ireland, and to enlist
sympathy and active aid in getting them into better
order, and enclosed, where they require it ; to strive to
have them preserved and protected, and treated with the
respect and veneration due to them.

II.— To secure a record of all existing tombs

and monuments of any interest — by having
their inscriptions carefully and accurately copied ; and
to obtain information, as far as possible, regarding
those that have been removed or destroyed.

III. — To watch carefully works carried on in, and about,
churches, &c, so as to prevent injury to
monuments and tombstones.

IV. — To repair tombs of National interest where
the present representatives of the deceased are not in a
position to do so, and when the funds admit of it — as
has been done in the case of Richard Millikin's tomb-
stone at Douglas, Co. Cork (the author of " The Groves
of Blarney ") and several other tombs.

V.— To print a half-yearly Journal, with illus-
trations and copies of inscriptions, and also such
other matter connected with the Ancient Memorials of
the dead in this country as may be thought desirable.

VI. — The printing of extracts of interest from chapter-books,
parochial and other registers and records, is thought
very desirable ; and the Clergy are earnestly
requested to furnish them, as well as any
other information they can give connected with their
churches and parishes, and used and disused burial-
grounds.

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VII.— Accounts of ancient fonts, bells, church plate,
and memorial glass, are also requested, with sketches,
photographs, or rubbings ; and copies of inscriptions
and "Hall-marks" thereon.

A new circular, showing the utility of the Journal to those
interested in the Genealogy, Heraldry, and Archaeology of
Ireland, was issued during the past year, and met with a good
response.

Reviews of the Journal for 1906 are very gratifying ; and we
take this opportunity of thanking the Editors of the respective
publications for their kind efforts on our behalf, and for drawing
the attention of their readers to our Journal.

The following are the Reviews that have appeared : —

11 The Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica," Fourth Series,
vol. ii, part 5, page 219, March, 1907.

"We have been favoured by The Cork Herald with the two parts of
the ' Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials
of the Dead in Ireland ' for 1906, and are agreeably surprised at the
excellent selection of memorials gathered together, illustrated as the
parts are with plate engravings, making each worthy of general
support. We fear that the Society for Preserving Memorials of the
Dead in England has died out, as we contributed some years ago,
at the request of the Committee, a paper on Dibdin's Grave in the
churchyard attached to the almshouses of St. Martin's in the Fields,
which were built from the money paid when the present National
Gallery was erected. We found this square tomb in excellent order,
surrounded on each side by quotations from the song of ' Tom
Bowling,' and ascertained that it was by the loving care of a
granddaughter that it was in such good repair.

" The first part of these memorials in Ireland has the full
inscription on the monument to Dean Swift, and also that to
1 Stella,' otherwise Hester Johnson, who was so celebrated in the
writings of the witty Dean. He died in 1745, and she in January,
1727-8, and to the support of a chaplain to the hospital in Dublin
she left £1,000. The plates interspersed comprise the splendid
tomb of Sir Donat O'Brien in Kilnasoolagh Church, in County
Clare, a fine view of Hillsborough Church, County Down, the tomb
of Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin, 1605-61, besides several
page rubbings, all well done. Part II has fourteen illustrations,
mostly rubbings, besides the title and index for vol. vi, and it is
issued to subscribers at 10s. per annum. The work has our strongest
recommendations. Vols, i, ii, and iii are already out of print."

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"The Genealogist," New Series, vol. xxiii, part 4, page 269,
April, 1907.

" The good work which is being accomplished in Ireland in
preserving the Memorials of the Dead is but little known in this
country, and we therefore all the more gladly call attention to the
publications of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials
of the Dead. Part I is especially noteworthy as containing the
monumental inscriptions of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, prior
to 1840, which have been contributed by the Dean. Among the
older monuments are the brasses to Sir Edward Fitton and his wife ;
Eobert Sutton, Dean, 1527-1528, and Geoffrey Fyche, who held the
same offices, 1529-1537 ; Sir Henry Wallop, who died in Dublin in
1559, after having rendered service to the English Crown as Lord
Justice and in other capacities ; and the effigy of Michael Tregury,
Archbishop of Dublin, 1449-72, which has been reproduced from a
sketch preserved in the cathedral archives. Another interesting
monument is that of Dame Mary St. Leger (died 1603), wife of Sir
Anthony St. Leger, who was her fourth husband. Of the later
inscriptions the most important are, of course, those to Swift and
Stella. Part II consists of inscriptions in many churches and
churchyards in several Irish counties. The contributors include
such well-known and enthusiastic antiquaries as Sir Edmund
Bewley, and the energetic and capable Editor, Lord Walter Fitz-
Gerald."

" The Antiquary," New Series, vol. iii, No. 5, May, 1907.

" We have received the two parts for 1906 (vol. vi, No. 3, parts
I and II) of the ' Journal of the Association for the Preservation of
the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland.' The Association was founded
some years ago with the object of urging the better care of Irish
burial-grounds, and of recording all existing tombs and monuments
of any interest, with accurate copies of their inscriptions, and for
other kindred purposes. It is clear from the two well-printed parts
of the Journal before us that the Association is doing excellent work.
There are many illustrations of arms, with careful descriptions, and
also of important or specially interesting tombs. With regard to
the value of the inscriptions, it has to be remembered that, owing to
the absence of early parish registers in Ireland, except in Dublin,
these inscriptions are often the only means of tracing pedigrees.
The Journal is thus of special value to students of Irish genealogy
and heraldry. In the parts before us we note especially a complete
collection of the monumental inscriptions, prior to the year 1840, in
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, copied by the Dean last year, and
containing many famous names ; an illustration of a very interes-
ting sixteenth-century heraldic mural slab in Lyons Churchyard,
carefully described by Lord Walter FitzGerald ; and another of a

seventeenth-century heraldic and inscribed slab in a fragmentary
condition in the nave of the ruined church at Balsoon, County Meath.
The Association clearly deserves the support not only of Irish
antiquaries, but of all interested in Irish genealogy and heraldry.
Particulars can be obtained of Mr. E. R. M'C. Dix, 17 Kildare
Street, Dublin."

" The Drogheda Argus," June 15, 1907 : —

" The Society for the Preservation of the Memorials of the
Dead deserves to be better known. Its purpose is to preserve from
the oblivion that is fast enshrouding them all the inscriptions and
memorials of the dead that are to be found upon the mouldering
tombstones in the neglected graveyards and ancient churches of the
country. Careful hands are invited to photograph or otherwise
faithfully copy every interesting memory of the forgotten dead,
and to send them in to be placed in permanent printed form in the
pages of the Journal of the Society. We find in the six volumes
of the Journal a most interesting and valuable collection of records.
In most cases the inscriptions are given just as they occur,
curiosities in spelling and in lettering being faithfully reproduced.
The volumes are copiously illustrated, and several photographs of
most interesting character of tombstones, coats-of-arms, and
inscriptions are given. It is to be regretted that the county of
Louth yet lacks its due share of recognition. The members of the
Society from this county are very few, indeed, although no county
is richer, we believe, in the ancient and interesting memorials of
the long-forgotten dead than ours. The Journal's existence is
practically unknown amongst us, and its merits blush unseen. We
would, therefore, exhort those who are interested in the Memorials
of our Dead to purchase this Journal, and to see how very easily the
inscriptions may be preserved whose loss everyone interested in the
history of our county would deplore. The work of the Society needs
only to be seen to be appreciated. The Society is wishful to excite
the interest of all antiquaries ; it would be the better of still greater
financial support. We hope that some of the Archaeological Society
will become members of this Society, and contribute to the Journal.
The inscriptions and memorials of the dead are crying out for some
hand to save them, and it is in the power of the antiquaries to do
that easy work well. For further information regarding the Society
and its Journal we recommend our readers to communicate with
E. R. M'Clintock Dix, Esq., of Kildare Street, Dublin."

"Notes and Queries," No. 189, Tenth Series, page 118,
10th August, 1907 :—

" We are glad to commend to our readers a society which does
excellent and much-needed work in Ireland. Tombstones and
inscriptions do not there receive so much attention as in England.

The Association records many things which are no longer in situ, or
have been totally obliterated and lost. Its first three volumes are
all out of print and eagerly sought after. Reports are given here
by counties, with notes and illustrations of the most important
inscriptions. The Tighe mural slab (1673) at St. Michan's is an
instance of a record which is now almost undecipherable, and was
only traced by means of a copy of it made many years ago by a
member of the family. Under St. Patrick's Cathedral Swift's
terrible epitaph is quoted, with that of Stella, and Swift's servant,
Alexander M'Gee. But everywhere the intelligent reader will find
matter of interest, while the expert will acknowledge the careful
scholarship of the Committee and its Editor, Lord Walter FitzGerald.
The Association's funds 'do not allow of paid hands'; but they
have subscribers scattered all over the country, and they deserve the
support of English antiquaries. Their object is not only to record
inscriptions, but also to prevent injury to them, to repair them care-
fully where they are of national interest, and to print extracts from
chapter books and registers. The journals are issued free to their
subscribers, whose number ought to be increased. The Hon.
Treasurer is a learned contributor to ' Notes and Queries,' Mr.
E. R. M'C. Dix, of 17 Kildare Street, Dublin."

A reply to this review was sent to "Notes and Queries," and
was inserted in No. 194, Tenth Series, page 201, September
14th, and was as follows : —

" In the review of the ' Journal of the Association for the Preser-
vation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland ' (ante, p. 118) you
state that tombstones and inscriptions do not receive so much
attention in Ireland as in England.

"I understand that a society is being formed in England for
recording inscriptions on tombstones and tablets. It would appear
from extracts printed in the first volume of the Journal of the Irish
Association, and taken from the ' Journal of the National Society
for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in England ' (a
society no longer in existence), that the need for such a society is
greater than would be supposed, as the following extracts will
show : —

" ' Two tons of brasses from Hereford Cathedral sold to a
brazier/

'"Ancient tombstones at Much Dewchurch found forming
the floor of the rectory stable.'
" The same thing at Farnham.

" ' At Purton Church the scullery floor of the vicarage laid
with memorial slabs removed from the church.'

" At Nantwich, Cheshire, the particulars of ' the shameful
destruction ' of monumental inscriptions fill ten pages quarto.

"At Bowden, Cheshire, tombstones were found in the old
vicarage (now a private residence).

11 At Chew Magna, Somerset, ' a late vicar had tombstones taken
from the churchyard to pave his coach-house.'

"At Peterborough a font was broken up to ' mend the roads,'
and another was found in a stableyard.

"At Bishop Canning Church ' ancient monumental slabs have
been ' buried under modern tiles.'

"At Horsham, Sussex, fifteenth-century brasses and other church
things were found in the possession of a late vicar.

" In Herefordshire ' a beautiful incised slab was recovered from
a stonemason's yard who was just about to break it up.'

" The two following cases in England came under my own
notice : —

" 1. A church font which had been presented by the congregation
was removed without a faculty and a new font erected. The old font
was given away to a builder.

"2. An ancient font was removed from a church and replaced by
a modern one. The old font was put in the churchyard.

" In the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries (Second
Series, vol. xx, p. 4) Mr. J. Challenor Smith, f.s.a., gives an
interesting account of the monumental brass of John Moore, dated
1597, in York Minster, that had been turned into a weathercock,
and was found by him in a corner of the vestry."

''Journal of the Pvoyal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland,"
vol. xxxvii, page 311, September, 1907.

"It is some time since the publications of The Association
for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland were
reviewed in the pages of our Journal ; and as another volume —
the sixth of its series — has now been completed, it seems an
appropriate time to bring the periodical once again under the
notice of the members of our Society.

"Founded some years since by Colonel P. D. Vigors, whose
name and enthusiasm in the cause will ever remain closely asso-
ciated with its inception and progress, the Journal has steadily
held on its way. The lamented death of Colonel Vigors only
served to inspire his colleagues with more zeal and determination
to make the publication worthy of the cause ; and now, under the
able editorship of Lord Walter FitzGerald, with the skilled assist-
ance of Canon ffrench, Sir Edmund Bewley, and Mr. E. R.
M'C. Dix, the Journal continues to hold its own, notwithstanding a
paucity of subscribers, and the apathy and neglect of many who
might well be expected to contribute to its pages.

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" The labours of Kev. R. S. Maffett, Mrs. Long, and Sir Edmund
Bewley have done much to enrich its pages ; and the Very Rev. the
Dean of St. Patrick's, in the present volume, supplies copies of the
inscriptions on the monuments and tombs under his care in the
Cathedral. Nor must the name of Mr. J. F. Fuller, whose contri-
butions are always welcome and valuable, be omitted.

"It is a subject of reproach that many of the Irish counties
are still practically unrepresented in the long series of numbers of
this Journal, and hundreds of ancient graveyards containing
valuable monuments are yet unvisited.

" We would earnestly impress on all interested in the preserva-
tion of Memorials of the Dead the absolute necessity of system.
The haphazard method frequently adopted cannot work satisfac-
torily ; but if the Committee of the Society were able to command
a band of voluntary workers in certain definite centres, who
would undertake to labour systematically in their various
districts, under proper supervision and direction, and forward
copies of inscriptions to headquarters at regular intervals, the
work of editing and producing the Journal would be con-
siderably lightened. Local antiquaries might easily find workers
willing to undertake such work ; and it should be a common sight
to see our old burial-places invaded during the spring and summer
months by bands of workers in search of inscriptions suitable for
reproduction in the Journal. In this connexion it may be observed
that many of the inscriptions which have already appeared are of
too recent a date. It would be well that nothing of a later date
than, say, 1820, should be admissible.

"An illustration of the Hacket and Rokel slab, dated 1508, in
Fethard Church, County Tipperary, which appeared facing p. 145
of the ' Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead' for 1904, is reproduced here, and it will
readily be conceded that the work is admirably executed. We
think this Journal well worthy of the practical support of our
members."

We also beg to thank the Editor of the Belfast News-Letter
and the Editor of the Kerry Evening Post for their kind notices
of our Association.

A new feature of this year's Journal is the publication of the
Funeral Certificates contained in the original manuscript volume
at present in the British Museum.

We think it will be of interest to our readers to have
a short narrative of the origin and development of Funeral
Certificates.

The following history has been compiled from an able and

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interesting account of Funeral Certificates in " The Right to
Bear Arms,"* by " X," and from other sources.

It was after the death of Bartholomew Butler, the first Ulster
King of Arms, in the year 1566 (who was succeeded in the
following year by Nicholas Narbon), that a new method for
preserving pedigrees by means of funeral certificates was adopted
in England. Heraldry was fast losing its strictly military im-
portance, owing to the gradual decay of the feudal system,
together with the adoption of altered weapons and methods of
warfare. But it had become customary to conduct funerals with
a considerable amount of heraldic pomp. The armorial bearings
of the deceased were depicted on escutcheons attached to the
bier, and in the case of those of high rank upon banners and
banner-rolls borne by friends and relatives of the dead. Hence
the Officers of Arms were required to attend at funerals for the
purpose of seeing that arms were not improperly assumed by
those who had no right to them, as well as for the purpose of
marshalling the funeral procession.

In the Heralds' College in England there are books of entries
of funeral certificates of the nobility and gentry, being attested
accounts of the time of death, place of burial, and of the mar-
riages and issue (and frequently the collateral branches) of the
several persons whose funerals were attended by the Officers of
Arms or their deputies. These books refer to the same period
of time as the Visitations. There are also some certificates
which have been entered within recent times.

The title of the documents described as Funeral Certificates
denotes the occasion of their production and the information
they contain. The conclusion of a life seems to suggest some
inquiry into its history ; and the descent of a man, the alliances
he has formed, and the posterity he leaves, have generally
engaged attention.

The Armorial Bearings of the deceased are generally depicted
in these Funeral Certificates, and the particulars are so full and
authentic, that they are of great value to those families whose
ancestors are recorded in them.

Published by Elliot Stock, London. Second Edition.

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The nature and authority of these records were thoroughly
investigated in the FitzGerald claim to the barony of Roos, from
the evidence in which case the following statement is chiefly
taken. In 1568 the Earl Marshal of England issued certain
orders to the Officers of Arms of England, amongst which was
the following regulation with respect to funeral certificates : —
" Item. It is ordered and decreed by the said Earl Marshal,
that every King of Arms, Herald, or Pursuivant that shall serve
at any funeral shall bring into the Library or Office of Arms a
true and certain Certificate under the hands of the Executors
and Mourners that shall be present at the said Funeral, con-
taining the day of the Death and the place of the Burial of the
person so deceased. And also whom he or she married, what issue
they had, what years they were of at the time of the said Burial,
to the intent that the said Certificate may be registered, and so
remain as a perpetual record in the said Office. "

In pursuance of this order, the certificates were registered in
books. It sometimes happened that the representatives or
others of the family of the deceased have come to the office after
the registration has been made, and have put their names to the
registration. Previously to the year 1674, the original certifi-
cates were not preserved ; but since that year they have generally
been retained by the College.

When Heraldic influence began to decline, these funeral
certificates were also neglected.

Attempts were made at different times to procure Acts of
Parliament for recording the descent of the nobility and gentry,
but without success. In the 6 & 7 Wm. & M., however, a bill
of that description, in the shape of a money bill, was passed.

By section 50 (4), for the better preserving the genealogies,
descent, and alliances of the nobility and gentry, it was enacted
that upon the burial of every person charged with the duty of
20s. by that Act (except such as were charged only in respect of
their having £50 per annum in real estate, or £600 personal
estate) the party liable to pay the said duty should deliver to the
collector appointed by that Act a certificate in writing under his
or her hand and seal, engrossed on parchment or otherwise,
expressing the name, surname, title, quality, office, and employ-

merit (if any) of such deceased person, with the age, time of
death, place of burial, marriages and issue, and the ages of such
issue, together with the names, surnames, titles, and qualities of
the parents of such deceased persons, which certificates shall be
transmitted to the receiver-general, his deputy or deputies, who
shall deliver them to the King's Heralds and Pursuivants of
Arms. And the said Officers of Arms shall thereupon forthwith
number, schedule, and digest the same in alphabetical order in
books to be provided for that purpose, and shall fill up the
originals in the College of Arms for public use, and shall be
answerable for the keeping thereof without any fee or reward for
so doing.

As might have been expected, the last provision of this
clause was fatal to its efficiency. It was, in fact, never carried
into effect, and the Act itself expired on the 1st of August, 1706.

Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, in his
book on " Heraldry in relation to Scottish History and Art,"*
states that disagreeable experiences frequently fell to the lot of
Heralds in the discharge of their duty, and gives as an example
an extract from the diary of a Herald describing his adventures
at a funeral a century and a half ago, as follows : —

" Saturday, about 12 o'clock, died Dame Katherine Campbell,
daughter of the Lord Cardross, and spouse to Daniel Campbell, of
Shawfield, Esq., in a good old age. She was entered in the kirk of
Bothwell on the Fryday following, being the 29th of July, 1752.
There were at the burial the gardner on horseback, six batonmen,
a led mourning horse, the butler and other three principal servants,
as gentlemen ushers, bareheaded; the hearse with a drest pall,
drawn by six drest horses ; Mr. Norie and Mr. Dulap on each side ;
Shawfield's coach and six, the Earl of Buchan's chaise, Earl of
Glencairn's, Sir William Bain's, and two others ; the rest of the
company to the number of 200 on horseback, three and three ; the
grieve in deep mourning, followed by all the tenants, two and two;
and last of all, the servantry of the nobility and gentry that were
there, two and two. Wednesday the 22nd, I ordered the escutcheon
to be put up on the front of the house there to remain, That night
I lay in a house at the entry head in a very ill bed which deter-
mined me to sit up the night following. Fryday morning I went
to Bothwell and put up another escutcheon on the outside of the

* Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1900.

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church above the door. I came back to Woodhall and drest the
hearse and horses. In the afternoon I went along with the burial
to Bothwell and gave direction for taking in the escutcheon from
the outside and placing it in a convenient place within the kirk.
The eight pheons which were on the hearse were placed round it.
At night I was obliged to hire a horse for Hamilton, but just as I
was entering the town the horse fell with me and bruised me so
much that it was Tuesday before I was able to work well."

This incident shows clearly the kind of tasks which a Herald
was expected to perform, and that the ordering of funerals was
one of the most important duties which devolved on them ; and
that though to our modern ideas the show and bravery which at
one time accompanied these functions seem now out of place,
yet in former days no one who professed the least respect for
their relatives ever thought of consigning their remains to the
dust without making it an occasion for as much display as their
means permitted, and often more.

The ordinary arrangement of the funeral of a nobleman or
gentleman in Scotland was as follows : —

First was carried the " little gumpheon " (gonfalon) with a
morthead painted on it ; then came as many poor men or
" saulies " as corresponded with the number of years of the
defunct, carrying small flags with the family arms painted on
them ; then a servant with a banner of the livery colours, and
another with a large standard bearing his master's full armorial
achievement. This was followed by another morthead called
the " honourable gumpheon." Then the arms of the following
families were carried by eight gentlemen representing the
" branches," on the paternal and maternal lines, i.e., father,
father's mother, father's father's mother, father's mother's
motber, mother, mother's mother, mother's father's mother,
mother's mother's mother. Occasionally sixteen, instead of
eight, branches were represented. The hearse and pall were
also not infrequently adorned with shields of arms.

The last great heraldic funeral which took place in Edin-
burgh was that of the Provost Alexander Kincaid, who died 21st
January, 1777. The senior herald broke his lordship's rod of
office over the coffin, saying, " Thus hath it pleased Almighty
God to remove from this life to a better our worthy Chief

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Magistrate, the Right Honourable Alexander Kincaid, Lord
Provost of this city, representative of the family of Bantaskine."

The modern practice of the House of Lords, regulating the
admission of Funeral Certificates, seems to be analogous to that
which prevails with respect to visitations. The Earl Marshal's
order, being the authority under which they were made, is first
proved, and then the certificate is allowed to be put in. This
was the course followed in the Roos case, and on subsequent
occasions.

It has been stated that all the certificates now in the
Heralds' College are not originals; and it seems to have been
doubted whether such as are not original can be received in
evidence. Absolute proof of their originality was apparently not
required in the earlier cases.

In the Howard de Walden Peerage case in 1784, an ancient
book of funeral certificates, believed to be an original, as in one
of the pages it was signed by the Earl of Suffolk, was produced
and received in evidence, to prove the death of the first Earl of
Suffolk in 1627.

The certificate in this case may have been the original return ;
but the same book was afterwards tendered in evidence in the
Roos case, from the proceedings in which it was apparent that
some of the certificates registered in that volume were not
originals.

In the last-mentioned case, counsel stated they would prove
a further part of the pedigree by the Heralds' funeral certificate
of Philip, Earl of Pembroke, taken in the year 1649 ; and having
first produced the original deed under the hand and seal of
the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England in 1568,
establishing certain orders for the regulation of the Officers
of Arms, under which such certificates were taken, a book
entitled " Funeral Certificates of the Nobility " was produced.
It was objected to by counsel, as not being the original
certificate; and although it was stated to have been produced
before the House in several previous cases, the receiving
of it as evidence was postponed, until a volume of funeral
certificates, and such original certificates as remained in
the Heralds' College, were produced. On a subsequent day,

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counsel having produced a partition book of the Heralds
containing an account of the partition of all the fees divided
between the Heralds on occasion (inter alia) of funerals, wherein
was entered the partition of fees on the funeral certificates
proposed to be read, and having produced such originals of
funeral certificates as remained in the Heralds' Office, and shown
that they were correctly registered in the book offered in
evidence, the counsel was informed that, upon the facts proved,
the book intituled " Funeral Certificates of the Nobility " might
be read, for the purpose for which it was offered in evidence, the
Attorney- General not objecting thereto.

On another occasion also a book of Funeral Certificates was
proved. It was stated by the counsel that the originals were
signed by the relations of the deceased, and they were then
copied into the book then tendered ; that the book itself was not
signed, and that the originals remained in the College of Arms.
The book was admitted. If it is proved that search has been
made for the originals without success, the copies can then be
put in evidence.

From what took place in the Braye Peerage case, it seems to
have been sometimes considered that the admissibility of funeral
certificates depends on their bearing the signature of relations of
the deceased. In the Vaux case, however, the objection was
made that the signature of executors or relations was wanting,
but afterwards the certificate was received as an official document
taken by those whose duty it was to make it up.

These certificates may be given in evidence to prove, not
only the deaths of the persons on whose funerals they were
made, but also the other matters of pedigree stated in them.
Perhaps the true distinction to be taken in requiring proof of
the signatures is, that where the death of the individual is the
subject of proof, the certificate is of itself good evidence, as an
official statement of a fact within the immediate cognizance of
the officer who returns it ; but where, as in the Clinton case, the
certificate is put in to show matters of pedigree, as marriage or
issue, which could not be supposed to be within the personal
knowledge of the officer, the signature of some person connected
with the family is necessary to attest its truth.

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In Ireland, owing to the absence of other armorial records,
funeral certificates form a most important series of records.
Immediately upon Narbon's appointment, the following order
was made by the Lord Deputy and Privy Council for regulating
the use of arms and the conduct of funerals : —

" To all noble estates and gentle, as well spiritual as temporal,
of what estate, degree, or condition soever they be, or any of them
be, and to all maiors, portriffs, bayliffs, souraignes, sheriffs, con-
stables, and other officers, ministers and subjects, greetings : —
Forasmuch as Nicholas Narbon, otherwise named Ulster, Principall
Herald and King of Arms of this realm of Ireland, intenteth to
repair into all parts of ye same to visit and oversee the arms, devises
and cognizances of all nobles and gentlemen, and if any default be
found in any their coat armour, standards, baners, pennons, or
cognizances, or other token of nobilitie and honour contrary to the
laudable usage of ye realm of England, he to reform the same in
such due order as to the Laws of Arms doth appertain, and to
correct all false armory and all such as without his consent do pre-
sume to bear arms or sign of nobility, except they be lineally
descended of blood and name from such their ancestors as by the
Laws of Arms they may of right bear and use. Also upon true
certificate to him made to register all the arms, descents, and mar-
riages of all nobles and gentlemen of this realm of Ireland ; and
also to reform all such as at interments or funerals use any other
maner, or wear gowns, hoods, or tippets above their estates or
degrees. And all those that shall disobey the same, to make
answer thereunto before the High Marshall of Ireland, and also to
see that no painter, graver, goldsmith, or any other artificer do set
forth or make or devise any new arms, or devise any cognizance
other than of antiquity appertaineth, without the appointment of
the said Ulster King of Arms or his lawful deputy within the said
realm of Ireland. We, therefore, not only will and require, but
also command you, and every of you, that unto ye Ulster King of
Arms, in the full execution of that his office belongeth, and so by
authority to him given by ye Queen's Majesty, by her Letters
Pattents, as appeareth, and that you do give and shew your lawfull
aid and assistance when he shall require you, as you will answear
to ye contrary."

Under this Order Narbon held twelve Visitations in the course
of the following six years. Unfortunately, the originals are lost,
and only a portion of those relating to the County and City of
Dublin and the surrounding counties remain. Those for Cork
and Limerick, which he is recorded to have taken, are missing.

Although there is no record of a Visitation having been held for
Kilkenny, there are some grounds for supposing that one was
held. Only about a dozen funeral certificates taken by Narbon
are now known to exist, and they all relate to persons belonging
to Dublin. He held office for over twenty years, and resigned
in 1588. His successor was Christopher Ussher, Uncle to the
famous Archbishop. Hardly any of his official acts are on
record during the nine years he was in office. On his death, in
July, 1597, he was succeeded by Daniel Molyneux, who held
office for thirty-five years. He was an eminent antiquary, and
has left behind him several collections of historical notes, chiefly
relating to the monastic establishments in Ireland, besides notes
of pedigrees of many families. These are now among the MSS.
in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. During his time he
appears to have attended to the proper discharge of the duties
of his office. He held Visitations for the City and County of
Dublin, and also for the County of Wexford. But the difficul-
ties he had to contend with through unauthorized persons taking
upon themselves to emblazon arms for the nobility and gentry,
as well as from the neglect of funeral ceremonies, are shown by
the following letter from His Majesty, dated at Westminster,
7th April, 1627 :—

The King to Lord Viscount Falkland, Deputy General. —

" Eight trusty and well-beloved cousin and counsellor, we greet
you well. Whereas, complaints hath been exhibited to us by our
well-beloved servant, Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King of Arms and
Principal Herald of that our realm of Ireland, of divers and sundry
abuses and disorders concerning Arms and Armory there, occasioned
partly through the boldness of some mechanical persons who
presume to set forth Arms for the nobility and gentry without
direction from him, being the proper officer appointed to attend
that service, and partly through the nobility and gentry themselves,
who have of late, as we are informed, wholly, in a manner, laid
aside all funeral rights and ceremonies ; we could not but take the
same into our princely consideration, as a matter requiring speedy
redress and reformation, as well in regard of the nobility and gentry
themselves whom so deeply in honour it concerneth, and whose
houses cannot but in a short time grow into many perplexities and
confused disorders in their Arms and pedigrees if all use of Arms
be laid aside at obsequies and funerals, and no entry made of the

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day of their decease, matches, and issues; as likewise in regard of
our servant, a chief part of whose maintenance and livelihood
ariseth from such fees and perquisites as usually grow due at
funerals and obsequies of the nobility and gentry, which doth the
rather fall into our consideration at this time when the several
ranks of nobility are increased in that our kingdom, and a new
dignity of baronet there settled, it seemed a thing very dispropor-
tionate that our civility and the number of noblemen of all degrees
being enlarged, and a new dignity of honour being also added, that
the King of Arms or Herald, who is the officer of honour, should
not likewise increase in matter of respect and profit, at least not to
be in worse respect and meaner state than before. Our pleasure is
therefore, and we do hereby require and authorize you, that taking
to your assistance such of the nobility and of our Council there as
you shall think fit, you enter into consideration and set down a
course for redressing of the aforenamed abuses, taking for your
direction therein an order or decree set forth in print by the Com-
missioners of the Earl Marshal's office for reforming of the like
enormities in this our kingdom of England, dated the 10th day of
November in the sixteenth year of our late dear father's reign,
laying down some such course and order for the redress of the
former enormities, and for the support of our officers of Arms there,
as shall be thought fit and reasonable to stand with the state and
condition of that our Kingdom, with proviso that he have satisfac-
tion for such funerals of the lords, knights, and others of eminent
place and quality as of late have not made use of this office ; which
course and order we require and authorize you for the present, and
all other our chief governor or governors of that our Realm, to see
duly executed from time to time as occasion shall be offered here-
after; and for the better preventing of many disorders and in-
conveniences for the time to come, and to the end that the
genealogies and pedigrees of the nobility and gentry, for the
furtherance and advancing of our service as occasion shall be
offered hereafter, may be more ready and in better order than
heretofore they have been. Our further pleasure is, and we do
hereby require and authorize you to see our servant countenanced
and furthered in the execution of a Commission of Heralds' Visita-
tion throughout the several places and quarters of that our
kingdom; and if any whom it shall concern be backward or refrac-
tory against the due execution of the forenamed Commission, our
pleasure is that you take special notice of them, hereby requiring
and authorizing you to use such means as in anywise they be made
obedient to this our command and pleasure to you signified in that
behalf."

Richard St. George resigned the office of Ulster King of
Arms in 1683, and Richard Carney was appointed to succeed

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him. The following year he was knighted, being the first
Ulster who received that honour. He died 1692, and with him
the practice of entering funeral certificates almost entirely
ceased. This was chiefly owing to the custom of using armorial
ensigns at funerals being gradually abandoned.

The fees payable to the Officer of Arms were regulated
by the rank of the deceased person, and by the Officers of Arms
being personally in attendance at the funeral. The fee for
a gentleman was £3, which is the fee now fixed for making a
funeral entry in the Office of Arms in Ireland. When the
arms of the deceased persons are entered, the right of his
descendants to these arms is established. When no arms are
entered, it is presumed that the right to arms was not proved.

An Order of the Irish House of Lords of the 12th August,
1707, states that immediately after the decease of any nobleman
or noblewoman, their heirs or executors should make an entry
in the King of Arms' Office of the death of such lord or lady,
with the matches and issues of their family. The order is as
follows : —

" The Lord Viscount Strabane, standing at the Clerk's Table,
reports from the Committee appointed to consider of the Petition of
William Hawkins, Esq., Ulster King of Arms of All Ireland, that
they met, and directed him to report :

" That it is the opinion of the said Committee that it will be for
the service of the Peerage of this Kingdom, that immediately after
the decease of any nobleman or noblewoman, by patent or descent,
their heirs or executors should make an entry in the King of Arms'
Office of the death of such lord or lady, with the matches and
issues of their family.

" The said Committee is further humbly of opinion that the fees
for the entering the arms, time of decease, and place of burial,
together with the matches and issues of the families of any noble-
man or noblewoman of this kingdom, by patent or descent, ought
to be according to the following list, and paid by the heirs or
executors of the deceased person :

For a Baron or Baroness

... £6 5

A Bishop ...

... 6 5

A Viscount or Viscountess

... 7 10

An Earl or Countess

... 8 15

A Marquis or Marchioness

... 10 0

A Duke or Duchess ...

... 11 5

An Archbishop

... 11 5

xxm

" It is also the humble opinion of the said Committee, that the
foregoing resolutions should be added to the Standing Orders of
this House ; and that the Clerk of this House do give the King
of Arms an attested copy thereof.

" Which is agreed to by this House.

" Ordered, on motion, that the foregoing resolutions from the
Committee, appointed to consider of the petition of William
Hawkins, Esq., Ulster King of Arms of all Ireland, be printed, and
that the Clerk of this House do cause the same to be done."

Examined copies of funeral entries in 1729 and 1750
expressed to be in pursuance of this order, were given in
evidence upon the claim of James Netterville to the dignity of
Viscount Netterville, in 1830. The latter document was not
signed by the Lord Netterville of that period ; this being pointed
out, it was proved that many funeral entries about that date
were not signed ; and an order of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland,
dated 1750, appointing a guardian to John Lord Netterville, was
put in, to show that he was at that time an infant about six
years old, which would well account for the absence of his
signature. The entry in question seems to have been admitted.
It is observable that both these entries were produced to prove
the marriages and issue of the subjects of them : in the latter
case the evidence was corroborated by the recitals in the Lord
Chancellor's order.

The funeral entries as described by the Record Commis-
sioners seem to be strictly official documents, prepared by the
Officers of Arms, in pursuance of their especial duty, and as
such admissible on the general principle. An examined copy of
an entry of this description was produced in the Netterville case,
from the Ulster Office of Arms in Dublin. The book from which
it was taken extended from the year 1633 to 1652. The entry
contained a statement of the death of Lady Netterville, in 1634,
and the number, names, and marriages of her children by Lord
Netterville, and was expressed to be signed by him and taken by
the Athlone Pursuivant of Arms, for the purpose of being
recorded in the Office of Ulster King of Arms.

It is our intention to give every year an article of general
interest; and for this year we have published " An Illustrated
Account of the Celebrated Vaults under St. Michan's Church,

XXIV

Dublin," by Sir Arthur Vicars, k.c.v.o., f.s.a., Ulster King of
Arms.

It is with regret that we have to state that no inscriptions
were received from the counties of Armagh, Donegal, Leitrim,
and Sligo.

If members interested in these counties would send us copies
of inscriptions, with photographs, rubbings, or drawings of any
that are of special interest, together with descriptions or illus-
trations of all arms inscribed (as arms found on tombstones or
tablets dating prior to 1800 are evidence for a confirmation of
arms), they would be very welcome.

We would draw special attention to the appeal by our Editor
for more material, and trust that there will be a good response,
otherwise there must be only a yearly issue of the Journal,
instead of the half-yearly issue.

Our thanks are especially due to Miss Vigors, Mr. James
Coleman, Mr. C. M. Drury, Mrs. T. Long, the Rev. E. O'Leary,
p.p. ; Mrs. P. G. Mahony, the Rev. R. S. Maffett, Mr. J. R.
Garstin, Miss Norah Wright, Mr. T. U. Sadleir, the Rev. W.
Stewart (Monaghan), the Rev. H. L. L. Denny, Mr. James
Buckley, the Rev. Canon OMahony, the Ven. the Archdeacon
OLeary, p.p. ; and also to Messrs. Ponsonby & Gibbs for their
care in the printing of the Journal, and to Messrs. Milford
Lewis for their reproductions of the different illustrations.

Written on behalf of the Committee by a new Member.

XXV

CONTENTS OF THE JOURNAL FOR 190T.

Preface

PAGE

Contents

. . . XXV

List of Illustrations ...

... . .

. . . XXX

List of Subscribers

... xxxii

The Hon. Treasurer's Account for 1907 ...

. . . xxxix

Miscellanea

...

... 78

Notes and Queries, &c.

86, 220

Funeral Entries

...

[1] [25]

REPOKTS

FROM COUNTIES.

ANTRIM —

Antrim Churchyard

...

Dunluce Churchyard

ARMAGH— Nil.

CARLOW—

Clonmore Churchyard

...

TlNNACLASH GRAVEYARD

CAVAN —

Ballyconnell Church

Belturbet Church

Drung Churchyard

CLARE—

Dromcliffe Churchyard

CORK—

Aglishdrinagh Churchyard
kllgullane churchyard ..
Killeagh Churchyard
Mogeely Churchyard
Monanimy Churchyard

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DONEGAL— Nil.

DOWN —

Balligan Church

Banbridge Old Presbyterian Churchyard
Downpatrick Cathedral Burial-ground
loughbrickland churchyard
Magheradrool Churchyard

DUBLIN —

Baldoyle Old Churchyard

Cloghran Church

Crumlin Churchyard

Dublin, Trinity College ...

Drimnagh, or the Blue Bell Graveyard

Glasnevin Churchyard

Kill Old Churchyard

Lusk Catholic Church

Lusk Protestant Church and Burial-ground

Harold's Cross Church

Malahide Churchyard

Palmerstown Churchyard

PORTMARNOCK Old CHURCHYARD

St. John's Churchyard
St. Kevin's Old Churchyard
St. Paul's, North King Street
Swords Church and Burial-ground
Tallaght Churchyard

. 19
20

20, 21
21

. 23

24
24

25
25
29
34
38
38
40
44
44
46
48
49
51
57
71
75

FERMANAGH—

Aghavea Churchyard
Monea Churchyard

89
89

GALWAY—

Abbey Knockmoy

KERRY—

Ahnagragh Churchyard
Duagh Churchyard
Kilmurry Churchyard

95
96
99

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KILDARE—

Burtown Churchyard ... ... ... ... 99

Kilkea Castle ... ... ... ... ... 100

Leixlip Churchyard ... ... ... ... 101

monasterevin (protestant) churchyard ... ... 101

Passlands Churchyard (Monasterevin) ... ... 108

Timolin Churchyard ... ... ... ... 117

The Yew-Tree Churchyard (Monasterevin) ... 117

KILKENNY—

Grannagh (or Granny) Castle ... ... ... 120

Kilkenny, Franciscan Abbey ... ... ... 121

KING'S COUNTY—

Ardnurcher Church (see also under Westmeatb) ... 121

Drought ville Private Cemetery ... ... ... 121

Drumcullen Churchyard ... ... ... ... 1^2

Edenderry Church ... ... ... ... 123

LEITRIM— Nil.

LIMERICK-
LIMERICK Cathedral ... ... ... ... 124

,, ,, Burial-ground .. ... 135

„ St. Munchin's Churchyard ... ... 136

LONDONDERRY—

Derry Cathedral Burial-ground ... ... ... 136

LONGFORD—

Taghshinny Churchyard ... ... ... ... 137

LOUTH-

Castletown Churchyard ... ... ... ... 138

Dundalk, St. Nicholas's Church and Burial-ground ... 139

MAYO—

Ballinrobe Churchyard ... ... ... ... 151

Crossboyne Church ... ... ... ... 153

MEATH —

Kilmore Churchyard ... ... .. ... 153

Rathmore ... ... ... ... ... 155

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MONAGHAN—

Glaslough Churchyard ... ... ... ... 157

Monaghan Church ... ... ... ••• 168

Tedavnet Parish (Bellanode Church and Scotstown

Bridge) ... ... >.. ... ••• 168

QUEENS COUNTY—

Dangans Churchyard ... ... ... ••• 169

Killeny Churchyard ... ... ..• ... 171

Shaen Burial-ground ... ... ••• ••• 172

Stradbally Church and Burial-ground ... ... 172

Tankardstown Churchyard ... ... -•• 174

ROSCOMMON—

Cam Churchyard ... ... ... ... 174

84JGO— Nil.

TIPPERARY—

Fethard Church and Burial-ground ... ••• 175

Patrick's Well Church Ruins ... ... ••• 180

Thurles Churchyard ... ... ... ■•• 181

TYRONE—

Castle Caulfield Church ... ... ••• 183

donaghmore ... ... ... ••• ••• 184

tullyniskan ... ... ... ••• ••• 187

WATERFORD—

Ardmore Church Ruins ... ... ••• ••• 189

Waterford Cathedral ... ... ... ... 189

,, French Church .. ... ••• 190

WESTMEATH—

Ardnurcher Churchyard (see also under King's Co.) ... 191

KlLBEGGAN CHURCH ... ... ... •• 191

Killiilagh Churchyard ... ... ... -• 192

WEXFORD—

Ardcandisk Churchyard ... ... ... ••• 192

Ballyconnor Castle ... ... ... •• 193

Kildavin Churchyard ... ... ... ••• 193

XXIX

WEX FO R D— Continued.

Piercestown Catholic Church and Burial-ground
Wexford, St. Iberius's (Protestant) Church

WICKLOW—

Bray, St. Paul's Churchyard
Carnew Church and Churchyard
Castletimon Churchyard ...
Delgany Churchyard

„ Old Churchyard
Dunlavin Church
Nunscross Churchyard
powerscourt churchyard . . .
Wicklow Church and Churchyard

196
198

199
201
208
209
210
212
212
212
218

XXX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. The Collingwood Arms ... ... ... ... 1

2. The Reilly Coat-of-Arms at Drung, Co. Cavan ... 6

3. Rubbing of the Inscription on the Dermont Slab at Lusk 38

4. Rubbing of the Dermont Slab at Lusk, Co. Dublin ... 89

5. The Coats-of-Arms, &c, on the Maud Plunkett Altar-

tomb at Malahide ... ... ... ... 45

6. The Carmack, or McCormick, Coats-of-Arms in St. Kevin's

Old Churchyard, Dublin ... ... ... 51

7. Rubbing of the Inscription on the Blakeney Slab at

Swords, Co. Dublin ... ... ... ... 72

8. Effigy of a Bishop in St. Michan's Church, Dublin ... 78

9. One of the Vaults under St. Michan's Church, Dublin ... 80

10. The Coat-of-Arms and Inscription over the Doorway of

the Molyneux House in Peter Street, Dublin ... 85

11. Rubbing of the Inscription on the O'Concannon Slab at

Abbey Knockmoy, Co. Galway ... ... ... 95

12. Portion of a Black-Letter Inscription on a Slab now at

Kilkea Castle, Co. Kildare ... ... ... 101

13. An Early Thirteenth-Century Effigy of a Knight at

Timolin, Co. Kildare .. ... ... ... 117

14. The Thomond Monument in Limerick Cathedral ... 125

15. The Arthur Mural Slab in Limerick Cathedral ... 126

16. The illegible portion of the Inscription on the Fox Slab

in Limerick Cathedral ... .. ... ... 127

17. Grotesquely carved Slab in Limerick Cathedral ... 128

18. The illegible portion of the Inscription on the Thomas

Creagh Slab in Limerick Cathedral ... ... 129

19. The Bultingfort and Galwey Monument in Limerick

Cathedral ... ... ... ... ... 134

20. A Sculptured Slab, and the Nugent Arms, at Taghshinny,

Co. Longford ... ... ... ... ... 138

21. Rubbing of the Feld Slab in St. Nicholas's Churchyard,

Dundalk ... ... ... ... ... 143

22. Inscription on the Mortimer Slab in St. Nicholas's

Churchyard, Dundalk ... ... ... ... 147

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PAGE

23. Rubbing of the illegible portion of the Mortimer

Inscription ... ... ... ... ... 147

24. Rubbing of the Coat-of-Arms on the Mortimer Slab ... 148

25. Rubbing of the Rory "bui" MacMahon Slab at Kilmore,

County Meath ... ... ... ... 154

26. Sketch of the Leslie Slab at Glaslough, Co. Monaghan 157

27. Sketch of the Ancketill Slab in Monaghan Church ... 161

28. Castlecaulfield Church, Co. Tyrone ... ... 183

29. Sketch of an unidentified Coat-of-Arms on a Stone in

Donaghmore House, Co. Tyrone ... ... ... 187

30. Rubbing of the Boyd Coat-of-Arms at Tullyniskan, Co.

Tyrone ... ... ... ... ... 188

31. Rubbing of the Hurley Slab in the Franciscan Abbey (or

1 ' the French Church "), Waterford ... ... 190

32. Rubbing of the Hathorne Commemorative Slab in

Dunlavin Church, Co. Wicklow ... ... ... 212

XXX11

LIST OF MEMBERS FOR 190

[The names of u Life Members " are printed in " heavy-faced " type.~\

A t prefixed to a name indicates that the subscriptions for the
years 1905, 1906, and 1907 are still due, a J that the subscriptions
for 1906 and 1907 are due.

Academy, The Royal Irish
Antiquities, National Museum of
Atkinson, The Ven. E. Dupre,

Archdeacon of Dromore
Armstrong, Edmund C. R.,

M.R.I. A.

Aylward, Mrs. Toler-

Bagwell, Mrs. Richard
Ball, F. Elrington, m.r.i.a.
Barry, J. G., j.p.

Barrymore, Lord, m.p.,

F.R.S.A.I.

Barton, Rev. Luke, p.p.
Bernau, Charles A.

Berry, H. F., i.s.o., m.r.i.a.
Bewley, Sir E. T., ll.d., f.s.a.
Bigger, F. Joseph, m.r.i.a.
f Blake, J. R.

Board of Education ...
Bolton, C. Perceval, j.p.

Boyle, E. M. F. G. ...

{Browne, Mrs. E. L.

Dawson Street, Dublin
Queen Street, Edinburgh
Waringstown, Co. Down

Cyprus, Eglinton Road, Dublin

< Shankill Castle, Co. Kilkenny
(Verona, Monkstown

Marlfield, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
6 Wilton Place, Dublin
Sandville House, Ballyneety,

Limerick
Fota, Cork

Castletown-Geoghegan, Mullingar
Pendeen, Bowes Road, Walton-on-

Thames
Public Record Office, Dublin
40 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin
Ardrie, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Louiville, Belmont Avenue, Donny-

brook
South Kensington, London, W.C.
Brook Lodge, Halfway House,

Waterford
Gorteen, Limavady, Co. London-
derry
Sissos, Purton, Wilts

XXX111

Buckley, James
Bunbury, Hamilton J.

11 Homefield Koad, Wimbledon,

Surrey
The Elms, Bitteswell, Lutterworth,

England
Heralds' College, London, E.C.

Burke, H. Farnham, c. v.o. , f.s a.,

Somerset Herald of Arms
Burnett, Rev. R. ... ... The Rectory, Graigue, Co. Kilkenny

Burrowes, William B. ... Ballynafeigh House, Belfast

Midleton, Co. Cork
Laurel Lodge, Terenure, Co. Dublin
Durrow, Abbeyleix, Queen's County
Doneraile Court, Doneraile
Chamberlainstown, Kells, Co.

Meath, and c/o Holt & Co.,

3 Whitehall Place, London,S.W.
Tal-y-Gam, Llandrissant, Wales
17 Highfield Road, Rathgar, Co.

Dublin
2 Rosehill Terrace, Queenstown
Coolmore, Thomastown, Co. Kil-
kenny
5 Gardiner's Row, Dublin
Emmet Arcade, 624 Madison

Avenue, New York
Grove Park Press, 270 Walworth

Road, London, S.E.
Rushington Manor, Totten, Hants
Sloperton, Kingstown
11 Trevor Hill, Newry
13 Eccleston Square, London, S. W.

21 Herbert Street, Dublin
Newforest, Tyrrell's Pass
Mariners' Church Parsonage,

Kingstown
Myrtle Hill House, Cork
Meares' Court, Ballynacargy, West-

meath
Abbeyleix

17 Kildare Street, Dublin
Camolin, Eaton Square, Monks-
town, Co. Dublin
St. Mary's, Haddington Road,

Dublin
Moore Abbey, Monasterevan
16 Waterloo Crescent, Dover

Campion, R. G.
Cary, George Sydney
Carrigan,Rev. Wm.,c.c ,m.r.i.a.
Castletown of Upper Ossory, Lord
Chamberlayne, Major
Tankerville James

Clark, Mrs. Godfrey

Cochrane, Robert, i.s.o., f.s. a.,

M.R.I. A.

Coleman, James, m.r.s.a.i.
Connellan. Major J. H., d.l. ...

Cosgrave, E. M'D., m.d.
Crimmins, J. D.

Crisp, F. A., f.s. a. ...

Crofton, Miss Henrietta...
Crookshank, Major R. R. G. ...
Crossle, F. C, m.b.
Cust, The Lady Elizabeth

Dames, Longworth-, R. S.

Daniell, Robert
Darling, Rev. J. Lindsey

Day, Robert, f.s.a., m.r.i.a.
Devenish-Meares, Major-General

de Vesci, Rt. Hon. Viscnt.
Dix, E. R. M'C., Hon. Treasurer
Dockrell, Sir Maurice, j.p.

Donnelly, The Most Rev. N.,d.d.,

Lord Bishop of Canea
Drogheda, Rt. Hon. the Earl of
Duguid, John

XXXIV

Eden, Rev. Arthur ...
Ewart, Sir William, Bart.

Ticelmrst, Hawkhurst, Kent
9 Bedford Street, Belfast

FitzGerald, Lord Walter, v.p., Kilkea Castle, Mageney, Co. Kildare

r.s.a.i., m.r.i.a., Editor

FitzGerald, Rev. Canon Castletownarra, Killaloe

William

Fogerty, George, m.d., r.n. ... 67 George Street, Limerick

ffrench, Bev. Canon J. F. M-, Ballyredmond House, Clonegal,

v.p., r.s.a.i., m.r.i.a. ... Co. Carlow

Fry, M. W. J., f.t.c.d., m.r.i.a. 39 Trinity College

Fuller, J. F., f.s.a. ... ... 179 Gt. Brunswick Street, Dublin

Garstin, John R., d.l., m.a., Braganstown, Castlebellingham,

f. r.s.a.i., m.r.i.a., f.s.a. Co. Louth

Gogerty, Rev. T., c.c. ... Termonfecken, Drogheda

Gorges, Raymond ... ... . 15 Royal Terrace, East, Kingstown.

Gough, Rt. Hon. Viscount British Legation. Dresden

Guinness, H. S.

Hackett, J. Dominick

Hade, Arthur, c.e. ...
Healy, Rev. John, ll.d.
Hobson, C. J.
Hore, Captn. P. H. ...
Hovenden, R.

Huband, Rev. H. R.
Iveagh, Viscount, k.p.

M.R.I.A., F.S.A.

Burton Hall, Stillorgan

Laurel Hill, Long Island, New

York
Dublin Street, Carlow
The Rectory, Kells, Co. Meath
239 West 125th Street, New York
121 Coleherne Court, London, S.W.
Heathcote Park, Hill Road, Croy-
don, Surrey
The Vicarage, Edenbridge, Kent

5 Grosvenor Place, London, S.W.

Keene, Most Rev. James

d.d., Bishop of Meath
Kelly, W. E., c.e., f.r.s.a.i.
Kelly, Mrs. W. E. ...
Kelly, Miss Dorothy
Kelly, Miss
Kelly, T. A.
Knox, Miss P. J.

B., Bishopscourt, Navan, Co. Meath

... St. Helen's, Westport, Co. Mayo
St. Helen's, Westport, Co. Mayo

... St. Helen's, Westport, Co. Mayo
Clareville, Westport, Co. Mayo
1 Mountjoy Square, Dublin
Cranmore, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo

La Touche, CD. ... ... James's Gate, Dublin

Lawlor, Rev. Canon H. J., d.d. 64 Palmerston Road, Rathmines
Leighton Warren, The Hon Lady Knutsford, Cheshire

XXXV

Leslie-Ellis, Lt.-Col. H., d.l., Magherymore, Wicklow

F.S.A.

Lett, The Kev. Canon
Leveson-Gower, A. F. H.
Lecky, Mrs.
Library, The Public

,, Royal Dublin Society

,, The Bodleian

,, The, of Congress

,, The Dublin Corporation

,, Free Public

,, John Rylands

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„ Linen Hall

„ Marsh's

,, New York Public

,, Newcastle-on-Tyne ...

The Public
,, Public Free

The Mitchell
,, The National

New York State

,, The Reference
,, Trinity College
fLinn, Richard

Long; Mrs...
Lynch, P. J..

C.E., F.R.S.A.I.

Loughbrickland, Co. Down

Athenaeum Club, London

38 Onslow Gardens, London, S.W.

Armagh

Kildare Street, Dublin

Oxford

Washington, U.S.A.

Lower Kevin Street

Belfast

Lower Glentworth Street, Limerick

Manchester

Henrietta Street, Dublin

Donegall Square, Belfast

St. Patrick's, Dublin

(Per Stevens & Browne, 4 Trafalgar

Square, London)
Newcastie-on-Tyne
Edinburgh

Worcester, Mass., U.S.A.
Miller Street, Glasgow
Kildare Street, Dublin
c/o G. E. Stechert & Co., 2 Star
Yard, Carey Street, Chancery
Lane, London, W.C.
King Street, Manchester
Dublin
38 Worcester Street, Christchurch,

New Zealand
16 Appian Way, Dublin
8 Mallow Street, Limerick

Maffett, Rev. R. S. ...

Mahony, Peirce Gun, m.r.i.a,,
Cork Herald of Arms

Mahony, Mrs. Peirce Gun
tMayler, J. E.

Mayo, The Earl of, k.p. ...

Meade, The Rt. Rev. W. E., d.d.
Bishop of Cork

Meares, G. M.
tM'Carte, James

M'Clintock, Rev. F. G., f.r.s.a.i.
MacGilly cuddy, Major John,

M.R..S.A.

17 Herbert Road, Sandymount

24 Burlington Road, Dublin

Harristown, Ballymitty, Wexford
Palmerstown, Straffan, Co. Kildare
, The Palace, St. Finbarre's, Cork

Grindelwald, Foxrock, Co. Dublin
51 St. George's Hill, Everton,

Liverpool
Drumcar Rectory, Dunleer
Ballinagroun, Annascaul R.S.O.,

Co. Kerry

XXX VI

Magrath, Rev. J. R., d.d.
Marlande, Miss F. Mary

Meehan, Rev. J., c.c.
Millner, Mrs. Susan E.
Mills, James, i.s.o., m.r i.a.
Molony, Alfred

Museum, The British, Dept.
Printed Books

Queen's College, Oxford

Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn

Road, London, W.C.
Belhavel, Dromahair
Galtrim, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Public Record Office, Dublin
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minster, London, S.W.
London

Nesbitt, R.

New York Historical Society, The

Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.

170 Second Avenue, New York.

OGrady, Guillamore, m.a.,t.c.d.

O'Hanrahan, T. W....

O'Leaiy, Rev. E., p.p.

O'Neill, Lord

O'Neill, His Excellencv The ...

O'Reilly, P. J.

Ormsby, George

49 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin.
Parliament Street, Kilkenny
Portarlington, Queen's Co.
Shane's Castle, Antrim
59 Rua das Flores, Lisbon
7 North Earl Street, Dublin
Ballinamore House, Kiltimagh, Co.
Mayo

Pack-Beresford, D. R., m.r. i.a.
Pennsylvania, The Historical

Society of
Pigott, William Jackson, m.r. i.a.
Plunkett. Count, m.r. i.a., Director

of the Science and Art Museum
Poe, Col. Wm. Hutcheson,...

C.B.,D.L.

Poer, Count de la, d.l.

Pollard-Urquhart, Lieut.-Col. T.
Purser, Prof. Fredk., f.t.c.d,

Fenagh House, Co. Carlow
(J. W. Jordan, Librarian), Phila-
delphia, Pa., U.S.A.
Manor House, Dundrum, Co. Down
26 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, and

Kilternan Abbey, Co. Dublin
Heywood, Ballinakill, Queen's Co.

Gurteen-le-Poer, Kilsheelan, Co.

Waterford
Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
Rathmines Castle, Rathmines

Quan-Smith, S. A.

Bullock Castle, Dalkey, Co. Dublin

Reform Club, The (M.Prideaux)
Rice, Lieut. -Colonel R. Justice
Robertson, Herbert, m.p.

Pall Mall, London, S.W.
Bushmount, Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Huntington Castle, Clonegal, Co.
Carlow

Sadleir, Thomas U. ...
Shuckburgh, Miss Caroline E.

9 Gardiner's Place, Dublin.

36 Lexham Gardens, London, W.

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Scott, Ven. J. G., d.d., Arch-
deacon of Dublin.
Sindall, Alfred

Somerville, B. A.

Stack, Right Rev. Bishop, d.d.

Stechert, G. E., & Co.

Stewart, Andrew W.
Stubbs, Henry, f.r.s.a.i.
Swanzy, Rev. Henry B.
Synnott, Nicholas J. ...
Synnott, H. J.

The Rectory, Bray, Co. Wicklow

2 Harefield Road, Brockley,

London, S.E.
Clermont, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow
Knockballymore, Clones
2 Star Yard, Carey Street, London,

W.C.
Seaforde, Park Road, Belfast
Danby, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Ivy Lodge, Newry
Furness, Naas, Co. Kildare
Innismore, Glenageary

t Taylor, The Rev. J. Wallace, Emyvale, Monaghan

LL.D.

Tenison, C. M., m.e.i.a.

Thompson, Charles H., m.d.
Thynne, The Hon. A. J.
Travers, Mrs. A. V.

The Old House, Hatfield, Broad

Oak, Harlow, Essex '
Westerton, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
c/o Mrs. Alfred Dixon, Shenstone,

Kendall, Westmoreland

Vanston, George T. B., ll.d. ... Hildon Park, Terenure Road,

Rathgar

Vesey, Mrs. ... ... Dunleckney Manor, Bagenalstown

Vicars, Sir Arthur, k.c.v.o., Office of Arms, Dublin Castle

f.s.a., Ulster King of Arms

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89 FERMANAGH.

COUNTY FERMANAGH

Agfliavea Clmrcliyartl.

[From Peirce G. Mahony, Cork Herald of Arms.]

Coat of Arms.
' Issuing from the sinister side a dexter arm, the hand grasping
the trunk of an oak-tree.'

Crest.
An arm grasping a sword.

Motto .—
VALIDA MANV
'Inscription':—

. . . Armstrong who ....

Edward . . . son to
who . . . 1680

Armstrong . .

John son

Francis

Here lies the body of James
Armstrong Son to Edward

Armstrong

Who died Sunday May the . .

1745 Aged 50 years.

Hon oa Cliui'diyaril.

[From the Kev. W. B. Steele.]
(Continued from p. 559, vol. vi.)

Sacred to the memory of William Irwin late of
Derryinch who departed this life Oct. 26th 1813 aged
62 years. Alice his wife who departed this life Aug.
1807 aged 32 years. Also Mary and Ellen Irwin
daughters to the above William and Alice Irwin. Also
the Revd Geo. Irwin, a.b. their son who died Nov. 13th
1833 aged 52 years, 22 of which were zealously &
conscientiously devoted to the duties of the Diocesan
Schools of Longford & Tuam, of the former of which
he had been 14 years Master and of the latter 8 years.
Also Geo. Wellington Irwin his son aged 2 years. Also
Elizabeth Irwin who departed this life Jan. 7th 183 —
aged 53 years.

FERMANAGH. 90

Erected to the memory of Christopher Hamilton
departed this life August 13th 1814 aged 13 years and
his three children.

[Note. — At the head of this inscription is the crest of the
Hamilton family — an oak tree traversed by a hand-saw. Under
the crest is a pair of inverted compasses.]

I. H. S.
Erected by John Corrigan in memory of his daughter
Elizabeth Corrigan who depd this life Novbr- 21th 1815
aged 17 years.

Here lieth the body of David Irwin and Jane his wife
who departed this life the 16th and the 17th April 1816
his age' 30 years and her age 24 years

Sacred to the memory of Catherine wife of Noble
Weir who depd this life Decbr- 26th 1817 aged 49 years.
She died a true penitent rejoicing in hope of the glory
of God by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

+
I.H.S.

Here lieth the body of Philip Mctegart who depd this life
Novr- 19th 1817 aged 66 years.

+
I.H.S.

Erected by Daniel Cullan in memory of his wife Ann
Cullan who departed this life March the 17th 1817 aged
56 years.

Erected by Thomas Fallis in memory of his wife
Isabella who departed this life Feb. 28th 1818 aged 31
years.

This stone is erected by Miles Corrigan in memory of
his daughter Teresa Corrigan who departed this life
November the 20th 1818 aged 29 years.

91 FERMANAGH.

Erected by John Whealy in memory of his father

George who depd this life April the 18th 1818 aged 62
years.

Sacred to the memory of WM- Mosgrove who depd- this
life April 15th 1819 aged 60 years.

Here lieth the body of Sarah Dice departed this life
Nov. the 2nd 1820 aged 50 years.

Erected by James Mitchell in memory of his brother
Kobert Mitchell who departed this life on the 2nd May
1820 aged 25 years. Also in memory of his brother
John who departed this life on the 23rd October 1825
aged 33 years. Also in memory of his father Hugh
Mitchell who departed this life on the 16th June 1826
aged 70 years.

I.H.S.

Erected by Perce McBride of Enniskillen to the
memory of his father and mother John and Ann
McBride who depd* Nov. 1821. Also his beloved wife
Anne McBride who depd- this life Feb. 22nd 1833 aged
32 years.

Erected in memory of David Waterson who departed
this life Novr 17th 1821 aged 80 years. Also his wife
Mary Waterson who departed this life Nov. 8th 1821
aged 79 years.

This stone was placed here by Elizabeth Fitz Simmons
in memory of her beloved husband James Fitz Simmons
who depard this life Octbr the 30th 1822 aged 84 years.
Underneath are also deposited the remains of the above
MRS Elizabeth FitzSimmons who departed this life the
year of 1826. Beneath this tomb are also deposited
the remains of MRS Elizabeth Foy who departed this
life 2nd Feby. 1830 aged 65 years. " When Christ
who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear
with him in glory." Cols 3 . . 4.

FERMANAGH. 92

Here lieth the body of Thomas Dickson who depd this
life Septr the 30th aged 92 years 1823.

Sacred to the memory of Catherine^Birney who
departed this life April 22nd 1823 aged 66 yrs, Sacred
also to the memory of Catherine Phibbs by whom this
tomb was erected and who died in Feb. 1827.

Erected by George Miller in memory [of his father
William Miller who depd this life Aug1 11th 1823 aged
63 years.

Erected by John Cathcart in memory 1 of his father
Robert Cathcart who departed this life Feb. 21st 1823
aged 55 years.

Erected by Richard Hoey in memory of his daughter
Mary Hoey who depard this life August the 14th 1823
aged 28 years. Also h'er sister Esther who depd this
life October the 6th 1823 aged 21 years.

This stone was erected by Mary Scott of

in memory of her beloved husband Thomas Scott who
departed this life March 16th 1838 aged 80 years. Also
William Scott her son who departed this life Sept. 16th
1823 aged 21 years.

+■

I.H.S.

Erected by Mawrice Cassidy of Enniskillen in memory
of Michl Conoly who died 15th March 1823 aged 84 years.
And also his wife and his daughter.

Erected in memory of William Fallis who departed
this life June 30* 1824 aged 86 years. Also his wife
Mary who depd this life Oct. 18th 1817 aged 71 years.

Erected by Andrew Balfour in memory of his brother
James and father Andrew The former dep. this life
14th of Sep. the latter the 20th Nov. 1824 the first aged
21 the last 53 years.

93 FERMANAGH.

Erected by John Hassard of Aughaherish in memory of
his mother Margret Hassard who departed this life
April 16th 1824 aged 65 years. Also his father Kichard
Hassard who departed this life February 13th 1837
aged 80 years. Also his daughter Anne who departed
this life July 24th 1841 aged 12 years. Also the above
named John Hassard who departed this life November
10th 1861 aged 84 years. Also his beloved wife
Elizabeth Hassard who departed this life April 5th
1875 aged 75 years.

At the head of this inscription there is a crest — An Escallo?.'

Erected by Archibald Mc Keney in memory of his
daughter Mary who departed this life April 6th 1833
aged 26 years.

This monument is placed here by Bessy Anna Fiddes
as a mark of respect and affection for her beloved
husband William Fiddes who depd this life the 9th of
Nov. 1835 aged 33 years. He bore a long illness with
Christian fortitude in the blessed hope of a better
inheritance a glorious resurrection purchased for him
by the Lord Jesus Christ the friend of sinners who hath
said He that believeth on me though he were dead yet
shall he live.

This stone was erected by David Wilkin in memory of
his beloved daughter Anne Jane wife to John Wilkin
of Carrickreagh who departed this life January 28th
1849 aged 33 years. Here lieth the body of the above
named David Wilkin who depd this life January the
9th 1853 aged 76 years.

In whoes death there is hope.
Also Jane Wilkin the beloved wife of the above David
Wilkin who depd this life 25th of May 1859 aged
80 years.

Sacred to the memory of Margaret Elliott seventh
daughter of James Elliott who departed this life
February the 8th 1849 aged 14 years. This tomb is
erected by James Elliott of Kilnamaddow over the
remains of his daughter.

(VALWAY. 94

COUNTY GALWAY.

AI»Im\t Knoekmoy.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

.' In the third volume of the Journal, and on p. 274, is given an
inscription from the O'Kelly slab in this abbey, but it appears to
be very faulty. The inscription, which is in the black letter, and
in Irish, is given thus on p. 73, Vol. I, of the "County Galway
Archaeological Journal " ' : —

Uo J^luIeacfjamU © Ceallafij Uo
vi ©iWatni ocujsi & Sribttalafntt
inQm £ (Bfyomfyim tro vim ffllotfysi
© &nlt in leac jtiate $ea.

' Translation : — For Melaghlin O'Kelly, for the King of Hy Many,,
and for Queen Finuala, daughter of O'Conor. Matthew O'Hanly
erected this monument.

' " The Annals of the Four Masters," under the year 1401,
state that: — "Melaghlin O'Kelly, Lord of Hy Many, a truly
hospitable and humane man, died, after the victory of penance.
Conor ' Anabaidh ' (the abortive, so called because he was born
before his time) O'Kelly assumed the lordship of Hy Many after
his father."

'"Under the year 1403: — Conor 'anabaidh,' the son of
Melaghlin O'Kelly, Lord of Hy Many, the Serpent of his Tribe,
and of all the Irish people, died, after Extreme Unction and
Penance, and was interred in the monastery of St. John the Baptist
in Tir Many (i.e. the monastery situated at Rindown, on Lough
Ree, County Roscommon). Finola, the daughter of Turlough, son
of Hugh O'Conor, and the wife of Melaghlin O'Kelly, Lord of
Hy Many, died, after a virtuous life."

' For further particulars about these persons, see O'Donovan's
" Tribes and Customs of Hy Many," pp. 105, 106.

' This slab is said to have been removed to Bally glunin House,
not far off.

' Another inscription recorded on the same page of the Journal.
also appears to be incorrectly deciphered.

To face page 95.]

jap *

life*

95 KERRY.

1 The inscription was never completed; it is in the black letter,
and runs down the head and shaft of an ornamental cross, carved
in relief on a slab : it reads ' : —

3£tc : facet : i$launcfu$ ; fflfu$ I
jkattti • j) ©oitt^eanatnH cum ■
-sua uxore

' I.e. Here lies Maurice [Murrough or Muirgheas] son of
Manus O'Concannon, with his wife.

1 The " y Concheanaind " is probably intended for the old form
of the name O'Concannon or O'Conceannainn (as the " Annals "
have it), as the sept of this name owned the district of " Ui
Diarmada," in the territory of Corcamoe, which lay in the
north-eastern end of the county Galway.

' A common Christian name with the O'Concannons, in olden
times, was "Muirgheas," of which " Mauricius " is probably the
Latinised form. The name " Maini " (= of Manus) is doubtful.

* " The Annals of the Four Masters " record the deaths of two
Muirgheases, chiefs of their sept, one in 1037, and the other in
1105.

'It will be noticed in the "rubbing" of the inscription that
a broad stroke, each with three perforations, divides the words.'

COUNTY KERRY

Alina£rrag'li Cliiu'cliyartl.

[From Miss Mabel Eaymond Macintosh.]

The Burial place of
David FitzGerald of Adrivale

Erected by his sons

William, David, and Robert.

A.D. 1818.

I.H.S.

Here lies the Body of

Edmond Loughnane of Knuck-

echagashill \sic], who departed this Life

July the 21st 1807. Aged 67 years.

Also his Son

David who depd this Life

August the 17th 1807 aged 32 years

KERRY. 96

Duag'li Cliurcli j ar«l.

[From Peirce Gun Mahony, m.r.i.a., Cork Herald of Arms.]

' This parish is partly in the barony of Iraghticonner, but
chiefly in that of Clanmaurice, and is on the Kiver Feale, and is
about six miles from Listowel. The Protestant church, which was
a small plain structure, was built in 1814. It was demolished
some years ago. This churchyard is very badly kept, and there are
several heaps of the remains of old coffins to be seen. The
following are the only inscriptions to be found ' : —

Here Lies the Body

of David Neligan

who depd this Life

January 17th 1788 Agd

66 Years

Erected by

Mary O'Carroll to the memory

of her beloved husband James

O'Carroll who departed this

life May 24th 1850

May he rest in peace

Amen

(Vault)

Erected to the memory of

Charles Heringan

and his beloved wife

Mary Molyneaux E. I. P.

Eevd John Molyneaux & Michael Heringan

1876

(Vault)

Errected by Robert &

John Stack for himself &

Posterity 1799

I.H.S.

Darby O'Carroll

Who Departed This

Life (broken) ber 14th 1767 Agd

18 Years.

97 KERRY.

This Stone was Erected
By Darby Keain in
Memory of his wife
Johana Keain who
Depd this Life May

the 29 1811 A<?ed 55 Yrs

l.H.S.

This Tomb was Erected by

Daniel Brosnahan in memory

of his Son Denis who Depd

this Life July the 19th 1803 Agd

23 Years.

l.H.S.

Erected by Thomas

Molony in memory of his

Father Edmund Molony

who Depd Life April the 30th

1795 Agd 62 Yrs. &

Honona his Dau depd

life April the 13th 1795 Aged 22 Y'

Erected by Ellen

Stack of Skehenerin in

Memory of her beloved

husband Robert Stack

who died 4th October 1855

aged 55 years.

Thomas Connor Anno

Domini 1763 Aged 52

Year8

Mary

Daugher to Mich1

Fitz Maueice depar

ted this Life Decbr 9th

1839 Aged 16 Y1S

R.I.P.

Amen

KERRY. 98

I.H.S.

Here Lieth the Body*
by Mary Bleany wh°
Depd this Life Anno
1784 Aged 32 and her son John
Kerby Dpd 1799 Agd
9 Yr.

(Vault)

This tomb was erected by

Edmond Stack Octo

ber the 1st 1827.

I.H.S.

Martin J Costello &

Their Posterity Tomb

(Vault)

Patrick Stack Depart* this Life May

24th 1808 Agd 38 Yrs

(Vault)

+
I.H.S.

This Tomb Was Erected by Debora

Walsh of Meeninare in Memory of

Her Husband Kobert Who Died

May 2nd 1852 Aged 52 years R.I.P

And For Her Family

Here Lieth the Body of
Mary the beloved Daughter

Of the Reverend Robert

Hickson who deParted this

Life on the 27th of May 1834

in the 15th year of her age

99 KILDARE.

Kilmurry Churchyard, Vallincuslane Parish.

[From Miss Mabel Eaymond Macintosh.]

' The remainder is under ground.'

LH.S.

I.H.S

This Tomb was Erected by | John Horan of Coom to the Me |

mory of his Father David who de | parted this Life on the 14th day

of | March 1826 Aged 85 years | Bequiescat in pace.

COUN T Y KILDARE.

Kir to wit Churchyard.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' Two inscriptions on the Power table-tombs in this churchyard
have already appeared on p. 139 of Volume II of the Journal.
They occupy the middle of the old church, which was a small one,
as can be seen by the faint traces of the foundations of the building.
Though this burial-ground is still in use, there are only five head-
stones bearing inscriptions. They read as follows ' : —

I.H.S
Here lyeth the | Body of Joan leacy | desased [sic'] Ju€

ye 19th | 1731 Aged 26 years | Alg0 her gon Gry | Nolan

KILDARE. 100

Head-stone broken in two

IHS

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

This Stone is by Richard Scott

Erected in memory of his Father

Daniel Scott who departed this

Life February the 3th [sic'] 1795

Aged 75 years. Also Sarah Scott

Who departed this Life Nov1'.

the 22th. [sic] 1798 Aged 27 years.

Requiescant in pace Amen.

I.H.S
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Erected by Edward Moran in
Memory of his Father David
Moran who depd. this life 28th March
1825 Aged 63 years. Also his Daugh-
ter Rose Moran who depd. this Life
20th May 1825 Aged 19 years.
Requiescant in pace Amen.

Kilkea Castle.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' On the opposite page is shown a rubbing of an undeciphered
inscription on a limestone slab now preserved at Kilkea Castle.

4 Many years ago it was removed from the sill of a barn-door
belonging to a farm-building on the townland of Aghanure,

To face page 101.]

101 KILDARE.

situated between the Moat of Ardscull and the town of Athy, in the
County Kildare, and transferred for safety by the fourth Duke of
Leinster to Kilkea Castle.

' The inscription is incomplete, as it commenced and ended on
other slabs not now in existence, as far as is known. It belongs to
the commencement of the sixteenth century, as the only portion
deciphered is the lowest line, which reads : —

♦ ♦ &roto Iromtm mM&imo cctccx ♦ ♦

' The slab measures 4 feet in length, 1 foot in breadth, and is
7 inches thick. It is not unlikely that it may have been brought
along with building material from some demolished structure in
Athy, which is only two miles off.'

JLeixlip i lmroli.i artl.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

1 In the churchyard, on a large flat tombstone, surrounded with
an iron railing, is the following inscription ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of

Alex1' Lawe, Esqr,

Who died 8th Jany, 1830, aged 79 years.

The remains of his revered Father

Rob* Lawe, Esqr.

& of his Mother, Martha Wrightson,

are also deposited here, both aged 79 years.

This memorial was erected in testimony

of respect to the Memory of Alex1' Lawe

by his affectionate wife.

Monasterevin (Protestant) Cluircliyai'<l.

[Contributed by Mrs. Wheble, and copied by
Mr. James O'Neill.]

1 Headstones * : —

Richd Hetherington died | the 25th of Mav 1798 Agd 22.
Mary Hetherington died | the 28th of May 1821, Agd 82.

• The above decd (R.H.) was a loyalist and fell in the Rebellion,
There is a device of a soldier or yeoman carved on top of stone.'

KILDARE. 102

George Sneadwho departd this life the 10th of December
1773 Aged 22 years |

Beneath this Tomb are deposited
The remains of John Gosselin Second
Son of Thomas Gosselin of Dunmore
House Co. Cavan Esq he departed
This life 24th October, 1830
Also those of Frances Gosselin
Wife of the said Thomas Gosselin She
departed this life 8th of August 1831
She was a Woman of a peculiarly
Amiable character much beloved and
respected by all who knew her and
in death much regretted.

Tomb

In Sure and Certain hope
of a blessed resurrection unto eternal life
Was deposited here the Mortal Body
of Nicli3 Gosselin, Esq.
late of Portarlington
Who died on the 16th September 1825
in the 87th year of his a.ge.
This Stone is Erected
by his Children
As a Small tribute of respect
to the memory
of one of the best of
Fathers.
Also Alice Gosselin (alias Scott) Wife of the
above mentioned Nicholas Who died on the
4th day of April 1825 Looking forward to a
blessed Immortality through the merits of the
Redeemer And on the 1st day of May following
their Granddaughter Anne Gosselin daur
of Tho8 Gosselin of Dunmore co. of Cavan
Esqr being Suddenly called away in the
bloom of youth aged 16 years
Here also lie the remains of
Arthur Goslin,.Esqr
Son of the above Nicholas Goslin
Who died March 1856 aged 73 years

103 KILDARE.

Tombstone ' : —

Here lyes the body of William
Goslin who departed this life
the 23d day of March 1732
In the 59th year of his age
Also the Body of Mary his
Wife who departed this life
7th day of October 1736
& in the 66th year of her age
Here lieth the Body of
John Goslin who depart
ed this life the 6th day of
May in the year of our
Lord 1778 Aged 70 years

Erected to the Memory ! of Mr Lewis Morgan | Who
Depd this life 16th | of June 1821 in the 74th | Year of
his age.

Tomb': —

Irving [on one side] . 1853 [on the opposite].

Muriel Tablet inside Church ' : —
Sacred
To the Memory of

Agnes

Relict of the Late

James Cleghorn Esqr M.D.

of the City of Dublin

Who departed this life

on the 16th day of July

Anno Domini

1860

In the 87th year of

Her Age.

KILDARE. 104

" Waiting for the adoption,
to wit, the redemption of our body"

Komans 8-23
" In hope of eternal life."
" I am the resurrection

And the life."

Tombstone ' : —

The Tomb of

Thomas Somerville Fleming

of Derrylea .

' Bight side ' :

In Memory of

Thomas Somerville Fleming Born 15th of Augst 1797. And Died 22

of January 1858

Also Their Son

Beecher Pitcairn Fleming J. P. Born Oct 19th 1832 accidentally

Drowned May 28th 1879
For if we believe that Jesus Died and Rose Again Even so them also
Which Sleep in Jesus Will God bring With Him. Thess. IV Chap.

XIV. verse.
1 Left side ' : —

Also His Wife

Dame (?) Mary Frances

Born 5th July 1802 Died 13th December 1874

And Now Lord What Wait I for ?

Truly my Hope is Ever In Thee

Psalm 39. 7.

' Headstones ' : —

105 KILDARE.

Here lyeth the Body of | John Hutchinson who Depd |
this life Febr* 17th 1796 | Agd 31 years.

Headstone ' : —

Tomb

Here lies the Revnd Samuel Prefton

late Vicar of the Parish of Monastereva"

And Prebendary of Harriftown in the

Cathedral Church of Kildare Who died

on the 2 day of July 1794 Aged 62 years

Also the Body of his only Son William

Prefton a Student Trinity College
Aged 19 years who died on the 27 of

October 1794

Also the Body of Margaret Preston

Wife to the Revd Samuel Preston who

Departed this life the 14 day of

September 1803 Aged 62 years

<Tomb': —

TvILDARE. 100

< Tomb ' :—

Erected by James Vallance of Emo | to the Memory of
his beloved Brother | Mr Henry Vallince late of
Clonaslee | who depd this life deeply regretted by all |
who Knew him on the 12 Jan 1837 Aged 45 years

This Monument is erected

to the Memory of

The Honbl Ponsonby Moore

And

Catherine his Wife

The latter of Whom departed this life

August 13th 1810 Aged 52 years

The former
August 11th 1819 Aged 90 years.

Celtic cross ' : —

In Memory of

Ponsonby Moore

Of Moorfield

Died 22nd April 1868

Aged 81 years

And Barbara His Wife

Died 15th September 1866

Also of

Captn Frederic Moore

Brother of the Above

Died 27th October 1856.

< Tomb

Sacred

To the Memory of

James Trench

Second Son of

John Trench Esqre of

W7oodlawn Co. of Galway

Died March 25th 1832

Aged 22 years

" We believe that Jesus,

Died and rose again even so

Them also which sleep in Jesus

Will God bring with him "

His sorrowing Parents

Comfort one another

With these words.

107 KILDARE.

* Tomb ' :—

Erected by Timothy Bridge as a

tribute of filial affection and respect to

the Memory of his Father

Timothy Bridge who depd this life

June 8th in the 60th year of his age

And whose remains lie buried here

Also to the Memory of his Mother

Mary Bridge who died the 13th March

1853 Aged 61 years

Erected also to the Memory of his

beloved Wife Eleanor Bridge
Who died the 7th December 1860

Aged 29 years

Also to the Memory of his dearly

beloved daughter Eleanor Bridge

Who died 29th May 1863 aged

3 years & 8 months

Here also lie the remains of the above

named Timothy Bridge

Who died 29th September 1883 aged 71

Requiescant in pace Amen

Tomb ' :—

To the Memory

Mrs Eleanor White who departed

this life November 1st A.D. 1848

Aged 78 years

In a well grounded hope of an happy

immortality through the merits of her Lord

And Saviour Jesus Christ

Erected

by her Sorrowing and deservedly attached

Husband Bev. William White

Underneath also are buried the

Mortal remains of the above named

Rev. William White who departed

this life the 5th day of January 1857

in the 88th year of his age

Blessed are the dead which die in

the Lord. Rev. 14c 13v.

KILDARE. 108

' Headstone ' : —

Thomas Waldron | departed this | life the 4. of June
1844 | Aged 74 yr8.

Tomb ' :—
Henry Brown Esq, | Died 8th July 1846 | Aged 74 years

Tomb ' :—

Erected | in Memory of four infant children | of
Maddison Wall and Harriet Fisher | August 1818.

Passlancls Churchyard, and Parish of Honas-
terevin.

[Contributed by Mrs. Wheble, and copied by Mr. James O'Neill.]

' On a mural tablet ' : —

As a Tribute of Gratitude and respect

This Tablet has been placed

By his Parishoners

To the Memory of

The Eevd. John Robinson

R. C. Pastor of Monasterevan and Kildangan

Born June 24. 1767. Died Nov. 10. 1822.

An exemplary and vigilant Pastor

He entertained for his Mock

The Affection of a Parent

And acted as one in all their concerns

Of an apostolic Simplicity

And the most endearing Sweetness of Manners

He is followed to his Tomb

By the love and veneration

Which attended him through life

109 KILDARE.

Mural tablet ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of the

Revd Patrick Murphy

Who for fifteen years was the beloved Pastor

Of the United Parishes of

Monasterevan. Kildangan. Nurney & Lacca.

Devoted

to the duties of the Sacred Minnistry

his uniform kindness, disinterested zeal

And purity of Mind

Endeared him to his flock

Who have erected this Monument

As a testimony of their affection towards him

And a Memorial of His Christian Virtues. His Spirit

Departed this life on the 7th day of July A.D. 1834. In

Hope of a Glorious Eternity through the Merits of

Our Redeemer

Aged 47 Years

Requiescat in pace.

'A mural tablet' : —

Erected by the Inhabitants of

Monasterevan. Nurney & Lacca

A.D. 1835.

To testify their lasting regret for the Memory of

the Revd. Charles Doran
Who was for 22 years Parish Priest of this Union.
This pious Pastor was distinguished for Simplicity
And disinterestedness
In eventful times his watchful prudence
Guided and protected his flock
Indefatigable learned and charitable in the discharge
Of his important duties. He lived beloved by his Parishioners
And respected by his neighbours.
He died on the 16th of July 1810 in the 55th year of his age
Rich only in good Works
but Possessed of no earthly Treasure
Requiescat in pace

' The old church here was demolished for utilitarian purposes
by the late Dr. Comerford, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, and the
only portions of the structure now standing are those supporting the
mural tablet referred to.

' Tradition — father to son (living) — has it that the first
interment in this churchyard took place in 1799.

' What are designated tombstones throughout these reports are
simply horizontal stones, resting, or apparently resting, on the solid
earth.'

KILDARE. 110

4 Celtic cross ' : —

In Memory

of the

Very Revd. Philip Healy D.D.

Parish Priest of Monasterevan

And Vicar General of

The Diocese

Of Kildare and Leighlin

A Model Pastor

He shewed Himself an example of

Good Works in Doctrine

In Integrity, in Gravity

Titus 11. C. 7. v.

He died on the 2nd of June 1878.

Aged 86 years

May he rest in peace.

' Copy of Inscriptions on Mausoleum — a handsome structure —
dedicated to members of the Cassidy family.'

Sacred to the Memory of

Mary Cassidy Died 5 July 1839 Aged 80 years

John Cassidy Died 18 October 1834 Aged 78 years

Harvey Cassidy Died 17 March 1839 Aged 43 years

Robert Cassidy Died 3 July 1858 Aged 67 years

Anna Maria Cassidy Died 8 December 1877 Aged 33 years

Frances Mary Josephine Cassidy Died 11 June Aged 3 months

James Archibold Cassidy Died December 22 1890 Aged 62 years

Robert Cassidy Died 28 November 1867 aged 36 years
Eleanor M. Cassidy Died 23 March 1877 aged 84 years

Tomb

Daniel 0. C. Wheble

Son of the late

James J. Wheble Esq.

of Bulmershe Court

Who died 31st May 1865.

Headstone ' : —

This Stone is Erected by I Bridget Donoher in Memory j
of her Husband Andrew | Donoher who depd this | life
Septr 9th 1825 aged 59 | years.

Ill KILDARE.

Headstone ' : —

Here lies the Mortal remains of | Catharine Kenny who
departed this | life February 7th 1837 aged 59 years.

Headstone ' : —

Headstone ' : —

Headstone ' : —

Tomb ' :—

Sacred | To the memory of the late Mrs Margaret Kelly |
Monasterevan Who depd this life Sep1 13th ] A.D. 1817.

Erected by her children in grateful | remembrance of
her many virtues.

Also to the memory of her Son Denis who | Depd this
life Novr 28th A.D. 1815 Aged 34 years.

Headstone ' : —

KILDAKU. 112

*■ Headstone ' : —

Erected | in Memory of Mrs Margaret Spain of |
Monasterevan who died on the 19th July 1858 Aged
65 years.

1 Headstone ' : —

Lord have mercy on the soul of | Elloner Kavanagh |
Who depd this life Octr. | 20th 1827 aged 52 years |
Erected by Patk Kavanagh.

Headstone : —

Lord have mercy on the | Soul of Ann O'Neill Who
departed this life March | 15th 1828 Aged 40 years
Erected by her affectionate | Husband Jno O'Neill.

* Headstone ' : —

Erected to the Memory of John Molloy | Who depd This
life Decr 20th 1841— Aged 56 years.

* Headstone ' : —

Headstone ' : —

' The four following inscriptions are on the same monument,
and are taken down from left to right ' :

Sacred

To the Memory of

Mary A. Purcell who

died April 30 1864

Aged 74 years.

113 KILDARE.

Erected by Thomas

Lowman in Memory

of his beloved Wife Mrs

Mary Lowman as the

last tribute which was

left for him to pay to the

Memory of his respected

Wife, in her, the Poor have

lost a friend who will be

long deplored, She

departed this life on

the 3rd of July 1843

Aged 74 years, May

her soul rest in peace.

Amen.

Here also are interred the above

named Thomas Lowman Esq. who

departed this life on the 22nd of

April 1852 Aged 84 years.

Requiescant in pace

To the Memory of George

Lowman who depd this life

Deer 1st 1826 Aged 27 years

His premature lots is a great

affliction to his Family and

Friends. he was Eeligious

Talented and promising

This monument is Erected

as a last tribute of affection

and in commemoration of

his virtues by his afflctd Father

Thomas Lowman.

Look down Blest Spirit from the realm above ;
Accept this last sad tribute of our love,
And even now our sorrows we res*gn,
And loose our feelings to rejoice in thine
May he rest in peace.

KILDARE. 114

Headstone

Headstone ' : —

Erected by Daniel Delaney in | Memory of his beloved
wife Teres | a Delaney who Depd. July 27tb 1842 | Aged
40 years.

Headstone ' : —

Monument ' : —

Beneath are Laid the Mortal Remains of | Henry
Harrington | Who Departed this Life the 28th of May
1834 | In the 72 year of His Age

Headstone ' : —

115 KILDARE.

Headstone ' : —

Headstone ' : —

Headstone ' : —

And two of the above Andrew [ Whealon's Children.
John | and Mary who died young

Also his Daughter Anne Whealon | Who died on the
31st July 1855 | Aged 19 years

Headstone ' : —

Also- his Mother Judeth Holligan | Who depd. this life
March 28th 1837 | Aged 84 years

Headstone ' : —

Memento Mori | This Stone was erected by Marcela |
Martin in Memory of her beloved | Husband Hugh
Martin Who Depd- | This life 16th of January 1840 [
Aged 57 years. An honest Man the I Noblest work of
God

Also in Memory of her Second husband | Patrick Kelly
who departed this life | March 31st 1867 aged 6Q years |
Here also lieth the remains of Said | Marcella Kelly
Who died 20th October I 1868 Aged 68 years.

KILDARE. 116

1 Headstone ' : —

Headstone ' : —

Both inscriptions on same monument but on different slabs

Sacred to the Memory

of Charles FitzGerald

Who departed this life the 23rd

April 1828 Aged 1 year & 8 mths

The Lord gave and the Lord tak
eth away Blessed be the name of
the Lord
Ere Sin could blight or sorrow fade

Death came with friendly care
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed
And bade it Blofsom there

Here lieth the body of

Anne M. FitzGerald Who

departed this life the 2nd

Day of March 1831 Aged 27

years. May she rest in

Peace. Amen.

This Unique and lafting Monument

Erected by Peter Gerrard

In Memory of his beloved WTife

Bridget

Who departed this life december the 4th 1835

Aged 50 years

To face page 117.]

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AN EARLY THIRTEENTH-CENTURY EFFIGY OF A KNIGHT
IN THE CHURCHYARD AT TIMOLIN, COUNTY KILDARE.

[From a drawing by the Rev. William FitzGerald, formerly Rector of Grange Con,

Co. Wicklow.~\
From a block lent by the County Kildare Archaeological Society.

117 KILDARE.

She's Dead but only Dead to this

Sad deceitful World of ours.

She's Gone to Share that Heavenly Blifs

For which She Laboured her Mortal Hours

Ah Well she felt thofe Palling Scenes

Thofse Empty Baubles that Mortals Cherifh

Were but as Fleeting farey's dreams

Which live the Night and at Morn Perish.

I i in oli ii Clmi'cliyartl.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

* The illustration on the opposite page shows the effigy of a
knight, which lies under a yew-bush on the north side of the
Protestant church : it has been already referred to on p. 192 of the
first volume of The Journal. According to Archdall's " Monasticon
Hibernicum," a nunnery was founded at Timolin early in the reign
of King John, under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for
nuns of the Order of Aroacia, by Robert son of Richard, who placed
therein his grand-daughter Lecelina. The effigy is supposed to
represent him.

1 The effigy slab is of limestone ; it bears no inscription. A large
shield covers most of the body; a " bar" crosses it halfway down.
The upper half is occupied by a large " crescent " or half moon;
but as the effigy is supposed to date from the end of the twelfth
century, at which period coats-of-arms had not become permanent
in families, these devices afford no clue to the identification of the
owner.

1 Robert, son of Richard, was Lord of Norragh (now Narragh-
more, near Timolin), but his surname is unknown.

' This is supposed to be the oldest knight's effigy in Ireland.'

Tlie Yew-tree Churchyard, J»arisli of
Monaster e vin .

[Contributed by Mrs. Wheble, and copied by Mr. James O'Neill.]

' Headstones ' : —

KILDARE. US

Here Lyeth the Body of Patrick | Broughall who Depd
Septr 19th 1753 | Aged 75 years Also his Wife Mary |
Depd Mar 4th 1787 Age 73 | May they rest in Peace
Amen.

Headstones ' : —

Erected by Thomas | Braughall in Memory | of his
Parents October | the 7 1797 May they | Rest in Peace
Amen.

119 KILDARE.

Here Lyeth the Bo | dy of Laurence Brougha11 | Who
Depd this life | May the 17th 1778 Aged AW | 42 years.

Here lieth the Body of | Brine Dunigan who | departed
this life 1739 Ad | ge 50 yr8.

Here lies ye body of Paul | Dunn depd May ye 1st 1763

Agd. | 22 years.

Here lieth the body | of Wat Malone who | Departd this
life the 16th | of Janury 1776 aged 51 yls

Here Lyeth the Body of | Edwd Malone who | Departed
this life June 27 | 1806 Aged 51 years.

0 Lord have Mercy on | the loul of James Donahe1
Who depd this life June 6th 1803 Aged 78 yrs

Erected by Jn° Murray | M* Bice in Memory of his |

Wife Anne Murray who depard | This life Februy 24th

1824 aged | 56 years Also his Daughter | Catherine who

deprtd Sep1" | 23rd 1821 aged 29 years.

KILKENNY. 120

Here Lies the Body | of Denis Dunegher.
1 About 15 inches only of this headstone above the earth.'

Tombstone ■ : —
Here Lyes the body of Edmd | Son to Joseph Donichor
who | Died the 7th day of Septr 1741 | in the 7th year of
his age.

Pray for the soul | of Rose Fitzpatrick | who depd this
life | May 27 1777 Agd | 56 yrs

COUNTY KILKENNY.

CWrannagli (or Granny) Ca§tle inscription.

[Kindly copied by Mrs. Raymond de la Poer of Kilcronagh.]

' The inscription given below appears on a slab fixed to a wall
inside the ruins of this castle ' : —

The ancient Castle of Granagh in the baro
ny of Iverk, in the county of Kilkenny is suppos
ed to have been erected about 500 years ago it
was formerly a strong fortress and the residence
of the proud & puissant earls & Dukes of
Ormond, who there held their baronial court
Bred in all the pomp and splendour of feudal
magnificence. This venerable fabric was in
part demolished during the civil wars of unhappy
Ireland, and the spoliating hands of the thoughtless
neighbouring peasantry had nearly completed
Its destruction when George Roche Esq1"

[Some lines are intentionally obliterated here.]

being desirous of
preserving from total ruin the feeble remains
of this once proud monument of the architectural
skill of the ancient Irish. Caused the new wall
on the other side to be built at a considerable
expense and all the breeches in the old one to
be filled up, under the superintendance of
Edward Rorke a mason of the city
of Waterford 24th December
1827.

121 king's county.

Kilkenny, the Franciscan Abbey.

[From Colonel J. Grove White.]

1 In a recess in the wall of the old refectory of St. Francis's
Abbey (now a store in Mr. Smithwick's brewery) there is a stone
bearing the following fragment of an inscription in Lombardic
characters ' : —

*ICI GIT RICARD ....
'I.e., Here lies Eichard '

KING'S COUNTY.

Ardnnrcher Church.

[From J. F. Fuller, f.s.a.]

Sacred

To the memory of

Ashton Bickerstaff Esqr

Formerly of Preston in

Lancashire, who departed

This life at Grenville in the

King's County on the 14th day

of June 1853 aged 28

Droug-htville, Parish of Drumcullen.

[From Thomas U. Sadleir.]

1 On an altar-tomb, enclosed with railings, in the demesne of
Droughtville, is the following ' : —

Here lie the remains of

Thomas Drought Esquire, of

Droughtville Forest, formerly

Colonel in the Volunteers of Ireland.

He was the Proprietor and Planter

of the surrounding lands.

A kind and indulgent Landlord

The strenuous and steady advocate

of Liberty

king's county. 122

As a scholar he possessed great

talents and information, by which

he oftentimes delighted his hearers.

Obiit 3 die junii a.d. 1833. Anno Aetatis 78.

Here also are deposited the remains

of Thomas, Caroline, and Charles, 3 of

the children of Thomas Drought. Intered

here according to his wishes.

I>r ii in <♦ ii 1 1 en Churchward.

[From Thomas U. Sadleir.]

1 In and around the ruins of the Church are several tomb-
stones ' :—

I.H.S.
Here Lyeth the Body of John Egan | who departed this
life, August | ye 26th 1782, aged 22 years.

I.H.S.
Lord have mercy on the Soul | of Peter Daily, who
departed | this life August 8th 1799, aged | 16 years.
Erected by his Father | Dennis Daily.

Oh heavenly Father have mercy on the | Soul of
Wenefrid Feighery, alias Larkin | who departed this
life August 15th | 1773, aged 50 years. Erected by
her | husband John Feighery.

0 Lord have mercy on the Soul of | Peter Troy who
depd this life | . . . 1815, aged 63 years

. . . James Coughlan
who depd this life July 24th 1785,
Aged 46 years.

Also his wife Margret Coughlan
who depd this life July 11th 1813,
aged 57.

Erected by their son
Michael Coughlan

123

ISdenderry Church.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' The Protestant church at Edenderry was built in 1777. It
contains some modern mural monuments, and one of the early-
eighteenth century to the Blundell family, which was discovered
in, and removed from, the ruins of Monasteroris Church (formerly
the Parish Church of Edenderry) in 1814. This monument con-
sists of a white marble slab, bearing the following inscription ' : —

Near this place

lyes burrid the Body of

SARAH LADY BLVNDELL, Relict

of SR. GEORGE BLVNDELL barronet, &

sole daughter & heiress of SR. WILLIAM

COLLY of Edenderry (who dyed ye 25th of

February 1701), and was a person of most

Exemplary Piety and charity, to whose

Memory this Marble is dedicated by

her son SR. FRANCIS BLVNDELL barronet,

who with her Consent Marry'd two Excel-

ent wives, viz1., in December 1671

VRSVLA daughter of SR. PAVL DAVYS,

Secretary of State, Privy Councellor, &

Clark of the Councill, who dyed in may

1673 deliver'd of a dead child & ly's

buried near her Father in ST. AVDEONS

Church ; and in December 1675 He Marry'd

ANNE the daughter of SR. HENRY

INGOLSBY, Barr : & Privy Councellor,

who dy'd ye 14th of Iuly 1705, & lyes burid

by her Father in ST. BRIDGETS Church

in DVBLIN. He had by her seven Sons

And two Daughters, GEORGE, HENRY,

CHARLES

FRANCIS, WILLIAM, WINWOOD and
MONT AG VE, ANNE, and SARAH

THE ABOVE GENEALOGICAL TABLET

WAS SOME TIME BACK FOUND

IN THE RUINS OF THE OLD CHURCH OF MONASTERORIS

AND REMOVED TO THIS SITE

by MARY MARCHIONESS OF DOWNSHIRE

AND

BARONESS SANDYS

THE LINEAL HEIRESS AND DESCENDANT OF

MONTAGUE LORD VISCOUNT BLUNDELL

1814.

LEITRIM LIMERICK. 124

1 The date, 25th of February, 1701, appears to refer to the
death of Sarah, Lady Blundell. She was the daughter, as stated
on the slab, of Sir William Colley, Kt., of Edenderry, son of Sir
George Colley, Kt., of the same place, eldest son of Sir Henry
Colley, Kt., of Castle Carbury, in the County Kildare, who was a
Captain in the army of Queen Elizabeth. Sir William's wife was
Elizabeth, sister to Sir John Gifford, Kt., of Castlejordan, in the
County Meath. Besides the daughter Sarah, he had a son, George
Colley, of Edenderry, who married Eleanor, a daughter of Sir
Dudley Loftus, Kt., of Killyann, and, dying without issue, his sister
Sarah became his heir.

' Sarah's husband, Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet, was the
eldest son of Sir Francis Blundell, created a Baronet in 1620, who
had married Joyce, daughter of William Serjeant, of Waldridge, in
Buckinghamshire.

' Sir George's grandson, Sir Montague Blundell, 4th Baronet,
was created Baron of Edenderry and Viscount Blundell in 1720,
and, on his death, without surviving male issue, in 1756, these titles
became extinct. His daughter Mary married, in 1733, William
Trumbull, of East Hampstead Park, Berkshire, and had a daughter
Mary, who married the Hon. Martyn Sandys, and was the mother
of Mary, Baroness Sandys, who married, in 1756, Arthur Hill,
2nd Marquis of Downshire, and by whom the slab was placed in
Edenderry Church.'

COUNTY LEITRIM

[Nil.]

COUNTY LIMERICK

St. Mary's Cathedral.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

Some of the oldek Tombstone Inscriptions inside the
Cathedral.

1 On the north side of the choir is a very large monument in
black and white marble, erected by the O'Briens, Earls of
Thomond. It is somewhat similar in style to the Cork and
Eanelagh monuments in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, and,
like them, dates from the first half of the seventeenth century.

To face page 125.]

THE THOMOND MONUMENT IN ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL,

LIMERICK.

[From a photograph by Thomas Bernard, of Limerick.]

125 LIMERICK.

' On the base of the monument reclines Donough O'Brien,
Earl of Thomond, who died on the 5th September, 1624 ; and on a
tier above him reclines his wife, the Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald,
second daughter of Gerald, 11th Earl of Kildare. Both the effigies
are much broken. They are carved in sand-stone in the elaborate
costume of Elizabeth's time.

' Under the arching portion of the tomb, on a slab at the back of
the tomb, is cut in incised lettering ' : —

THIS MONVENT BEING DEFACED IN YE TIME OF YE LATE REBEL-
LION OF IRELAND WAS BY HENRY YE SECOND EARLE OF THOMOND
OF ANEVE REEDIFYED AN 1678 IN MEMORY OF HIS MOST NOBLE
GRANDFATHER DONAGH O'BRIEN EARLE OF THOMOND, BARON
OF IBREACAN, PRESIDENT OF MVNSTER, & ONE OF HIS MAIS PRI
VY COVNCILL, WHO HAVING DERIVED HIS TITLES FROM AN AN-
CIENT & HONOVRABLE FAMILY SOMETIME FOVNDERS OF THIS
CHVRCH LEFT THEM TO POSTERITY MORE ENNOBLED BY HIS OWN
VERTVE FOR GIVING EQVALL PROOFES BOTH FOR COVRAGE &
CONDVCT OF HIS LOYALTY & WORTH HE WAS REWARDED BY YE
HIGH & MIGHTY MONARCHS QVEEN ELIZABETH & KING
IAMES WITH HONOVRS ABOWE YE NOBILITY OF HIS TIME.

' To the left of this monument, and high up in the wall, is a
square limestone tablet bearing the name Donoh inscribed over a
coat-of-arms, consisting of a chevron between three lions, all carved
in relief. According to the Eev. James Dowd's " History of
St. Mary's," this tablet commemorates Donogh O'Brien, Bishop of
Limerick during the latter half of the twelfth century to the time
of his death in 1207. This, I consider, assigns to the tablet far too
early a date.

' On the opposite side of the choir is a plain, limestone monu-
ment resembling an altar- tomb, which is said to have borne the
robed and mitred effigy of a bishop, but of which not a trace now
exists. Cornelius O'Dea was Bishop of Limerick from 1400 to
1426. On the front of the tomb is cut the following inscription ' : —

HJEC EST EFFIGIES REVEREDISSIMI VIRI CORNELII O'DAE
QVONDAM EPISCOPI LYMERICENSIS QVI AD MONVMENTVM
HOC NOWM EPISCOPORVM LYMERICENSIVM AD
PERPETVANDVM MEMORIAM ET HONOREM TANTI PRiESVLIS
TRANSLATVS FVIT VT HIC CVM FRATRIBVS SVIS REQVIESCERET
14 DIE IVLII ANO DOMINI 1621 REMOTVS AVTEM HVC FVIT
SVMPTIBVS NOBILISSIMI HEROIS DONATH COMITIS THOMONLE
TVNC HONORATISSIMI DOMINI PR^SIDENTIS PROVINCLE MOMON^E

LIMERICK. 126

' Translation from the Rev. J. Dowd's History of the Cathedral

This is the effigy of that most reverend man, Cornelius
O'Dea, formerly Bishop of Limerick, who, to perpetuate
the memory and honour of so great a prelate, was trans-
ferred to this new burial place of the Bishops of Limerick,
that here he might rest with his brethren, on the 14th
day of July, 1621. But his body was removed hither at
the charge of that most noble hero Donat, Earl of
Thomond, then the Most Honourable Lord President of
the Province of Munster.

' In the north transept. Mural monuments ' : —
This smal Monument was Erected
by Standish Hartstonge, Esqr, Reco-
rder OF THIS ClTTY, IN MEMORY
OF HIS DEARE WIFE ELIZABETH YE
DAUGHTER OF FRANCIS IeRMY OF GoN-

ton in the covnty of norffolke esqr"
by Alice his Wife the daughter of Sr An-
thony Irby of Boston, Kt. who dyed yk
5 of ivly 1663, and lyeth bvried in
this Chvrch, who had issve Eleaven
children whereof 7 are now liveing.
1677

1 Built into the back of a three -arched recess is a long slab, with
a Latin inscription in highly-raised letters ' : —

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<&&lfKiW artue tfje* \°m QtV eccic
xiri luce maua req'ett i pace ppetua
&n° cett Imt m° foc xix i

tCu tu$te$ cafce citr t)it trices pr et afte

1 This is given in full in Mr. Dowd's " History of St. Mary's "
thus ': —

Hie jacet in tumuli fundo, sublatus a mundo

Galfridus Artrue, thesaurarius quondam istius ecclesiaB

xvi luce Maya requievit in pace perpetua

Anno crucifixi Domini m ccccc xix,

Tu transiens cave quod hie dices Pater et Ave.

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1 Translation from Canon Meredyth's
Cathedral'":—

LIMERICK.

" Guide to the

Here lies in the bottom of the tomb, withdrawn from
the world, Geoffry Arthur, formerly Treasurer of this
Church. He rested in perpetual peace on the 16th light
of May, in the year of the Crucified Lord 1519. Thou
who passest by take heed that thou say est here a Pater
and an Ave.

' To the right of the last-named monument, and in similar
lettering, is a mural slab, which Mr. Dowd states belongs "to a
Prior of the Augustinians, whose establishment was also called Holy
Cross." The date he incorrectly gives as 1519, whereas it should
have been read 1531.* With the exception of one word, the inscrip-
tion is very legible.'

y$it iacet 2fiUfo ♦♦,♦♦♦ tru* tofjeg ffo*
auo&a po0 $ce cructe ^ trie claugtt
lExtremu xxfoiii0 Ute me^te mxQU$ti
&n° nm m° foc xxxi cut* ate pjuetet t>eu&

1 Mr. Dowd writes that the illegible word has by some been
guessed to be " Reverendus," but that it is too short for the space.

The Illegible Title on the Fox Slab.

* See p. 55 of his "History of St. Mary's."

LIMERICK. 128

Can it be that the " dus " at the end of the illegible word is a " dns "
or " Dominus," a common Latin title with ecclesiastics ? The
translation of the inscription would then be ' : —

Here lies the Eeverend (?) lord John Fox, formerly
Prior (?) of Holy Cross, who closed his last day (i.e. died)
on the 28th day of the month of August, in the year of
Our Lord 1531 ; on whose soul may God have mercy.

1 To the left of the Arthur monument is a square slab in the
wall (brought, it is said, from the chancel) bearing the following
end of an inscription in large raised capital letters ' : —

LIE HAROLD
QVI HOC OPV
S FIERI FECERV
NT AN DNI 1529.

1 The inscription probably commenced with : —
ORATE PRO ANIMABVS

1 In what is now known as " the Arthur family Chapel," which
adjoins the north transept, there are several slabs and fragments of
others laid in the pavement.

' The most interesting one is a narrow brown slab bearing
animals, foliage, and a cross, all cut in bold relief. According to
tradition this slab, which measures 5 feet in length, marked the
grave in the choir of Donal "more" O'Brien, King of Limerick, and
founder of St. Mary's (circa 1172), who died in 1194. It is not
quite correctly illustrated in the Rev. J. Dowd's History of the
Cathedral, as the animals'* necks are not shown crossing over the
shaft on the cross ; this error also appears in our Journal, vol. iii,
p. 88.

1 Close to this slab is one of limestone, bearing down its length
a black-letter inscription in four lines, which reads : —

#rate p aia tfjome tventft) ftltf Hafcitr q
ofottt b Xtk (unit a0 1497 tt p aia ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦
uxovi$ ei* tt p aia petri creagt) ffttt tn «j
ofoiit no0 iriemaii a*tu 1546 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

* Some think the animals are intended to represent the lions of the O'Brien
coat-of-arms ; such is not my opinion, as there is no attempt at resemblance to
lions in these animals, besides which there are three other grotesque animals
on the slab.

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'Unfortunately the name of Thomas fitz David Creagh's wife is
illegible. This inscription, as given in the Rev. J. Dowd's

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Thomas Cbeagh's Wipe's Illegible Name on the Slab.
(The surname portion may be Striche, a Limerick merchant's name in 1536.)

" History of St. Mary's Cathedral" (with the exception of the first
line), is utterly wrong.'

• Between this slab and King Donal's is another Creagh monu-
ment on the pavement; the inscription is cut in high relief, and
reads ' : —

l^ic tacet maefetcr

atttitw creag

f) guontram

" irecamtg

'Andrew Creagh resigned the Deanship in 1543; and was
succeeded by Andrew Stritche, who died in 1551.'

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LIMERICK. 130

1 On a fragment is a shield bearing two coats-of-arms, viz., on
the dexter side, a chevron between three birds ; on the sinister
side, a chevron between three heraldic roses.

' The initials SEW appear above and at the sides of the shield.
' Upside down to the shield is cut in incised letters ' : —

ANNA

FANING

VXOR EIVS

OBIT 13 MAR

CII . ANO . DOI

1634

' A coat-of-arms, quarterly ; first and fourth, per pale indented
argent and gules ; second and third, azure lion rampant or ' : —

Motto: FIDES NON TIMET.

HERE LIES INTERED THE
BODY OF NICHOLAS RICE
ESQR COVNSELLER AT
LAW WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE THE 19 DAY
OF MARCH 1709 AGED
56 YEARS AND ALSO
THE BODY OF MARY
RICE HIS WIFE WHO
DYED THE 15 DAY OF
MARCH 1724 AGED
54 YEARS.

1 Close to the above is a large slab bearing no inscription, but
at the top end is a coat-of-arms — a chevron between three clarions
for Arthur, and the initials P 0 A, 1649. At the foot of the slab
is another shield, bearing a lion rampant, and the initials E P R.

131 LIMERICK.

1 A slab badly fractured ' : —

[Coat-of-arms — Gules, a chevron between three rests, or clarions,,
or.]

EXPECTANS VLTIMAM
RESVRRECTIONEM HIC
IACET THOMAS ARTHVR
FITZ FRANCIS QVI . . .
HAC VITA MIGRAVIT
DIE 6A IVNII AN. 1729

^TATIS V° 76
VENIT HORA IN QVA
OMNES QVI IN MON-
VMENTIS SVNT AVDITE
VOCEM FILII DEI Jo. 5.

v. 28

1 The following are in the baptistery ' : —

This Tombstone was | Erected by Elizabeth | Corns

John Rice his Tomb
1761

I.H.S
This Tomb was Erected by
Bernard O'Loghlen in
Memory of his Grandfather
Bernard O'Loghlen who
Departed this Life June 24
1708 Aged 65 Years
As allsoe his Father Morgan
O'Loghlen who departed this
Life ye 10th of August 17 • 2 Aged
58 Years.

Here [under lye]th allsoe
The Erector of this Tomb
Bernard O'Loghlen son
vnto Morgan O'Loghlen
who departed this llfe
. . . 1741 Aged 31

LIMERICK. 132

- EIVS ANNA GREAGH

im :gi/ii3A0N i mao iaD

' In the following inscription many of the letters are con-
joined ' : —

IHS

This Tomb was erected by Piers | Meroney in Memory
of his | Mother Margarett Meroney | alias Creagh

WHO DEPARTED | THIS LlFE FEBRUARY 17TH 1706 | And
ALSO OF HIS SON ANDREW | MeRONEY WHO DEPARTED THIS |

In the chapel containing the effigy of Lord Limerick ' : —

On the pillar near the south entrance into the cathedral :■

MEMENTO MORY
HERE L1ETH LITTELE SAMVELL
BARINTON THAT GREAT VNDER
TAKER OF FAMIOVS GIFTES*

* Not Cittis, as Mr. Dowel prints the word.

1 33 LIMERICK.

CLOCK AND CHIME MAKER

HE MADE HIS ONE TIME GOE

EARLY AND LATER, BVT NOW

HE IS RETVRNED TO GOD HIS CREA

TOR.

THE 19 OF NOVEMBER THEN HE

SCEST, AND FOR HIS MEMORY

THIS HERE IS PLEAST BY HIS

SON BEN 1698

1 Canon Meredyth, in his Guide to the Cathedral, gives the
following inscription from a slab inserted in a column on the left of
the choir, which I have overlooked. It reads ' : —
This Monument was Erected by
William Yorke to yk Memory of his
deceased father alderman
William Yorke, who lyes here in-
terd : was thrice maior : gave above
400" for bvilding ye exchang free-
ly bestowed itt on the corpora-
tion : contribvted to yk bells and
Chymes, which were cast and
set vp in his majoraltyes '. was
charitable to the poore \ constant
to his friends i dyed in the trve chri-
stian faith the last year of his
maioralty april 1 1679 ^tatis
syje 42 leaving William Koger
& Iane his issv by Anna the Davg
hter of Henry Hart, Esqr.

The Galwey Monument in the South Transept.

1 The following description of this interesting monument is
taken from an account of it written by Mr. T. J. Westropp in the
11 Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland " for
1898, consecutive volume xxvm : —

1 About the middle of the fifteenth century, Edmund, son of
Geoffry Galwey, and Margaret, daughter of Richard Bultingfort,
erected a handsome tomb in memory of their relatives in the south
transept. The monument consists of a low, cinquefoil arch, the
cusps of which enclose triangular designs of foliage, while their
points ended in leaves. It rests on octagonal piers of clumsy
design, two on each side, and has a lofty angular hood richly
crocketed and moulded, and enaing in an elaborate finial. To each
side a buttress with a rich terminal rests on a corbel adorned with
a small angel holding a blank shield.

LIMERICK. 134

1 Three armorial tablets are set in this monument ; the first, in
the tympanum above the recess, has the letters " S.R.B." (Scutum
Ricardi Bultingfort), and, below this, the arms, a fess engrailed
with a label of five points in chief.

' The second, to the left, " S.G.G." (Scutum Galfridi Galwey).
Arms, for Galwey — A cross, over it a bend, impaling a double
eagle displayed.

< The third, to the right, " S.E.G." (Scutum Edmundi Galwey).
The Galwey arms, impaling for Arture a chevron between three
darions. There are traces of dark-red and blue-grey paint on these
carvings.

* Of a much later date is a tablet overhead ; it displays as crest
the chained cat of the De Burghos. Arms quarterly : —
1st — Galwey. 2nd — A double eagle displayed.
3rd— Baltingfort. 4th— Ball's Bridge.
' Below it, in strangely combined capitals —
LVMNIA (sic) QYM LECTOR
TVI (sic) CERNNVT (sic) HISCE IOHANI
MVRIS SOVLPTA SACRIS
QVADRAT INSIGNIA GALWEY.
[I.e., Reader, what thy eyes behold graven on these walls are the
armorial bearings of John Galwey.]
' A long tablet is embedded in the back wall of the recess. The
middle is much injured ; Ire ton's soldiers are reputed to have
defaced it out of hatred to Sir Geoffry Galwey, mayor of the city
in 1652. It is most improbable that Puritans who spared the
shields, and still more the figures, of angels on the corbels and
the crosses on the sedilia, deliberately defaced an unobtrusive
black-letter inscription which probably none of them could read.
More probably the heat of a memorial lamp hanging in the recess
injured and cracked the tablet. The inscription, which was figured
from a rubbing and sketch, reads as follows : —

(Ific iacct in) tub (a ♦ ♦ . tocncr)abili£ (to)it fticarbu£
(25uItig)fort quoba . ♦ ♦ cibitatu lirn (crici et)

€ox*cagicq(obi)it 3tno boi mccccta

1$it iacct ♦ ♦ ♦ toenctrabili£ bit 4BaI(ft)ibu(s)
4Saltocp quoba citoi£ (cifci)tatu limcrici <£orca(gic et)
Ctatforbie q"obit. , bic ^fanuaui 3tho bomccccjtf . . (aE)bniu
bu£ filtug tali£ <*Ba(Ife)ibi ct &£argarctc filic tali£ ftci
i£ta tuba fieri (fccer)ut. [buitigfott

* Mr. Westropp considers this a sculptor's error for " Margareta filia."
She was probably Edmund Galwey's wife.

[To face page 134.

THE FIFTEENTH-CENTURY MONUMENT OF RICHARD

BULTINGFORT AND GEOFFREY GALWEY, IN

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, LIMERICK.

[From a drawing by Mr. T. J. Westropp, in the " Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries,
Ireland," consecutive vol. xxviii, p. 44.)

135

LIMERICK.

1 The missing part in the second line is longer than " civis " ; it
maybe " prepositus." In the third line the day and month are
lost.'

'Mr. Westropp adds that an inventory of Geoffrey Galwey's
goods was taken on January 5th, 1445, and his Will was proved
seven days later, so that his death took place between the 1st and
the 5th of January in that year; he had five sons, viz. : — Richard,
Geoffry, Edmund, Walter, and William; the second son, Geoffry,
was ancestor of the Galweys Baronets.

The Richard Bultingfort mentioned in the first half of the
above inscription was married to Katherine Roche, who proved his
Will before Bishop Cornelius O'Dea on the 1st August, 1406. The
Will was dated the day after either the 1st or 8th of March (i.e., the
day after the Feast of St. Senan), 1405.

limerick, St. Mary's Cathedral Burial-g round .

[From Peirce G. Mahony, M.R.I.A., Cork Herald of Arms.]

1 Last May when in Limerick, I noticed a tombstone in the yard
of Messrs. O'Doherty & Sons, who have their Stone and Marble
Works close to St. Mary's Cathedral. On inquiring how it came
there, they informed me that it came from the Cathedral, and that
it was given to them.

1 As I was leaving Limerick that day, I had no time to make
further investigations; but Dr Fogerty, r.n., one of our new
members, very kindly took the trouble to copy the inscription here
reproduced ' : —

I. H. S.

This stone Was Erected by
William Ryan in memory of his
Son Denis Ryan Who departed
this life may 10 1771 Aged 18
years.

' 1 should add that it was stated that the tombstone was found
6 ft. underground while making a new grave, and that had Messrs.
O'Doherty not removed the stone, it would have been broken up.*
The attention^ the Dean has been called to the matter. This is
only another instance of how tombstones in this country are lost
or destroyed.

* Through Mr. Mahony's efforts this stone has been replaced in the
Cathedral burial-ground.

LONDONDERRY. 136

liimerick. St. Muncliin 's Churchyard.

[From Peirce G. Mahony, M.R.I. A., Cork Herald of Arms.]

Sacred to the Memory of Maria

Morgan Wife of John Morgan

Esq who departed this life on the

17th day of July 1831 in the th year

of her Age in the Blessed hope of

A Glorious Resurrection though [sic]

the Mercies of the Lord Jesus Christ

I. H. S.
Erected in memory of Mr Patrick | Corbett Nerissa
Corbett his wife & | their children Edward Eliza and
Nerissa Corbett | May they rest in peace.

On a Cross standing ' : —

In Loving Memory of

Ellen Louisa

Wife of Capt. H. N. McRae

Bengal Staff Corps

Born 29 Novr 1850

Died 21st Decr 1883

Also John Alexander Clarke
Infant son of the above

Thy will be done

COUNTY LONDONDERRY.

Derr.r Cathedral Burial-ground.

[From Major R. R. G. Crookshank.]

' The undermentioned tombstone stood in the churchyard of
Derry Cathedral, close to the great window, but was, I believe,
with others, built over when the chancel was restored by the late
Dean of Derry — Dr. Smyly — which should not have been allowed
at the time.

137 LONGFORD

' The name of Oookshank was closely connected with the Siege
of Derry; and No. 2 window, in the Memorial Hall, Derry, is to
one of the family— William Oookshank ' : —

Alderman John Crookshank of
This Oty. Died the 23rd of -
January 1704 Aged 65 years
Also the body of John and
Eobert sons to Alderman
George Crookshank and
Mary his wife. Who
Departed this Life the . .
Day of Jany 1744 Aged

55 years

Elizabeth Crookshank

Alias Pitt Departed this life

. 0th of March 1762 Aged 96 years

Also the Body of Anne Crookshank

Her daughter who Died

February 13th 1765. Aged 65 years.

' The Alderman John Crookshank mentioned in the inscrip-
tion was Captain of the Train of Artillery during the Siege of
1688, and husband to the Elizabeth Pitt subsequently mentioned,
who was of the same family as the extinct peerages of Chatham,
Londonderry, Camelford, and Rivers, being descended from
John Pitt (who settled in Ireland), second son of John Pitt, Clerk
of the Exchequer temp. Queen Elizabeth.

1 Alderman George Crookshank was son to this John and
Elizabeth Crookshank; and his wife Mary was daughter of
Captain Robert Bacon, Alderman of Coleraine, and sister of
Archdeacon Benjamin Bacon, d.d., of Tamlaghtard. The grand-
daughter of George and Mary Crookshank — Esther Kennedy —
married Alexander Crookshank, b.l., m.p. for Belfast, 1776-83, and
afterwards one of the Justices of the Common Pleas in Ireland,
1784-1800.'

COUNTY LONGFORD.

Tas'Iisliinny Cluircliyartl.

[From the Rev. F. S. Stoney.]

• ' Inscription on the Nugent monument, built into the outside
wall of the church.

' Coat-of-arms : — " Ermine, two bars gules."
1 Crest : — " A cockatrice."

LOUTH. 138

* Motto :— " Decrevi "' :—

This Monument

Was Erected

By Mr John Nugent of Killcury

To the Memory

His Beloved Brother

Thomas Nugent

Who died the 4th of April 1761

Aged 82 years

And Likewise His Sister

Judith Nugent

Who Died the 17th of July 1764

Aged 27 years

And also for a

Sepulchral Memorial

The Family

Inscription on Nugent tomb in the graveyard
Nugent coat-of-arms and motto ' :—

This Monument Was Ertd

To the memory of John Nugent

Of the City of Dublin Esqr

Who Depd this life on the 23d

Day of Febr 1778. In the 45th

Year of his age, & to the
Memory of his Father Francis
Nugent of Colehill Esqr &
His mother Sarah Nugent
Alias Hall, & for a Sepulchral
Monument of that Family.

COUNTY LOUTH.

Castletown Cliui-cliyai-u, near Dnnclalfc.

[From John R. Garstin, v.p.r.i.a., f.s.a.]
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altar-slab still in situ, which has the following inscription all m
capitals, running irregularly along its four sides, E., b., JS., W. .-

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wVhEHRST OF IANVARIE ANNO DNI 1631.

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S The last figure of this date is now indistinct, but it is given as
11 1" in the MS. Ordnance Survey Letters, in the Library of the
Royal Irish Academy; in D' Alton's " History of Dundalk and its
Environs"; arid in the "Journal of the Louth Archaeological
Society."

' Apropos of this altar-slab, it may be worth noting that the
mensa or slab of St. Nicholas's Church in Dundalk, and of the
Carlingford Protestant Church, are of stone.'

Dundalk— St. Nicholas's Church and Burial-
ground.

[Kindly contributed by Miss Vigors and Miss Chatterton.]

■ The chancel window was put up by Lord Roden in 1812, and
is said to have been brought by him from Italy. It consists of
twenty-three small medallions — squares and oblongs — set together
in no order, with various pieces of coloured glass, apparently
arranged anyhow ; and it has a curious kaleidoscope sort of effect,
anything but beautiful.

' There is an inscription underneath one of the medallions, on
the left-hand side— in very small lettering, which has already
appeared on pages 524 and 525 of the second volume of our
Journal.

' The top of the Communion Table is one of the few remaining
specimens in existence of a stone slab ; it is in good preservation,
and has a wooden covering over it. Except for a bevelled edge on
three of its sides, it is quite plain. The material is limestone.

1 The following are the inscriptions inside the church.

k On the right of the chancel ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of

Anne Countess of Roden

daughter of James first Earl of

Clanbrassill,
The days of her age were threescore years & ten

fulfilled

in drawing nearer to the Lord Jesus day by day,

& holding fast to the end

the blessed hope of everlasting life

knowing verily that in all things we must learn of Him

Her constancy and tenderness

as mother & daughter

have been seldom equalled & never surpassed.

Obitt 1802

LOUTH. 140

Near this spot lie the Remains of James Hamilton, Earl
of Clanbrassil | Viicount Limerk, Baron Clanboy, &
Knight of the most illustrious Order of St Patrick, | He
was born on the 23rd of August 1730, was married on
the 21st of May 1774 to Grace | eldeit Daughter of
Thomas Lord Foley & died on the 6th of February 1798
leaving no iiiue | His dilconfolate Widow who infribes
this Tablet to his Memory forbears to fill it | with
surpernous Praile or uielefs Lamentations | May they
who knew him belt & loved him moft praife him in their |
future Living by a Remembrance of his Example, | and
an Imitation of his Virtues.

Chancel, right-hand side, near the pulpit': —

Sacred

to the memory of

The Revd James Montgomery A.M.

who departed this life the 16th August 1803

Aged 76 Years

He was Rector of this parish 19 Years.

He was truly exemplary in discharging

all the Duties of a Christian

Minister.

He was Pious to his God

Just and Honourable to all men and Unbounded

in his kindnefs to the pour.

This Tablet

was errected by his affectionate Niece

Mrs- R. Reed of Rallymoyer

May the 20th 1809.

1 Chancel, right-hand side ' : —

This tablet

is inscribed as a small token of

filial affection by

Anne, Countess of Mayo,

to the memory of her beloved parents

The Honble John Jocelyn

of Fair hill,

4th son of Robert, first Earl of Roden,

who died in Jany 1828, aged 59 years.

And Margaret

his attached wife

who died in April 1840, aged 69 years.

Colossians iv. ch. 4 v. Revelations xiv ch. 13 v.

141

1 Chancel, left side. Mural tablet ' : —

To the Memory of

The Revd Elias Thackeray A.M.

for fifty years Vicar of Dundalk

and Rector of Castletown.

Unceasing in his exertions

to render this church a suitable temple

for the worship of his divine master

untiring in his advocacy

and support of scriptural education

throughout Ireland

foremost in originating and

carrying out

the several institutions in the parish

and unbounded in his private charities

The members of his congregation

have erected this monument

to evince their deep sense

of his christian merits

and sincere affliction for one

who was both their minister

and their friend.

He departed this life 20th April 1854

aged 83 years.

LOUTH.

Tablet in vestry ' : —

ECCLESIA H^C TEMPORIS
ET BELLI INIVRIA PENITVS
DIRVTA FORMA NOVA ET
ELEGANTIORI INSTAVRATA
FVIT ANNO CHRISTI 1707
RADVLPHO LAMBERTO S.T.P.
VICARIO

HENRICO BVSH rVoTOmRVs
GEORGIO LOW OVbTODIBVb

Translation.

This church, utterly destroyed by the ravages of age
and war, was restored in a new and more handsome
shape in the year of our Lord, 1707, when Radulph
Lambert, S.T.P., was Vicar, and Henry Bush and George
Low, Churchwardens.

L0U1H. 142

' Ln the churchyard, at the west end ' : —

Sacred

To the Memory of

Agnes Burns

eldest sister of Robert Burns

Who departed this life at

Stephenstown

on the 17th October 1834

Aged 72 years

Her mortal memains lie interred in the S.E. corner
of this churchyard.

4 This inscription is on a high column with a draped urn.:

In the churchyard ■ : —

Underneath the remains

of Fairfax Mercer Esq.

of Fair Hall, who Departed

this life the 16th October 1790

aged 68.

Here lieth the body of Stephen De Joncourt

who departed this life the 9th day of

April 1795, in the 80th year of his age.

St. Nicholas's, Siiiitlalk.

The Field-Holywood Tomb.
[From John B. Garstin, v.p.r.i.a., f.s.a.]

' When Messrs. D'Alton and O'Flanagan published their
" History of Dundalk and its Environs" in 1864, they appended ten
pages of " Topographical and Traditional History," followed by a
" Statistical Account of Dundalk." Under this latter inappropriate
heading is included an utterly inadequate notice of the ancient
Church of St. Nicholas and its graveyard. Of the former they
say: — "The church has little to recommend it save a richly
coloured, antique, painted window, the unfading tints of which
transmute the light of day into a glorious radiance, symbolic of the
light of heaven "(!). This grandiloquent description is applied to a
curious medley of glass, old and new, presented by one of the Earls
of Boden on his being made a Knight of St. Patrick in 1816. The

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" Statistical Account " gives a blundering copy and translation of a
curious inscription included in that window, and of a tablet in the
vestry. It spares only a score of lines to the "number of ancient monu-
ments " in the churchyard, dismissing them as illegible, although
the writers " took great pains to decypher them." It notices only
the slab and pillar in honour of a sister of Robert Burns, the poet;
the Mortimer tomb, which, with that of Sir John Bellew, the
11 Memorials " published from Isaac Butler's "Journal" ; and the
subject of this notice, which it thus describes : —

"Outside the vestry window is an old tomb erected in
memory of more than one, as jacent and corpora indicate, but
only one name is legible — Thomas Field. The words presbyter
and capella [sic] fundator imply his sacerdotal character.
The date is 1536."

' The tomb thus described is a large slab 8 feet long and 4 wide,
lying flat on the ground, east of the vestry. The inscription, which
is in Latin, is in bold Gothic letters 4 inches high, in relief. It
commences at the end further from the vestry wall, preceded by a
triquetra, runs round the slab, and returns in a second line along
the end where it started, doubling it : all reading from within. The
centre of the slab is plain.

' This stone was not noticed by Isaac Butler when he described
others here in 1744. It was perhaps then underground. The late
Rector, Rev. Joseph Rainsford, d.d., finding it broken, had it repaired
and mounted on masonry. Except as hereafter noticed, the inscrip-
tion is clear — the date particularly so.

' The following is from a rubbing made by Miss Vigors and
Miss Chatterton. It shows the inscription as nearly as it can be
represented by modern type, but space has been introduced to
separate the words, which run without division in the original ' : —

^ic facet corpa tijome I feltr fjuts fctlle
qfcotia famott fturselt preft[?ete

ct <x

{break)-] capel | le fixator mrgtttaR
i)0lj)footJ fcxor? Cuie qotuerut tile br
I3°fei tn ' et ilia ♦ te ♦ fel | aple afio

tlttf 1536°

LOUTH. 144

1 There is only one capital letter, the initial 1fo, not any to the
names. The letters t have no dots over them. The marks of abbre-
viation are the usual "" over the words, representing \\ four times
and nt once ; US and is and UC are represented by the usual final
flourishes. That which follows \> in the fourth line perhaps com-
pletes the word ' vere.' Small vowels, a and i, are inserted over the
line in an unusual way, perhaps to correct mistakes of omission,
and 0 appears as usual at the end of the figures.

' The inscription translated into English would be ' :—

Here lie the bodies of Thomas Feld, formerly a famous
burgess of this town, founder of this chapel, and of
Margaret Holyvod, his wife, who died — he indeed on the
13th of the kalends of March and she on the 16th of the
kalends of April — in the year of our Lord 1536.

' The man's surname would probably now be written Field.
Amongst the Prerogative Wills in Dublin there is none of any Feld,
but three under Fell about 1790, and several of Field. In his
" History of the County Dublin," under " Fieldstown," (pp. 394-'9)
D'Alton gives a long account of the family of De la Field. This
family also gave name to townlands in the counties Meath and
Louth — the latter in Ferrard Barony, at the part of the county
furthest from Dundalk.

1 The wife's surname was written in earlier Latin as " De Sacro
bosco." It would doubtless now figure as Holywood or Hollywood,
both of which are to be found in the Index of Wills. A great
family of the name was seated at Artane, near Dublin and Clontarf.

' Neither Field nor Holywood appears in the " Dundalk Hearth-
Money Rolls " of 1664, &c.

1 The description of Thomas Field is peculiar. " Famosus
burgensis" may have some technical meaning like that attaching to
" Rector magnificus." It probably indicated the holding of some
civic office — not merely that he was an eminent or "famous " citizen
of Dundalk; but D' Alton's description of him as "a sacerdotal
character" is erroneous. He misread as " presbyter" a word which —
occurring at the break in the stone — is not quite clear, but enough
remains to show that the word is an adjective, qualifying capelle,
and I believe it is " presente " (with long s) meaning " this here."

1 Ware records (" Bishops," p. 508) that, in the Parliament held
at Trim in 1485, a chantry was confirmed to the Church of
St. Nicholas, Dundalk, in honour of God, the Blessed Virgin,
St. Nicholas, and St. Richard of Dundalk; and probably the chapel
founded by the Thomas Field commemorated on this tomb was the
latest one of many added, and formerly in St. Nicholas's.

4 It is worth noting that husband and wife died within a month
of each other. Also that the dates are given according to the

145 LOUTH.

nomenclature used in the Ancient Kalendar of the Eomans, which
indeed derived its name from the kalends twice mentioned here to
record the day of the month. These respectively correspond to
what now (and then) were known as follows : — The 13th of the
kalends of May = April 19th. If in the inscription "Martij " should be
read instead of " Maij " that would = February 17th. The 16th of the
kalends of April, on which the wife died = the 17th of March, next
day but one to the famous "Ides of March," and nearly correspond-
ing to our St. Patrick's Day. The use of this mode of recording
dates is very unusual in Irish inscriptions— inscriptions in Irish
seldom troubled about dates. However, in the present Anglican
Liturgy, last revised in 1662, on which the Church of Ireland one is
founded, this mode of computation is preserved as an alternative,
though the printers often omit it from the smaller prayer-books.
The name "bissextile" for "leap" year is derived from the
repetition of the sixth of the kalends of March after February 24th.

' The only doubt I have as to the reading is respecting the
middle letter over the W\ which follows the " 13th of the kalends."
It is between the small a and i, and in shape resembles a reversed
figure 2. It is in an abbreviation for the Latin name of a month
commencing with /ID, so the choice lies between March and May,
which, being in the genitive case, would read, if not abbreviated,
Martii (or cii) and Maii (whence our " May "), the final i being, as
usual, furnished with a tail, making it in type j. The word in
question cannot be "Maii," so consequently must be for the only
alternative ; and the stone-cutter seems to have used the puzzling
symbol under discussion as an abbreviation for the tt °r tC of Martii,
and the final i does duty for that letter reduplicated, as was not
unusual.

' This inscription has no prayer for the souls of the deceased,
which is remarkable.

1 The Feld tombstone above described should be of great interest
to the inhabitants of Dundalk, as it is now the oldest extant
monument in that town.'

1 Another very ancient black-letter inscription was unearthed
last year in this churchyard, and is now in the church porch, with a
fragment also at the west door on which the word " uxor " appears/

The Lambert Tablet.
[From J. E. Garstin.]

' Inside the church, over the Rector's pew, is the Lambert monu-
ment, which is one of the half-dozen referred to, but not printed in

LOUTH. 146

D'Alton and O'Flanagan's "History of Dundalk " — (statistical
account, p. 291). Expanding the contractions, it reads as follows ' : —

P.M.S. [= Piae Memoriaa Sacrum. ]

Prope jacet

Susanna Uxor Radulphi Lambert,

S.T.P. [Sacraa Theologize Professor] Hujus Ecclesiae Vicarij.

Ornata fuit Pietate sine Fuco, Sincera

Charitate sine Fastu Munifica

Ingenio comi et vivaci et Animo in

Vtrumque sortem constanti : Mater solers

& tenera ; Vicina Benefica ; -** -*-

Uxor Fidelis Placens Blanda & omnibus

Modis Officiis Cbarissima. Ad Coelum

Rediit (maximum sui Relinquens

Desiderium) in Festo Sancti Pauli Anno

Christi 1707, Nata Annos XL. Hoc

Exiguum Amoris Indelibilis

Monumentum Mcestissimus

Posuit Maritus.

Translation.

Sacred to her beloved memory. Near this lies Susanna,
wife of Ralph Lambert, Doctor of Divinity, Vicar of this
church. She was adorned with unaffected piety, with
genuine and unstinted charity, with a pleasing and
cheerful disposition, and with a mind constant under
all circumstances. As a mother she was careful and
tender, as a neighbour kind, as a wife faithful, pleasing,
affable, and beloved for countless acts of kindness.
Leaving behind her a sense of deep regret, she returned
to Heaven on the Feast of St. Paul [25th January] , in
the year of Christ, 1707, aged 40 years. Her sorrowing
husband erected this slight monument of his abiding
love.

1 This monument, which is very quaint in appearance, bears a
coat-of-arms. Some years ago it was painted in various colours.'

'Ralph Lambert was son of Mr. George Lambert "of the
County Louth." He became a Scholar of T.C.D. in 1683, B.A.
(apparently twice) in 1686, and B.D. and D.D. in 1701.

' He was appointed to the Rectory of Kilkeel, &c. (Down), 1701,
and on 7th May, 170f , to the Precentorship of Down, and in the
same year to the Rectory of Killallon, and to Kilskeery in Meath.
He was collated in June, 1706, to the Vicarage of Dundalk, with
five adjacent parishes, apparently by exchange for his Precentor-
ship. He held it, however, only three years ; and while there, his

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147 LOUTH.

wife died, as this monument records. In the year after (1708) he
was made chaplain to Earl Wharton, Lord Lieutenant ; and in the
following year he resigned Dundalk, &c, and was presented by the
Crown to the Deanery of Down. He was thence advanced to the
Bishopric of Dromore in 1717, though he had been censured by
Convocation for a letter published by him. See Cotton's " Fasti,"
vol. iii. Thence in 1726 he was translated to Meath. He died
6th February, 1731, and was buried in St. Michan's, Dublin.

1 He married a granddaughter and eventual heiress of John
Smyth, eldest son of William Smyth, of Rossdale Abbey, County
York, who settled at Dundrum, County Down, and was ancestor of
the Viscounts Gorfc ; and she was presumably the subject of this
Dundalk inscription. See Chalmers's " Biog. Brit." '

THE MOBTIMER-BRADY AND THE BELLEW-NUGENT

SLABS.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

The Mortimer-Brady Slab, 1634.

' Lying in the eastern portion of the burial-ground is a very
large slab, bearing an English inscription in Roman capitals round
the edge in a double (and at one end a treble) line. The inscrip-
tion appears on the opposite page. It was given on p. 449, vol. i.
of The Journal, but therein contains a few misprints or errors.

1 In its present condition the wife's surname is practically

The Chipped Poktion of the Inscription on the Mortimer Slab.

illegible, and the " 6 " in the date of the year resembles a "5,'
owing to a chip in the stone.

LOUTH.

148

1 The centre of the slab is occupied by a double coat -of -arms,
surrounded by ornamental designs ; but the whole device is so worn
that it is barely traceable.

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' In the dexter half of the shield are the Mortimer arms (or
what was intended for them), viz. : —

1 " Barry of six, or an azure, on a chief of the first two pallets
between two base esquierres of the second, over all an inescutcheon
argent."

' The sinister half of the shield contains the Brady coat, viz. :—
' " Argent, a dexter arm couped below the elbow in pale, erect
vested gules, the hand epaumee proper, in chief a mullet sable."

'In Ulster's Office there is the following Funeral Entry in con-
nection with the two individuals named on this slab ' :—

John Mortymer of Dundalke, Gent., sonne of Edmonde Mortimer of the
same, Gent., departed this mortall life at Drogheda the seaventh of May 1634,
and was interred at Dundalke aforesaid in St. Nicholas Church. The defunct
tooke to wife Jen daughter of Thomas Brady of Drogheda, Gent., by whome hee

149 LOUTH.

had issue 12 children, vidz. : — Patrick, Christopher, Eichard, Anne, Elizabeth,
Katherine, Mary, Margaret, & Ellen, & the other three died young.

The trueth of the premisses is testified by the subscription of the said Jen
the Kelict of the said John, whoe hath returned this certificat to be recorded
in the Office of Ulvester King of Armes. Taken this 18th of September 1636.

' There are two discrepancies in the Funeral Entry — (1) it gives
the wife's Christian name as " Jen " ; on the stone it is Jennt [sic] ;
(2) it gives the date of John Mortimer's death as '• the seaventh
of May," whereas the tombstone states he died on the 8th of that
month.'

The Bellew-Nugent Slab, 1588.

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English inscription in two lines running along the edges. It reads
thus ' :—

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' The name of the husband is quite worn away ; but, fortunately,
it is preserved in Isaac Butler's Manuscripts, now in the Armagh
Library, which were written circa 1744, and therein it is given as

SIR • IOHN * BELLEW * KNIGHT * (vide JOURNAL, p. 449. Vol i).

' The centre of the slab is unsculptured.

' In connection with Sir John Bellew and Ismay Nugent his
wife, there are two mural slabs bearing their coats-of-arms and
inscriptions. One is on the bridge at Ballinacor in the County
Westmeath, dated 1584, for an illustration of which see " The
County Louth Archaeological Journal," volume i, number 2, p. 24 ;

LOUTH. 150

and the other is at Duleek Abbey, County Meath, dated 1587, an
illustration of which appears in our Journal, vol. iii, p. 323.

' The above-named Sir John Bellew (or Bedlow, as the name
also appears in old documents) was of Belle wstown, the Eoche, and
Castletown, near Dundalk. The latter two places are in the County
Louth, and the former near Duleek in the County Meath. His
parents were Sir John Bellew, Kt., and Margaret, daughter of
Sir John Plunkett, of Beaulieu, in the County Louth.

' According to a pedigree in Ulster's Office, Sir John of the slab
was married three times —

'1. To Margaret Plunkett, daughter of Oliver, 1st Baron of

Louth.
' 2. To Janet Sarsfield.
' 3. To Ismay Nugent.

1 These wives appear to be given in the wrong order — that is,
if this Janet Sarsfield* was the daughter of John, second son of
Roger Sarsfield, of Sarsfieldstown, in the County Meath, as she
died on the 22nd of February, 1597, according to a mural slab now
in the ruins of Moor Church, County Meath (see Journal, vol. iii,
p. 325) ; and the order I would place them in is —

' 1. Margaret Plunkett.

' 2. Ismay Nugent, who was Sir John's wife as early as 1571

(Elizabeth Fiant, No. 1,852).
' 3. Janet Sarsfield, died 1597.

' Sir John's Will, dated 30th October, 1598, is quoted in a
County Louth Chancery Inquisition (No. 6 of James I, taken in
1614), in which, referring to certain lands, he states that they " are
conveyed to the use of myself and my wife Dame Jennett Sarsfield
during both our lives and to the overliver of us. . . . and for as
much as the said Sarsfield is nowe dead and can take no benefitt by
the assurance," &c. Referring to another disposal of lands, he

* Janet Sarsfield appears to have had six husbands : —

1. Eobert Shillingford, Alderman of Dublin.

2. James, son of Sir Thomas Luttrell, of Luttrellstown, County Dublin, who

died in 1557.

3. Eobert Plunkett, 5th Baron of Dunsany, died in 1559.

4. Sir Thomas Cusack, Kt., of Lismullen, County Meath, died in 1574.

5. Sir John Plunkett, Chief Justice, of Dunsoghly, County Dublin, died in

1582.

6. Sir John Bellew, Kt., of Bellewstown, County Meath, died in 1600.

She was a sister of Sir William Sarsfield, Kt., of Lucan, County Dublin, and
of Tully, County Kildare, ancestor of Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan.

151 MAYO.

states it is to "begin after my death and the death of Dame Ismay
Nugent, my late wife," &c. ; but, as no dates are mentioned, it
cannot be ascertained up to what period Ismay Nugent was alive.

' In a later Will, preserved in the Dublin Eecord Office, dated
14th June, 1599, he directs that "If I be buryed in Duleke, I will
that my well-beloved wyfe Ismay Nugent shalbe removed thither
at my chardg ; " this leaves the place of his interment doubtful ;
and if his wife Ismay was removed to Duleek from St. Nicholas's,
Dundalk, this might account for the dates of their deaths not being
cut on the slab.

' As far as I have been able to ascertain, the only clue to the
date of Sir John's death lies in his last Will. He added a codicil to
it on the 14th April, 1600, and it was proved on the 30th of the
same month, so that he died during the second fortnight of April,.
1600.'

COUNTY MAYO.

fialliiii'ol>e Cliiii'cliyai'd.

[Kindly copied for The Journal by Miss P. Knox.]

Here Lyeth Interrd ye Rem-
ains of Mrs Elizabeth Browne
Wife of Dodwell Browne of
Rabins Eqr Eldest Daughter
of the late James Cuffe of B-robe
Esqr She Departed this life ye
13 of March 1777 in the 44th
year of her age much lamented

by all who knew her but
by none more than her Afflic-
ted Husband, she was an Affe-
ctionate wife, a tender Mother
a sincere Friend. Here Also
Lyeth Interrd the Remains of their
Beloved Daughter Elizabeth who
Departed this Life June ye 5 1781
Aged 18 Years

[' This lady was the eldest sister of James, Baron Tyrawley.'}

MAYO. 152

Sacred

To the memory

The Right Honr James Cuff

Lord Baron Tyrawly

One of his Majestys

Most Honr Privy Counsil

Late Barrackmaster Gen1

Ireland

Who died on the 15th June 1821

Aged years

[' James Cuff was created Baron Tyrawley of Ballinrobe on the
7th November, 1793 ; on his death without legitimate issue the
title became extinct. He was the son of James Cuff, of Elm Hall,
County Mayo, by his wife Elizabeth Gore, sister of Arthur, Earl of
Arran.']

Sacred
To the memory

The Right Honr

Sarah Baroness Tyrawly

Who died on the 4th October 1820

Aged years

['This lady is not mentioned in Burke's " Extinct Peerages "
(1866 edition) ; Lord Tyrawley's first wife, Mary Levinge, died
without issue in 1808.']

Here Lyeth the Body of Henry Cufi

Who Departed this life on the 25th

Day of August 1811 Aged more than 20 years

This stone is here placed as

A mark of loving Respect by his most

Afflicted and Affectionate Father

James Cuff Baron of Tyrawly

Sacred

To the memory

James Cuff

Custos Rotulorum and

Governor of the County

of Mayo

And Colonel of the North

Mayo Regiment of Militia

Who died July 1828.

Aged 51 years

153 MEATH.

Crossboyne Church

[From Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms.]

' The two epitaphs given below were copied by Lord Oranmore

from tombstones in the chancel of Crossboyne Church ' : —

In a vault underneath

lie the remains of

Jeffrey Browne

of CastlemcGarrett, Esq1'

who died March 12th a.d. 1755

Aged 91

In duty and gratitude

to whose memory

this Memorial was

Erected by his dutifull son

Dominick Browne.

In a Vault under this place

lie the remains of

Henrietta Browne

the much beloved Wife of

Dominick Browne

of CastlemcGarrett, Esqr#

and daughter of

Sir Henry Lynch

of Castlecarra, Bar4,

She died August 8th 1755

Aged 24

Greatly lamented by all who

had the pleasure of

her acquaintance

COUNTY MEATH.

Kilmore Churchyard.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

* This churchyard lies between four and five miles to the north
of Kilcock ; a small disused Protestant church stands in the middle
of it. Into the outside of the south wall is built a very small stone
bearing the following inscription ' : —

HERE LYETH YE
INGENIOUS IOHN

o'hara WHO

DYD A.D. 1746

MEATH. 154

' Fragments of well-carved ogee-headed windows lie about in
the burial-ground. With the exception of one sixteenth-century
slab, the tombstones do not appear to be of much interest ; but I
had not time to examine them, nor to find out if the little church
contains any monuments, as it was locked up and all the windows
closed with shutters.

' The single exception (mentioned above) is a slab which, in my
opinion, is unique ; it is dated 1575 ; down the centre is the outline
of a plain cross bearing a small figure of our Lord crucified at the
upper end ; the date in Arabic numerals, 1575, is carved under the
left arm of the cross ; an inscription in several lines covers the
remainder of the slab ; on the left side and lower end of the slab it
is in Latin, and the rest is in Irish. The whole inscription is in
relief, the Latin portion in broad capitals and the Irish portion in
neatly cut Celtic letters with rounded limbs ; it is in a very fair
state of preservation, though covered with lichen. The Latin
inscription reads ' : —

NEMINEM CONTRISTARI MORTE D
EBERE CVM SIT IN VIVENDO LABOR
ET PERICVLVM IN MORIENDO PAX ET
RESVRGENDI SECVRITAS. ORATE PRO ANIMA
RVGER[I1 MAC M
AHVNA QVI ME FE.

* Translation ' * : —

No one ought to be grieved at [i.e. rendered sad by] death,
since in living there is labour and danger, while in dying there is
peace and the assurance of resurrection. Pray for the soul of Rory
MacMahon who made me.

' The Irish inscription fortunately is legible ; it has been
deciphered and translated through the combined efforts of Father
Patrick S. Dinneen, and Mr. M. J. M'Enery, of the Dublin Record
Office, to both of whom I return my best thanks for the time and
trouble they took in adding this valuable information to the
Journal.

1 The inscription ' : —

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o m 5uma ^lppaiOe pianca pup^aoopa -\ 50
mo luachiOe cpocaipe in cighiapna ^inbhe na 5c
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' Or in English letters ' —

1 Translation ' : —

God expects from every one who reads this, and under-
stands that the pains of purgatory are the shorter and
the mercy of God the more speedy for the prayers of
Christians, to offer a prayer of charity for the Soul of
him who wrote this, and for whom it was written,
namely Rory bui MacMahon.

' Of Rory "bui" (or the yellow-haired) MacMahon nothing is
now known ; he was not a native of this southern part of the
county Meath, as the territory of the MacMahons lay in the district
of Farney in the county Monaghan.

' The measurements of this limestone slab are : — In length,
5 feet 8 inches ; in breadth, at the top, 2 feet 2 inches, at the
foot, 1 foot 6 inches ; in thickness, 4 inches.

* In the Latin portion of the inscription, the Christian name
" Ruger " should be in the genitive, possibly the missing " I " is
worn away; as to the surname " MacMahuna," Mr. M'Enery
informs me that the final " A " is the Irish genitive form strangely
introduced into the Latin.

1 Lewis in his " Topographical Dictionary of Ireland " (1837),
under Kilmore, states that this slab was discovered by the then
rector, Dr. Tighe Gregory.'

Ratlimore.

[From Mr. Peirce G. Mahony, m.r.i.a.]

' In church ' : —

MEATH. 156

In churchyard ' : —

In Memory | of | Minnie Mullen | And Her Parents |
Also Her Brother John.

Erected by

The Very Eev. Dr. Sheridan, o.s.b. Dean v.g.

Sydney, N. S.W. Australia

In Memory of His Beloved Father

Philip Sheridan late of Martinstown

Who died 20th June 1857 Aged 76 years

And of His Beloved Mother Catherine Sheridan

Who died 3rd June a.d. 1852 Aged 72 years

Sacred Heart of Jesus have Mercy on Them

Immaculate Heart of Marv Pray for Them

E. LP. "

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THE LESLIE MONUMENT IN THE CHURCH AT
GLASLOUGH, CO. MONAGHAN.

[From Shirley's " History of Monaghan," 1879.]

157 MONAGHAN.

COUNTY MONAGHAN

<. la slouch. Parish of I>onas;li.

[From Peirce G. Mahony, m.r.i.a.] ,

1 The following inscription (page 296) and illustration (page
145) have been taken from Shirley's "History of the County of
Monaghan" : —

1 The translation has been kindly supplied by Mr. G. D.
Burtchaell, m.r.i.a. '

* The Church of Glaslough is dedicated to St. Saviour, or
St. Salvator. On a small stone on the south side is this inscrip-
tion ' : —

1670

AND REBV

1LT IN 1763.

' It is a small, substantial building ; a large and handsome
chancel was added by Sir John Leslie, Baronet, in the year 1874,
beneath which is the vault of the Leslie family. The following
curious inscription was half buried in the earth till raised in
October, 1846 ; it is now preserved on the exterior north wall of
the church ' : —

REVERENDVS . ADMODVM . IOHA

NNES . LESLAEVS . SACRO . SANCT

JE . THEOLOGIAE . DOCTOR . VT .

ET . VTRIVSQVE . IVRIS . QVI . TRIBVS

REGIBVS

A . SECRETIORIBVS . CONSILIIS . TR

IBVS . IN . REGNIS . ET . OLIM . SODO

RENSIS . DEIN . RAPOTENSIS (QVA

M . DIOECESIN . ANNVO . CENSV . D

VPLO . AVCTIOREM . ET . CASTRO . D

ECORO . PROPRIIS . SVMPTIBVS . EXTR

VCTO . ORNATIOREM . RELIQVIT .) ET .

DEMVM . CLOGHORENSIS . EPISCOPVS .

MENSE . SEPTEMBRI . DIE 8 ANNO . 1

671 . CENTENARIVS . DENATVS . EST .

HIC . IACET . VNACVM . VXORE . CAT

HARINA . CONINGHAM . QV^ . MEN

SI IANVARIO . DIE . 28™ E . VIVIS . EX

CESSIT . ANNO . SALVTIS . NOSTR

M . 1693 . AETATIS . SV^ . 73.

jmonaghan. 158

' Translation ' : —

'The Very Rev. John Leslie, Dr. of Divinity as also of Law, who
was of Privy Council to three Kings in three reigns, and formerly
Bishop of Sodor, then of Raphoe (which diocese he left increased
with double the annual income and adorned with a fair castle, built
at his own expense), and at length Bishop of Clogher, died, aged a
hundred, 8th September 1671. He lies here together with his
wife Catherine Coningham, who departed from among the living
the 28th January in the year of our Salvation 1693 and the 73rd
of her age.'

[From Peirce G. Mahony, m.r.i.a.]

' In the " History of the County of Monaghan," by E. P.
Shirley, f.s.a., m.r.i.a., at page 310, the following account and
inscriptions are given; also the illustration here reproduced.

' The ancient church at Monaghan was the burial-place of the
noble family of Biayney until the erection of the chapel at Castle
Blayney about 1690.

' On page 242 it is stated that Sir Edward Blayney died on the
11th of February, 1629-30. He was buried on the 23rd in the
church of Monaghan, "with scuchions only, wthout silk workes or
herauld's attendance, by reasone the officers of armes were busied
at the same time about the Countesse of Corke's funerall (Catherine,
daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton, who died the 16th of February,
1629-30, and was buried at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, the
next day. Her public funeral was on the 11th of March follow-
ing)." The following is the record of his funeral, from the
original in the Office of Arms in Dublin : —

" Souldiers wth pikes and colour es trayled,

The poore 2 and 2.

Servantes to gentlemen that mourne.

Mr. James Moore's servantes.

The younge Lo : Blayney's servants

The Defunctes servantes.

The Defunctes two pages.

Steward and Coptroller wth staves.

The Preacher.

Mr. Edward Blayney.

Mr. Thomas Blayney
the younger.

Mr. Ambrose Blayney.
Mr. Richard Blayney.

The younge Lord Blayney, alone.
(sic) litle Mr. Edward Blayney, and Mr. James.
Mr. Arthur Blayney and Thomas Blayney.
Two Groomes.
Souldiers againe as before."
("Funeral Entries," Ulster Office, vol. v, p. 165.

159 MONAGHAN.

' Edward, Lord Blayney, was succeeded by Henry his eldest son,
the second lord, who had been knighted in his father's lifetime, and
took his seat in the House of Peers, 14th July, 1634. It was this
lord who, at the surprisal of his house at Castle Blayney by the
Irish rebels on the 23rd of October, 1641, brought the news of that
outbreak to Dublin. He kept the little fort of Monaghan with
the 97th Foot until the fatal Battle of Benburb, in the County of
Tyrone, in which he lost his life at the head of his men, fighting
against O'Neill, 5th of June, 1646, and was buried at Monaghan.
Dying in battle in troublous times, there is no account of his
funeral in Ulster's office : but the following entry on the death of
his widow Jane, Lady Blayney, who survived till the year 1686, is
not without interest: —

* " The Right Honourable Jane, Lady Blayney (Daughter of
Garrat, Ld Moore, Visfc of Drogheda, and of Mary his wife, daughter
of St. Henry Coley of the County of Kildare, Knt) departed this
mortall life, at her lodgings on the Merchants Key, Dublin, the
twenty-second day of October, 1686, and was interred ye twenty-
sixth of the same month, in St. Michans Church in Oxmantowne.
She was married to the Right Honble. Henry Ld. Blayney, Baron
of Monaghan, son of Edward Ld Blayney and of Ann his wife,
daughter of Adam Loftus Ld Archbishop of Dublin, and sometime
Ld Chancellor of Ireland, which Edward Ld Blayney was son of
John Blayney of Tregonog in Montgomeryshire. By which Henry
Ld Blayney, Husband of the Defunct had issue six sonnes and six
daughters, viz., Edward Ld Blayney eldest son, dyed unmarryed,
and buried in St. Martin's Church, London. Charles second son,
dyed young and buried in the Church of Monaghan. Richard, Lord
Blayney, third son, who took to his first wife Elizabeth daughter
of (John) Mallock, of Devonshire, and relict of (Hugh) Willoughby,
by whom he had no issue. He took to his second wife Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Vincent, of London, Alderman, by whome he
has had issue five sons and four daughters, viz. : — Vincent eldest
son, dyed young and buried in London. Henry, now Ld. Blayney
second son, Captain of a Troop of Horse in Ireland. Edward,
third, and Thomas, fourth son, both dyed young, and buried in
Monaghan; and William fifth son now Capn. of a foot company in
Ireland. Jane, eldest daughter maryed to Blayney Owens, gent.
Sarah, second daughter maryed Capn Morris Annesly, son of
John Annesly, of Ballyshannon, Esq., who is brother to the
Rt. Honblr the Earle of Anglesey. Elizabeth, third daughter is
unmaryed. Johanna Maria, fourth daughter dyed young and
buried in Monaghan. The said Richard Lord Blayney third son
of the defunct was buried in St Michans Church Dublin ; Arthur
fourth son of the defunct dyed unmaryed and buried in Castle
Blayney ; Garratt, fifth son dyed at the Hague, unmaryed, and

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John, sixth son dyed at the West-Indyes, unmaryed. Thomasin,
eldest daughter of the defunct, maryed to Joseph Fox of Graige, in
com : Tipperary, gent : by whome she had issue five children that
dyed in their infancy and five now living." " Penelope second
daughter maryed to Hugh Morgan of Cottlestowne in Com : Sligo,
gent : son of Capt Morgan and of Bridget his wife, daughter of
Robert Blayney of Tregonog aforesd : who was nephew to the first
Edward Lord Blayney : By which Hugh Morgan the said Penelope
had issue two children that dyed young and two now living."
" The said Thomasin, eldest daughter of the defunct, was first
maryed to Thomas Sandford, of Cantwellscourt in Com : Kilkenny,
Esq., by whome she had issue ten children." " Mary, third
daughter of the defunct, first maryed to Capt Henry Moreton of
Newtowne in the Coun : of Meath, by whome she had no issue, she
was secondly maryed to Charles Meredith, Esq., eldest son of
St Thomas Meredith, Knt., and of Lettice his wife daughter of
St. Faithfull Fortescue Knt and of Anne, his wife daughtr. of the
aforesd Ld Visct Drogheda, by which Charles the sd Mary has had
issue, Henry now living, and another that dyed young. The said
Mary, third daughter of the defunct, lyes interred in the Church of
Kells. Penelope, fourth daughter of the defunct, dyed young, and
was buried in St. Peter's Church in Drogheda. Sarah, fifth
daughter yet unmaryed, and Jane sixth daughter maryed to
Colo11 John Georges of Somerfeat in the coun : of Londonderry by
whome she has had issue one son Henry unmaryed and one
Daughter Elizabeth, maryed to Captain Frederick Hamilton.

1 " The trueth of the Premisses is testified by the subscription of
the Rt Honourable Henry now Ld Blayney, Baron of Monaghan
(herein before menconed) grandson of the defunct, who hath
returned this certificate to be recorded in the office of Sir Richard
Carney, Knt., Ulster King of Arms, this twenty-eight day of Decem-
ber, Anno Domini, one thousand six hundred and eighty six."
("Funeral Entries," vol. xiv. p. 127.)

' It appears by the above funeral certificate that there had been
great mortality in the Blayney family. A chart pedigree is given
on page 248.

1 Here also, no doubt, and in the surrounding cemetery, which
was extended beyond its present bounds towards the site of the old
gaol, were laid the remains of the early English settlers; but if
there were any inscriptions, they are no longer extant, with the
exception of the very interesting tombstone to the memory of
Oliver Ancketill, Esq., discovered on laying the foundation of the
present church.

* The present church of Monaghan is a large building of debased
Gothic with a tolerable spire, a small chancel and no centre aisle.

• The illustration here reproduced has been taken from one

To face page 161.]

THE ANCKETILL MONUMENT IN THE CHURCH
AT MONAGHAN.

[From Shirley's " History of Monaghan" 1879.]

161 MONAGHAN.

given on page 155 of the " History of Monaghan," and the follow
ing account of the family is given (see page 154). The inscription
has been already given in vol. ii, page 535, of our Journal, but no
illustration has appeared.'

ANCKETILL FAMILY.

Of the great antiquity of this family there is no doubt — the
name, indeed, is to be found in Domesday, and was common in
many parts of England previous to the beginning of the fourteenth
century, from which period it appears to have been confined to
Dorset. The pedigrees can be traced with great probability to
Ralph Ancketei of that county in the time of Henry III, and with
certainty to William Ancketei, Burgess for Shaftesbury, in 1306.
Ancketill's Place, near St. James's Church, in Shaftesbury, was the
ancient seat of this venerable family, of whom Leland in his
" Itinerary" thus speaks: — " Anketilles dwellid hard by Shaftes-
byri under the Hille, they posese it yet." About the year 1619 it
was sold by the then head of the family, Christopher Anketill, Esq.
(See chart pedigree on page 158.) His descendants were of East
Aimer and Stour Provost, in the same county, till the extinction of
the elder male line in 1733. The Irish branch, now the represen-
tatives of this ancient house, is descended from William, second
son of Christopher Ancketill, Esq., whose son and heir, Oliver,
emigrated to Ireland. As early as the twelfth of Charles I (1636-7)
John Ancketell, of Newmarket, in the County of Cork, received a
grant of estates in the Counties of Cork and Kerry. He was also
of Mallow, in Cork, and was a cousin of Oliver, the founder of the
present family in Ireland, arid is said to have founded " Anketill's
Grove." That he was of Anketill Grove is indeed certain, as
appears by the curious inscription on his tombstone, discovered
some years since on the building of the present church at
Monaghan, and it is also plain by the " Books of Survey and Dis-
tribution " in the Record Office in Dublin, that in 1640 the lands
which since constituted the Ancketill estate, about seventy town-
lands, were then in the possession of Garret Rooney, Patrick Barn-
well, Hugh macShane, Gill macMahon, Shane macTrenor, and
various members of the MacKenna tribe and family ; and that in
the 19th of Charles II (1667) 3,381 acres, 3 roods, and 13 perches
were granted to Mathew Ancketill, Esq., the son of Oliver Ancketill,
who appears to have obtained possession of these estates, pro-
bably by purchase (for he does not seem to have fought under the
banner of Cromwell) during the usurpation, and probably built and
planted on the lands of " Derrynashallog " the Oak-ivood of Hunting,
since called " Ancketill Grove." That there was a gentleman's

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house here before that period is ascertained by the following
" Funeral Entry" : —

" James de la Field, of Derrynashalog, in the County of
Monaghane, gent only sonne and heir of Robert de la Field of
Knockbuoy (Knockboy, in the parish of Tehallan) in the said
county gent : descended of the House of de la Field of Painstowne in
the County of Meath. The said James took to wife Mary daughter
of Art-oge O'Neale of in the county of Tyrone gent :

by whom he had noe issue. The said James departed this mortall
life at Derrynashallog aforesaid about the 19th of February 1638,
and was interred in the parish church of Tyalla (i.e. Tehallan.
An 'Inq.' p.m. says he died on the 14th of February 1638) in
the said County of Monaghane. The truth of the premisses is
testified by the subscription of Symon de la Field of Painstowne
aforesaid gent : Executor of the said Defunct, who hath returned
this certificate into my Office to be there recorded. Taken by me
Thomas Preston, Esq, Ulvester King of Arms, the 13th of August
1639."

Now it appears by two Inquisitions, post mortem, held at
Monaghan, on the 23rd of March, 1638, and the 25th March, 1640,
that Mr. James de la Field's wife, Mary Neale, had been the widow
of Toole MacKenna, and was the mother of Shane macToole Mac-
Kenna, in whose right she claimed certain lands, and that after her
second husband De la Field's death, viz., in August, 1639, she
married one Brian O'Neale. This explains the connection between
the MacKennas, the original owners of the Lower Trough, and Mr.
James de la Field, by whose Will a part of the property was con-
veyed for life to Garret Rooney, whose name appears as proprietor
in 1640.

This Will is recited in the Chancery Inquisitions of this county,
and is dated the 20th of December, 1638 (preserved in the Record
Office in Dublin), and by it he desired to be buried in the church
of Tehallan, and wills that his executor (Simon de la Field) shall
within two years build and annex a chapel to the said church,
twenty feet in length and sixteen feet in breadth, into which chapel
he would have his corpse, and corpses of his father and mother
buried in the said church, to be removed and laid together, as near
as conveniently may be, if the ordinary of the diocese will freely
give leave to the building of the same.

By this Will also we find that Garret Rooney was appointed
receiver of the rents during the minority of Christopher De la Field,
to whom the principal estate was bequeathed, with remainder to
his elder brother William, cousin and heir at law to the testator.
£20 per annum was allotted for the maintenance of the minor.
Mr. Nicholas Simpson and Mr. Henry Manning were appointed
overseers.

163 MONAGHAN.

Marshall in "The Genealogist's Guide" gives the following
references : —

" Anketell, or Anketill. Pedigree of the Anketell Family [by
Rev. H. Anketell, Vicar of Seagry, circa 1883]. Broadside. Memoir
of the Family of Anketell (1885, 8vo.) Burke's Commoners, iv. 529.
Landed Gentry, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, editions. Hutching' Dorset,
iii. 62 ; iv. 513^. Stemmata Britannica, by Joseph Foster (London,
1877, 8vo), 32." Harleian Society, xv. 21 ; xx. 6. The Genealo-
gist, New Series, ii. 220. Miscellanea Genealogica et • Heraldica,
Second Series, ii. 267."

Itfonag: -list ii Clmreli.

[From Peirce G. Mahony, m.r.t.a.]

' On the west end. South gallery ' : —

In memory of Captn. Thos. Montgomery r.n. 2nd son
of Kev. Kobt. Montgomery of Ballyleck & Beaulieu
whose monument is in this Church. He was treasurer
for above 39 years. He died in Dublin on the 28th of
April 1869 in his 84th year & was buried at Harold's
Cross.

In memory also of his wife Judith Susannah daughter
of Kobt. Montgomery of Brandrim near this and of
Convoy House Co. Donegal Esquire. She died on 22nd
of May following. The family from which they were
descended Montgomery of Ballyleck represented the Co.
of Monaghan in Parliament for several generations.

' The grandfather of Captain Thomas Montgomery, Alexander
Montgomery, of Ballyleck, represented the County of Monaghan n
Parliament with undeviating integrity for forty years. He died in
August, 1785, and was buried in the family vault at Kilmore
Church.'

4 On tablets on the walls are inscriptions to the following
clergymen, formerly rectors of the parish ' : —

Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Robert Montgomery
of Beaulieu in the County of Louth, and Rector of this
parish for upwards of 30 years. He died on the 24th
of July 1825, aged 72, strictly pious, gentle, meek,
benevolent, & most chariable. These truly Christian
virtues (which he strongly enforced both by precept &
example) gained him the love & veneration of all his
parishioners, who will long deplore the loss of such a
pastor, guide & friend. His severely afflicted children
erected this monument as a small tribute of love &
gratitude to the best of fathers.

MONiGHAN. 164

Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Charles Evatt, 13
years Curate, and 14 years Rector of the parish of
Monaghan. He died April 13th 1840, aged 51. His
mortal remains lie on the south side of this church,
which he had the gratification to see raised to Gods
glory during his incumbency. In the relations of life,
he was benevolent kind & generous, & highly service-
able to this Town & neighbourhood by his active zeal
in establishing many of our public Institutions. The
pupils & teachers of the Sunday school in connection
with the church, aided by the Christian public of all
denominations, have erected this tablet as a grateful
testimony of their affectionate regard A.D. 1841.

In remembrance of the Rev. Wm. Lennard-Roper, for
nine years Rector of this Parish. This Monument is
erected by the members of his flock and other friends
to whom he was justly endeared. To feed the sheep to
feed the lambs committed to his care was his first care
& highest aim. In hope awaiting the great day when
the chief shepherd shall again appear. He was taken to
his rest August 13th 1849, aged 48 years.

' To the family of Westenra, Barons Rossmore, of Rossmore
Park, in this parish, there are the following inscriptions. Their
vault is in the churchyard adjoining' : —

Near this spot lie the mortal remains of Mary-Anne
Baroness Rossmore daughter of Charles Walsh Esqr., of
Walsh Park, in the County of Tipperary. ob. 11th
August 1807.

To the memory of Augusta, Third Baroness Rossmore
& Sister of the present Earl of Wemyss and March,
ob. July 29, 1840.

In memory of The Honble Charles Westenra IV son of
Baron Rossmore late Lieutenant and Adjutant of the
VIII King's Royal Irish Hussars, ob. xxiii January
MDCCCXXIV.

Sacred to the cherished remembrance of Anna the
lamented wife of Henry Westenra Esq. of Camla,
Monaghan, & youngest daughter of the late Isaac Corry
Senr. Esq of Newry. ob. 8th January 1831.

165 MONAGHAN.

Sacred to the memory of Major The Honorable Richard
Westenra of Ballyleck House in the County of
Monaghan, who departed this life, on the 7th day of
June 1838. By which his family were deprived of a
beloved Relative, Society of an active & valuable
member, and the Poor man of a steady and considerate
Friend.

Sacred to the memory of Hester, the beloved wife of
Arthur Gambell Lewis, of the County of Monaghan,
Esqr daughter of Richard Westenra of the City of
Dublin Esqr and Bridget, otherwise Warren his Wife.
She departed this life on the 26th February 1840, in the
49th year of her age.

• To the family of Lucas, of Castle Shane in this parish, there
are tablets thus inscribed ' : —

In memory of Charles Lucas, Esqre of Castle Shane in
this parish, deceased 15th December, 1796, and of
Sarah his Wife daughter of Sir James Hamilton of
Monaghan, Knight. Deceased 14th July 1788.

In memory of The Right Honourable Edward Lucas of
Castle Shane in the County of Monaghan. His life
was passed in endeavours to benefit his neighbourhood
and to promote the welfare of his country, beloved by
his Family and respected by all who knew him, he died
12th November, 1871, aged 84 years.

In memory of Charles Pierrepont Lucas 4th son of Rgt.
Honble. Edward Lucas of Castle Shane, born 20th
Sept. 1826 died 7th Nov. 1877. In early life he was in
East India Co.'s service and was present at battles of
Mood Kee, Aliwal, Sobraon, Ferozeshahur & Chilian
Wala, he also served in China, & was with the Turkish
contingent during the Crimean War. For all these
services he received medals.

In memory of Francis, eldest son of the Right Honour-
able E. Lucas, and formerly Lieutenant in H.M. 46th
regiment. Born at Castle Shane, 8th May, 1813 ; died
at Hamburg 21st April, 1846.

And of his Brother, Fitzherbert Dacre, formerly Captn.
in S. Tipperary Militia, born at Geneva, 31st Augt. 1823 ;
died at Lucknow, 30th September, 1857. Repairing to-

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Lucknow to offer his services on 30th May, and accepted
by General Sir H. Lawrence at noon, he was that
evening (when the mutiny broke out) and from thence-
forward engaged in active and dangerous service. Of
six officers appointed with him to the defence of
" Gubbins's Battery," three were shortly killed, and
three severely wounded. He survived unhurt until
September, 29th ; when at- the close of a successful
sortie, he received a fatal gunshot wound, his end was
that of a soldier and a Christian.

South Gallery East End ' : —

In memory of Captain John Owen Lucas of H.M. 29th
Eegt., Major of Brigade and late of Raconnell in this
neighbourhood, who was killed while in the act of
cheering on his men to the attack of the enemies
batteries at Ferozeshah, on the 22nd day of December,
1845. set. 35 years. This Monument is erected by the
Inhabitants of the County of Monaghan as a memorial
of esteem for their gallant countryman, as a tribute of
respect to his sorrowing family, and as an incentive to
the rising generation, to elicit as he has done, the
grateful remembrance of their country.

In affectionate Remembrance of Edward William Lucas
of Castle Shane in this County. He was born 18th of
December 1819, and died the 11th of August. 1874.
Sincerely regretted by all who knew him.

On another tablet in the church ' : —

Sacred to the memory of Francis Burton Cole, Esq.
second son of the late Henry Cole, Esq. sometime
Brigade Major of this County, and of Jane Eliza,
daughter and coheiress of John Owen, late of Raconnell
in this County Esq. He was the beloved kinsman and
coheir of the late Francis Burton, Esq. (who was
sometime M.P. for the City of Oxford, Joint Justice
of Chester K.C. &c.) He was A.B. of Christ Church
Oxford, a member of Lincoln's Inn & about being called
to the Bar, when to the inexpressible grief of his fondly
attached family, He was suddenly carried off by Fever.
He died at Slaughan Park, county Sussex 10th of
October 1833, aged 23.

167 MONAGHAN.

Brass Plate ' : —

In memory of my beloved husband Devereux Walter
Hickman, Major 2nd in Command 34th Pioneers. Who
was killed in action on 3rd Jan. 1898 at Nikki Khel
Kyber Pass, aet : 40 yrs.

' There are also tablets to the memory of Samuel M 'Dowel, Esq.,
M.D., Fellow of theEoyal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, late
Surgeon of the County of Monaghan Infirmary, who died 2nd Feb-
ruary, 1845, aet. 77, and to R. Jackson, Esq., and Margaret, his
wife, who died in 1834. and also to Isabella, wife of John Wales,
Surgeon. Belfast, and daughter of the Rev. S. Maffett, of Monaghan.
She died 22nd November, 1837, set. 30 : — This was erected by the
inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Monaghan in com-
memoration of their many virtues, and also as a token of gratitude
for their munificent endowments to this Church and Parish.'

On the pulpit ' : —

Erected in memory of Margaret Nunn by her sorrowing
husband, Jeremiah Nunn, 1865.

' In the adjoining churchyard are inscriptions to ' : —

Jane Wilson, wife of the Rev. Thomas Maclaine, died
2d of August 1723

The Rev. Arthur Benson D.D., Rector ob. Oct. 28.
1771.

The Rev. Edward Ryan, who departed on the 2d of
December, 1821, aged 51 years, erected by his faithful
relict Mary Ryan.

' A large tomb in this churchyard was erected by Sir James
Hamilton for the use of his family, August 12th, 1790, but more
especially to commemorate that here are laid the remains of his
mother, Dorothy Hamilton, alias Smith, who was one of the best of
women.

* Then follow the dates of the deaths of many other members of
this family, ending with that of " Dacre Hamilton, of Cornacassa,
Esq., 13th June, 1833, set. 73."

' The cemetery belonging to this parish now generally used is
on the Glaslough Road, and was consecrated by His Grace the Lord
Primate, Bishop of Clogher, on the 19th of September, 1866.

1 On the 8th of September, 1874, a mausoleum beautifully
situated in a glen close to a waterfall, near the southern boundary

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of Rossmore Park, was consecrated by His Grace the Lord Primate,
Bishop of Clogher, and here now repose the remains of the follow-
ing members of the Westenra family, which were removed from
Monaghan: — The Hon. Mary Augusta Harriet Westenra, ob. 1851 ;
Hon. Anne Douglas Challoner Westenra, ob. 1851 ; Henry Robert,
Lord Rossmore, ob. 1860 ; Henry Cairns, Lord Rossmore, ob. 1874.

1 Of the church plate the most interesting is a large alms-dish
of silver, inscribed " Parochiae de Monaghan Grishilda Echlin
legavit 1733."

1 On the silver flagon, chalice, and paten, " Ex Sacro Supellec-
tile Parochiae de Monaghan, alias Rackwallis."

1 There are also two chalices of silver, inscribed, " The Gift of
Baron Rossmore to the Protestant Parishioners of Monaghan."
Also two patens of silver bearing the Rossmore Arms, but no
inscription. Also two silver plates for alms, with the initials
R. M. J., standing for R[ichard and] M[argaret] J[ackson], of
Monaghan, the latter of whom died in 1834.'

' Brass plate in porch ' : —

The tenor bell in this tower has been erected to the
glory of God and in memory of Jeremiah Nunn Esq a
generous benefactor of the Church & Parish who died
March 10th 1872.

Brass plate in porch ' : —

The clock in this tower has been erected by the Protes-
tant inhabitants of Monaghan & neighbourhood to
commemorate the coronation of their Majesties King
Edward VII & Queen Alexandra & handed over to the
custody of the select vestry of this Parish A.D. 1902.

• West End, North Gallery ' :—

To the Memory of Henry Craven Jesse Lloyd late
Lieut, of 47th Regt. & of the Natal son of Lieutenant
Col. Jesse Lloyd of Ballyleck in this county, who fell
fighting at Isandula South Africa on 22nd January 1879
in 23rd year.

Bellanode Clmi'cli. and Scotstownoi-idge,
Tertavnet Parish.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

1 The Ordnance Survey MSS. (R.I. A.) state that Scotstown
Bridge, crossing the Blackwater river, one hundred yards north of
the town, on the road leading to Tedavnet, was erected in the year

169 queen's county.

1821, and that on the east parapet wall there is a stone which was
on that of the old bridge, which fell a few years before its successor
was built. The stone, we are further told, bears the following
inscription : —

The foundation stone of this bridge was laid by Henry
Owen Scott Esqre- on the 6th June 1791 John Mitchell
and John Hawkshaw Esqres- Overseers. Samuel
Madden Mason.

1 The word " Madden," it is added, has been erased.
1 The pedigree of " Owen, of Monaghanduffe " (now New Grove),
given in " The History of the County Monaghan " by E. P. Shirley
(1879), shows the " Scott " intermarriages with this family. We
are also told that in the interior of the present church at Bellanode
(parish of Tedavnet) there is but one tablet, thus inscribed ' : —
In memory of John Owen Esqr. late of Newgrove &
Eaconnel, in this County, ob* 9th Jany 1805. Mt. 70.
Also Elizabeth his wife, ob4 25th July 1795. also of
Blayney Owen Esqr their son, obt# I. Jan. 1805. set.
20. This Tablet is erected by the daughters and sisters
of the above.

I It may be of interest to mention with respect to the statement
at page [18] of the first instalment of the "Funeral Entries"
which are now being printed in the Journal, viz., that Ross oge
mcc: Mahowne, son of Rosse Bane mcc Mahone of Monnaghane duffe,
was interred in 1638 in the Parish Church of " St- Daneing(?),"
that Mr. Shirley in his transcript of this certificate gives the word
thus — " Sk Dawnig (Tedavnet)." We find elsewhere in this work
the name of the parish spelled " Tedownet " and " Tedawnacht."
O'Donovan was unable to find a MacMahon tomb of which he was
in search in the old graveyard here.

I I wish to add that at the beginning of the note in connexion
with this parish on page 597, vol. vi, the words " Dr. O'Donovan "
should read " a member of the Ordnance Topographical Survey
staff." '

QUEEN'S COUNTY

Tlie Dang'ans Clnu*cliyai*cl, Parish of Ardea.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' The Dangans Churchyard is by some called " the Commons of
Newchurch burial-ground," but for what reason is not explained, as
nothing in the shape of a church, new or old, exists there. The

queen's county. 170

oldest lettered stone is dated 1704 ; there are other slabs whose
inscriptions are illegible, owing to their being much sunk in the
ground and covered with a sod. The following inscriptions occur
in this burial-ground ; the first is on a small headstone ' : —

HERE LYETH
THE BODY OF
MARY STEWART
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE THE . .
OF MAY (?) IN THE
YEARE OF OUR LORD
1704

' On a box-tomb ' : —

Beneath this Tomb lieth interr'd

the Body of Valentine Knightly

Chetwood of Woodbrook, Esqr*

who departed this life the 30th day of

May 1771 in the Sixty third of his age

Also the Remains of Jonathan Cope

Chetwood Esqr of Woodbrook who

departed this life on the 11th of May 1839

in the 82nd year of his age, Sincerely and

deeply regretted. Blessed are the

dead who died in the Lord.

[On another stone is recorded the death of Jonathan
Chetwood's wife— Mary Anne — who died on the 15th of October,
1833, aged 72.]

1 The next two inscriptions are copied from box-tombs which
are in a disgraceful state, being dislodged from their foundations,
and now lying in a fractured state on the ground ; the inscriptions
on them read ' : —

Here are interred the Remains

of John Adair of Rath Esqr, a Man

who secured by all social virtues

the warmest attachment of a numerous

acquaintance. He departed from
this Life July 14th 1809 aged 76 years.

171 queen's county.

Here lie the Remains of Elizabeth wife of

George Adair of Bellegrove, Esqr

And daughter of the

Revd- Tho8 Trench, Dean of Kildare

[then follow a few lines reciting her virtues]

She departed this Life, in giving Birth

to an only Child, in the 25th year of her Age,

on the 219t day of March 1823 (? or 1828)

' When the Adairs settled at Bellegrove, near Ballybrittas in the
Queen's County, they changed the name to Rathdair, though the
ancient name of the place was " Ballyfoboyle." The last of the
name to live in the house (which was burned to the ground a few
years ago, and never rebuilt) was the John Adair who many years
ago brought his name into prominence over his eviction of his
Donegal tenants in a place called Glenveagh, for which he was
hated till the day of his death.'

Killeny Churchyard.

[From Martin J. Blake, Esq.]

1 Inside the ruins of Killeny Church is an upright tombstone
with this inscription ' : —

Here lieth ye Body of James

Dunne of Kilediher* who Depd#

March ye 22, 1782 Aged

78 years.

Also his son James Dunne

Depd- July ye 3rd, 1782 Aged 23.

May they rest in peace. Amen.

' Outside the west wall of the church are two tombstone flags

iying flat with the following inscriptions ' —

Here lyeth the Body of

France's Fitzgerald who departed

this life the Twenty Fourth day

of October 1817. Aged 61 years.

Here lieth ye Body of

Mary Fitzgerald

alias Stradford who depd

this life, 1753 Aged 30 years

Also her husband

Alexander Fitzgerald

Esq.

Kilediher is pronounced " Killehe \

queen's county. 172

In Sliaen Burial Ground. Parish of Straboe.

[From Martin J. Blake, Esq.]

James Kelly dep. y8 | life June 24 1773 | Aged 73 years.

Here lies the bo | dy of Margaret Murrin | who departed
this life | December 1781

Here lieth | of Edward Lutterell | who departed

this life | April 23 1770.

This Stone is erected | By Patrick Phelan | for his wife
Ann | Phelan alias Dempsey | depd August 24 1774

[Note. — Shaen lies to the north of the Heath of Maryborough.]

Stradbally < St. Patrick's Church.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' The Protestant church of Stradbally stands in the town, and is
surrounded by a burial-ground, also used by Koman Catholics,
though the latter more frequently use that of Oughaval, a short
distance to the south of Stradbally, which was founded by a
St. Colman, who was venerated on the 15th of May.

' The church is comparatively modern, and contains no monu-
ments of any antiquity. There are several mural slabs of white
marble, belonging to the families of Cosby, of Stradbally Hall, and
Farrer, of Brockley Park. The earliest of the former is thus
inscribed ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of the

KT Hon. Dudley Alexander Sydney Cosby, LL.D.

Lord Sydney of Leix & Baron of Stradbally

For many years British Ambassador

at the Court of Denmark

only son of Pole Cosby, Esqr, of Stradbally Hall,

Died January 17th 1774

173 queen's county.

Admiral Philips Cosby of Stradbally Hall

Admiral of the Ked

Son of Colonel Alexander Cosby

Governor of Annapolis Royal

Died 10th January 1808

Thomas Cosby, Esqr, of Stradbally Hall

Governor of the Queen's County

Died January 23rd 1832 Aged 51 years

Charlotte Elizabeth Cosby

Wife of Thomas Cosby, Esqr, of Stradbally Hall

Died March 26th 1863 Aged 87 years.

' On the south side of the burial-ground the older tombstones
bear the following inscriptions : —

1 Flat Slab ' :—

Flat Slab ' :—

Here Lieth ye Body of elan
or ward otherwise cosby
Died ye 19 of March 1778 Aged 21

years.

Big headstone ' : —

HERE LYES THE I BODY OF IAMES '

THIS LIFE IN XBER THE 31th [sic] ANA DOMINE |
1728 AGED 40 YEARS.

Small headstone ' : —

HEAR LIET
H THE BODY
OF MEARY
MOORE WHO
DEPARTED
THIS LIFE
SEPTEMBER

THE 18
1760 AGED
3.

ROSCOMMON. 174

Tankarclstown Cliurcliyartl.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 On page 132 of vol. iii of the Journal, two tombstone
inscriptions are out of place ; the Edward Laler and Matthew Cain
inscriptions should be under the Tankardstown heading instead of,
as they are now, under that of Bally lynan.

1 On the same page, in the last line but four, The last window
should read The east window ; it was of two lights.

' The following two inscriptions from this churchyard have not
yet been given.

' A square headstone in the eastern portion of the burial-
ground ' : —

HEKE LIES SAMU COOPER

E TH E

WHO DYED IN Y 4 YEAE
OF HIS AGE ANNO 1674

On a flat slab, under the east window, inside the ruins ' : —

Here Lyeth the Body of

Walter Hovenden who departed

this Life ye 7 day of September

1727 Aged 66 years.

COUNTY ROSCOMMON

Cam Cliui'cliyai'tl.

[Contributed by the Bev. H. L. L. Denny, and copied by
Major C. B. Lyster.]

{ The following inscription is copied from a slab inside the walla
of the ruined church, in the south-east corner ' ■ —

WALTER LISTER OF MILTON
GENT BORNE AT WESTBY
IN THE COVNTI OF YORK OF

A E HOVS AND

DIED THE 28 OF 1ANVARIE
1622.

175 TIPPERARY.

* Several of the letters in this inscription are conjoined.
" Milton " is now Milltown Pass near the village of Brideswell,
County Koscommon. The illegible word in the fourth line may be
" Athleague." The above-named Walter was the son of Anthony
Lister of Newsholme, in the parish of Gisburne, Yorkshire, whose
brother Thomas, of Westby, was ancestor of the Lords Ribblesdale.

' Walter Lister came to Ireland in 1560 with G. Osbaldeston,
Judge of Connaught (probably the third son of Edward Osbaldeston
of Osbaldeston in Lancashire), whose daughter Debora he married.
He was the ancestor of the Listers, or Lysters, of Rocksavage,
Grange, Lysterfield, Newpark, Athleague, &c, in the County
Roscommon.'

' On another slab, beside the Lister one, there are the remains
of an inscription running round the edge ; all that is decipherable
reads ' : —

DAUGHTER OF RICHARD

PALMER OF IN THE GOVNTI OF WARWICK,
ESQVIRE

; In the middle of the slab is carved a coat-of-arms quarterly,
within a border, of which only the first quartering can be made
out, viz., three pheons (or broad arrows). Local tradition makes
this slab to be an Osbaldeston tomb, which must be incorrect, as
the Osbaldeston arms are : — " Argent, a mascle sable, between
three pellets." '

COUNTY TIPPERARY.

Fetliartl. Church of t lie Holy Trinity.

[From the late Rev. R. H. Long.]
{Continued from vol. ii, p. 211.)
' On floor of organ loft ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF AN COOKE ALIAS
LANGLEY, THE WIFE OF PETER COOKE BURGES [«*>]
OF FETHARD, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 12™ OF
FEBRUARY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1680.

1 Note. — The Cookes succeeded the Lords Dunboyne in Kil-
tinan Castle ; two of the Ladies Dunboyne lived in a cabin or
small house near Kiltinan after the forfeiture, and used to ride
postilion to Clonmel to dances, &c, on Mr. Cooke's horse.

TIPPERARY. 176

Mr. Robert Cooke now lives at Kiltinan. Mr. Langley, " of the
iron hand," is a well-known character in Cromwell's army; the
iron hand is, I believe, still at Coalbrook, where the head of the
family lives; the other branches live at Archerstown, Knockenglass,
and Knockenure in this county.'

' Left aisle, east end ' : —

HIC JAGET RIGHARDUS I HENES QUI OBIIT XXIX
DIE DECEMBRIS I ANO DNI 1615. I GUJUS PERDE-
LEGTUS FRATER THOMAS I HENES ET EJ UXOR i
ANASTASIA ARCHER ME I FIERI FEGERUNT.

1 Translation ' : —

Here lies Eichard Henes who died the 29th day of
December a.d. 1615. His beloved brother Thomas
Henes & his wife Anastasia Archer had me made.'

' Note.- — Of the name Henes I know nothing more except that
there was a Thomas Henes living in an uninfluential position at
Fethard in 1682.'

1 In the new vestry room at the top of the right aisle : a
tablet ' :—

This ground was purchased by Ellen consort of
Robert Jolly 1702 Richard Burgh Rector, Thomas
Hacket & Garret Goss Church-wardens.

' On the floor ' :—

YEARE OF HIS AGE.

1 Note. — The romantic love affair of Robert Jolly, private
soldier, and Ellen Meagher has been often told; and how their
daughter and heiress became the ancestress of Lord Lismore.
They left no male heir, so that the name Jolly is not found in the
county.

[' See an article in the Irish Builder for July, 1890, by Rev. W.
Reynell, b.d. ; and the ''Kilkenny Archaeological Journal"
(consecutive), vol. vii (1862-3), p. 248.]

177 TIPPERARY.

' On one of the Church chalices is the following ' : —

'D'vvl^ e/u/ta umv^ aAVe/tv i-o- ifa^ ©n/W/Ven/ o-i- 3^eivvaVct \sAty
MRS ELLEANOR JoLLY Irv e^tv^ideA/Cuiicvvv o^ a/ ^ieec/ o-^

' The castle of Knockelly is the finest uninhabited castle in the
neighbourhood; its court wall having turret corners surrounds,
with the castle, over an acre of ground, and is in excellent condi-
tion, having escaped any chance of a pummelling from Cromwell
by being built after his time.'

' West end of left aisle.

1 Across the top of the stone are engraved a skull and cross-
bones, I H S, and a pierced heart ' : —

Here lyeth ye body of Michael Carney fitz Morriss

WHO DIED IN HIS HOUSE AT KlLOSTY THE 12th OF JUNE
1729 AGED 70 YEARES. EeQUIESCAT IN PACE AmEN.

$$it facet &eirmontr Na#) %ui rtbtjt fct
23ecr ao tint 1629; oif HIV ©tmtonti
M&itf) et uxor ef &Hana ISfterartr me
fieri fecerut

1 Translation : ' —

Here lies Eedmond Nash who died 6th December A.D.
1629 ; his son Edmond and his wife Elenor Everard
caused me to be made.

' Note. — This is all I know of anyone of the name of Nash in
this county, either from history or experience.'

' In the right (S) aisle there are ancient monuments ; but at
the west end of it, just outside the vestry room door in the wall, is
a recess which appears to have been used as a place for holy water.

' We have now examined almost all the monuments in the
church ; but one small tablet still remains, and it is by far the most
important of all, and perhaps the most difficult to read. The
church is built like the Church of the Monastery of Holy Cross : two
rows of massive arches support the roof inside the church, and in
the west face of the second pillar on the north side a small tablet
bears the Hacket arms. This stone has been described and illus-
trated in vol. vi, p. 602, of the Journal.

TIPPERARY. 178

1 Going outside the church, and round the walk to the left, we
come to what appears to have been a southern transept ; in the east
wall are the remains of a fine window, and also one or two pedestals,
apparently for putting statues on ; in the south wall there is a piscina.
The west wall is gone ; and there is about half a foot between the
east corner of the church wall and the east wall of this ruin.'

Here lyeth the body of Pierce Mountin who departed
this life 2nd Day of Feb y 1746 aged 78 years.

Here lieth the body of Edmond Everard late of Fethard
who died May 5th 1753 aged 51 years.

' Some tombs of the Meaghers dating from 1742, also a well-cut
stone lying flat, apparently old, bearing a large cross only.'

HIG JAGET PATRIGIUS HACKETT QUI OBIIT VII DIE
MARTII ANO DEI W5 THOMAS HACKETT FRATER
ME FIERI FECIT AN. 1680-

Note. — This was perhaps Thomas Hacket, the churchwarden.'

Hie jacet Gaspard . . . [broken] .... qui obiit
March a.d. 1635 et Ellena Hackett uxor ejusque me
fieri fecitt [sic].

' Passing this old transept or side chapel we come to a small,
square castle which, it is said, was the verger's house ; its north
wall forms portion of the old chancel of the church, for the church
appears to have been much longer formerly than at present, and
this old chancel is extensive : we enter it by a small gate on the
north side. Inside and just under the old east window is an
inscribed stone of the sixteenth century, partly illegible ' : —

H>tc facet Ifcofcertn* IrTale omjsttt? &tr
put' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ et ^o^atta
3Si>erartr uxor ei' ij me fieri fecemt
ante morte tpsontm ano
mccccclit et &ere Hotjert' out ft
m Ulttt

• ♦ ♦ ♦
♦ ♦ ♦

179 TIPPERARY.

' On another tomb in this chancel ' : —

Exultabo in deo (P. H.) Jesu meo qui fuit Superior
fiderdiae et

Notes on two Last. — 'Robert Vale was probably of the family of
de Valle, or Wall, to one of whom there is another tomb in the
" Friary." They were descended from de Valle, who was granted
land in this county near Carrick-on-Suir at the time of the Conquest.

1 The mention of Eobert Vale's wife is the earliest connection
of the name Everard with Fethard.

1 The second tomb mentioned above seems to be that of a Hacket.
The Hackets, it would appear from the above-mentioned tombs,
must have settled in Fethard about the time of the Conquest.

1 The Rev. — Hacket, an old clergyman who died lately at
Bray, and who was born at Lakefield, was the last of the branch
that became Protestant who was born in the neighbourhood. There
are the remains of an ancient building at Brookhill, about two miles
from the town ; and if I am not greatly mistaken, Mr. Hacket once
pointed this out to me as the former residence of the Hackets.
There are still several people in humble life of this name in
Fethard.'

HIG JAGET JACOBUS I EVERARD BURGENSIS I HUJUS
OPPIDI QUI I OBIIT DEC- 1667 I CU JUS UXOR I
ANASTATIA DONAGHUE I ME FIERI FEGIT 1667.

' The present cavalry barracks in Fethard was the town
residence of -the Everards. There is a curious dragon-like animal
carved in a stone in the front wall of the officers' quarters. I know
not what it was made for.'

' To the east of the church is a large castle which was formerly
connected with the church by a passage. This castle is also
connected with an indescribable mass of ruins by various passages.
One of these ruins has a door facing the river and is outside the
town wall.

' In the south-west corner of the churchyard is a tower forming
a corner in the town wall. Once upon a time a stag, when hotly
pursued, is said to have taken refuge in this tower ; and to this day
the corporation seal is a stag. *

1 About 100 yards east of the church was the " water gate " ;
the arch was removed, I believe, within living memory. The road
here crosses the river between the two large mill-ponds which

TIPPERARY. 180

extend together from the bridge that we first crossed down to the
"Friary." There is an extraordinary and hideous figure cut in a
large stone in the old wall at this entrance to the town ; it was
supposed to have some useful effect, I believe, upon the evil eye ; it
is probably a " Sheelab-na-gig.'"

Patrick's Well Church Ruins, Parish of Inish-
lounagrht.

[From the County Waterford Archaeological Journal,
vol. x, p. 293.]

' Within this ruined church stands an elaborate monument
(originally, I believe, erected in St. Mary's Church, Clonmel) to
the memory of Nicholas White of Clonmel. Reformation intoler-
ance caused the removal of the cenotaph to its present position.

1 The inscription, decipherable with difficulty, reads ' : —

HIG IAGET D. NICHOLAVS WHITE I ARMIGER,
VIR PIETATE, CONSTANTIA, MANSVETVDINE I ET
INTEGRITATE MORV GONSPICVVS ET AMABILIS I
OBIIT 30 DIE AVGVSTI A0 DNI 1622 EIVS CORPVs I
EX ANTECESSOR^ GAPPELLA QV/E BOREALEM
SAGELLI I HVIVS PARTEM RESPIGIT IN HOG
MONVMENTV I 22 DIE DEGEMBRIS A°.D. 1623
TRANSLATV EST I GVIVS ANIiWE PROPITIETVR
DEVS l^

SACELLV HOC S. Nol IESV EIVSQ. GENETRIGI B.
MARI/E VIRGIN! DICATVM GONSTRVXERVNT IN
PERPETVAM DIGTI NIGOLI MEMORIAM BARBARA
WHITE VXOR EIVS VIOVA ET HENRIGVS WHITE
FILIVS EIVS ET HARES.

' The Rev. P. Power, m.r,i.a., was the writer of the ahove

extract.'

181 TIPPERAIiY.

Tliurles Cliurcliyarcl.

[From Rev. St. John Seymour, b.d.]

1 The following collection of early eighteenth-century inscriptions
is to be found in the graveyard which surrounds the Protestant
Church of the town. It is a comparatively modern building, but
evidently stands on the site of a much older one. This parish was
impropriate in the Abbey of Owney, County Limerick. In 1292
Abbot Hugh mortgaged this church to Italian merchants. After
the dissolution of the monasteries it was handed over to Walter Ap
Howell, and after him, to Pierce Walsh and his descendents. All
the inscriptions below are incised, and many of them are as fresh
as the day they were cut.'

Here Lyeth ye Body | of Anne Neale alias | Collum
who Dyed Apr11 ye 30th 1734 aged 33 years | also ye
Body of Anne Petty.

HIC JACET ELLEN A | UXOR JACOBI BOURK | QUE OBYT 21

die maii | 1722 [Rest buried.]

HIC JACET MARIE | UXOR JACOBI AYL | WARD QUAE OBIT |
29 DIE JUNI 1741.

1 Over " Marie " occurs in small letters the name dalton.'

aged 29 [Rest buried.]

Here Lyeth the Body | of John Pheron who | Dyed
June ye 1st 1743 | aged [Rest buried.']

HERE LYETH YE BODY OF PETER | WALL WHO DIED JUNE
THE | 17 1721 CATHERINE WALL | ALIAS CAHIL HIS WIFE.

TIPPERARY. 182

[Here lieth the] body | of [Father] michl | rian [

Almost illegible.'

HERE LYETH | YE BODY OF ANNA | BUTLER WHO DIED | JULY
7th 1742 EAGED | 5 YEARS.

HERE LYETH THE | BODY OF JOHN CONN [ ELL WHO DYED
APRIL | THE 5th 1724.

HERE LYETH THE | BODY OF BRIDGET BU | TLER WHO DIED
JU [ NE THE 20 1740 | AGED 17 YEARS.

the 11 [Rest broken.']

Here Lyeth the Body of | Felix Murphy who De-
parted this life June | ye 6 an. Donni- 1726 in y | 20
Year of his Age.

Here Lyeth ye Body | of Philip Ryan Who | Deced Feb
ye 2nd 1728 | aged 80 years.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF | CATHERINE WHITE ALI 1 AS

hickey who [died ?] ye 14th 1753 aged 19 years.

Mary Paine Departed | This Life 9br. ye 3rd | 1730 aged
3 years | also mary loggan alias | paine who died 7br.

YE 29TH I 1742 AGED 22 YEARS.

HERE LYETH I THE BODY OF | MOSESS PAIN | WHO DYED | MAY
THE 4th 1755.

The three s's in " Mosess " are all reversed.'

183

TYRONE.

Here lyeth the body of | Mary Cahil who dyed | Jan3
the 12th 1756 eaged | 24 years.

HERE LYETH THE BODY | OF THOMAS PRIC WHO | DYED MAY
YE 21st 1747 I AGED 19 YEARS.

COUNTY TYRONE

Castlecaul field Clmi'cli.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

' The Parish Church in Castlecaulfield was built through the
exertions of the Eev. George Walker of Derry Siege fame, in 1680,
after the parish had been without a church for forty years. Some
of the windows were taken from the old Church of Donaghmore
and inserted in the new structure. Castlecaulfield (formerly Bally -
donnelly) came into existence in 1610 on a grant from the Crown
of these lands to Sir Toby Caulfield, afterwards created Lord
Charlemont.

1 The Rev. George Walker was slain at the Battle of the Boyne
on the 1st July, 1690. After several years, at the request of his
widow, Isabella (daughter of Robert Maxwell of Finnebrogue,

TYRONE. 184

County Down), his body was exhumed by a faithful servant who
had been present at his interment after the battle, and it was con-
veyed to Castlecaulfield Church and buried in the chancel, where a
monument was erected by his widow in 1703, and where she herself
was buried later on. Their remains were discovered and re-interred
in 1838 under the following circumstances, as reported by the
Newry Telegraph of the 30th October, 1838 ' :—

' " Thrice-honoured shade of Walker wise,
To Derry's cause so true,
Oh ! could you from the starry skies

Our sad condition view —
How would your wounded spirit feel,

The dark day to behold,
When all our fathers won by steel

Their sons betrayed for gold? " — Graham.

'On Tuesday the 16th of October, 1638, the Church of
Donaghmore, at Castlecaulfield, being in process of repair by the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, it was found necessary to lower and
level the floor of it.

' In that part of the chancel immediately under the monument
of Governor Walker, the workmen discovered a full-sized oak coffin
containing the remains of his widow, who, in 1703, caused his bones
to be brought there from the banks of the Boyne, where his body
had been interred and had lain for thirteen years. They were this
day found in a small oak box, in which this " widow indeed," full
of endearing recollections of happier days, had deposited them.

4 This worthy lady was the mother of four sons of the renowned
Walker, who, at his death, were serving in King William's army,
and each of whom, in justice to their immortal father's service and
their own, ought to have inherited one of the forfeited estates.
John Walker, the eldest son, on a petition to the House of Com-
mons, obtained a pension of £200 a year, which he enjoyed until
the beginning of the reign of George I, when he was deprived of
it by the parsimony of the triumphant Whigs. Of the other sons
there is no record, save that the daughter of one of them was the
mother of the late Mrs. Caldbeck, of Lisburn.

' The Walkers were a Yorkshire family. The father of the
Governor of Derry was the Rev. George Walker, sen., Rector of
Cappagh, County of Tyrone, the friend and confidential adviser of
Dr. Bramhall, Bishop of Derry, when this Prelate was nobly using
his private means and public influence in regaining the alienated
property of the Church of Ireland, and purchasing the advowsons
of the impropriated Rectories, which he added to the Vicarages
throughout the Diocese. He sent his son and namesake to Glas-
gow College for education ; and on the young man's return, soon
after the restoration of King Charles II, he was presented to the
Rectories of Donaghmore and Errigal Keerogue, in the County of
Tyrone. Walker was in the sere and yellow leaf of life when he

185 TYRONE.

went to Derry in 1689, being then, according to credible tradition,
seventy-one years of age. His sister Anne married Wm. Maxwell,
Esq., of Falkland, High Sheriff of the County of Monaghan, in the
year 1691, and who was great- great-grandfather of the present
representative of his renowned ancestor — namely, the Rev. Thomas
Carpendale, Rector of Donaghmore.

' Mr. Carpendale, with Edw. Evans, Esq., son of Rev. G. Evans,
who had been upwards of thirty years Rector of Donaghmore,
Alexander Mackenzie, Esq., and a few others, naturally regardful
of the remains of this great and good man, caused them to be taken
carefully from the decayed box in which they were found, and put-
ting them and those of his widow into smaller boxes, enclosed both,
with suitable inscriptions, in a leaden coffin, which being laid in
one of deal plank, was solemnly deposited in the hero's grave by
his Reverend descendant and successor, assisted by the Rev. John
Graham, author of the History of the Siege of Derry, and also
by one of the oldest Apprentice Boys of the Maiden City.

' In the case with Governor Walker's remains was placed a flint
glass bottle, hermetically sealed, containing the following writing
on parchment : —

' " Be it recorded, that whilst this Church was undergoing repair
in the year 1838, search was made beneath the Monument of the
Rev. Geo. Walker, immediately opposite to the Communion Table
at the Eastern end of the Church, and South side of the Aisle, to
ascertain whether his bones were deposited there, agreeable to
the inscription on the Monument, erected by his widow in the year
1703.

' " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, having assembled
in said Church, on Tuesday, 16th October, 1838, and having made
search immediately beneath said Monument fixed in the wall, have
found, in a full-sized oak coffin, the remains of his widow ; and in
a small oaken case adjoining, were deposited bones which had not
the appearance of regular interment in a coffin, but corresponding
with the words on the Monument, ' Ossa reconduntur,' &c. &c.

1 " Now, to testify our veneration and respect for the memory of
the illustrious Walker, we herein carefully replace the bones, and
restore them to their former position, together with this Record.

' "Thomas Carpendale, Rector of the Parish of

Donaghmore.
4 " Robert Fraser, Curate of said Parish.
' " Edward Evans, Esq., of Dungannon, son of

the Rev. George Evans, formerly Rector

of said Parish.
'"Edward Evans, jun. Esq., of Armagh, son

of the said Edward.
' " Henry Pole, Esq., J.P., Dungannon." '

TYRONE. 186

' The inscription on the Monument runs thus ': —

P.M.S.

Hie juxta, Lector,

Reverendi Georgii Walker, S.T.D.,

Hujus Parochiae olim Rectoris,

Ossa Reconduntur,

Ille, cujus vigilantia et virtute

Londini-Derensis Civitas,

Anno MDCLXXXIX.

A Gulielmi et fidei hostibus,

Liberata stetit,

Ad Boandi fluminis ripam,

Pro eadem causa, adversus eosdem hostes,

Anno MDCXC.

Occisus cecidit.

Cujus reliquiis et memoriae,

Msestissima adhuc illius vidua,

Isabella Walker

Hoc monumentum possuit,

Anno MDCCIII.

Saxo autem erit fama perennior,

Nee futura minus quam praesentia sacula

Tarn pium militem, tarn fortem sacerdotem

Mirabuntur.

' Of the foregoing we annex a literal translation ' : —

P.M.S.

Near this, Reader, are deposited the remains of the Rev. George-
Walker, d.d., formerly Rector of this Parish. He, by whose vigi-
lance and valour Londonderry, in the year 1689, was rescued from
the enemies of William and the Faith, fell, mortally wounded, at
the Banks of the Boyne, for the same cause, against the same
enemies, in the year 1690. To whose remains and memory, his
still inconsolable widow, Isabella Walker, has erected this
monument, in the year 1703.

But his fame shall be more durable than the rock ; nor will
future ages less than the present admire a Soldier so pious, a
Minister so intrepid.

[The above inscription appeared on page 549 of the second
volume of the Journal ; but as it is full of errors, it is reproduced
here from vol. ii, p. 273, of the old issue of " The Ulster Journal
of Archaeology " (1854).]

Bonag'limore.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

' The former Parish Church of Donaghmore stood at the village
of that name till the year 1680, when the present edifice was built

To face page 187.]

SCULPTURED STONES IN DONAGHMORE HOUSE,
CO. TYRONE.

[From a drawing by Miss G. F. Long.']

187 TYRONE

at the village of Castlecaulfield, at the desire, it is stated, of Sir
Toby Caulfield, 1st Lord Charlemont, who wished to have the
parish church closer to his own mansion. Into the east and south
sides of the new church were inserted the handsome stone windows
formerly in the church at Donaghmore.

List of Rectors of Donaghmore and Castlecaulfield.

1641 John Madden.
1646 Robert Kennedy.

1673 James Barclay.

1674 George Walker (of Derry Siege fame).

1690 William Nellson.

1691 Richard Crump.
1699 Edmund Arwaker.
1712 Thomas Wadman.
1720 Nathaniel Whaley.
1730 Richard Vincent.
1775 George Evans.
1807 William Bissett.
1812 Alexander Staples.
1824 Thomas Carpendale.
1865 Benjamin Wade.
1887 B. N. White-Spunner.
1892 Forde Touchburn.
1900 J. R. Sides.

1 Into Donaghmore House, now occupied by the Lyle family, is
built a mural monument, on which is carved in relief a coat-of-arms
impaled, and the date 1683 on another stone, which do not belong
to one another.

1 The coats-of-arms are so far unidentified, and in no way
resemble the Walker arms which are depicted on an old engraving
of him, viz. : — " A lion rampant supporting on the right paw a
mullet." '

Tullyniskan Cliureli^ arrt.

[Kindly copied by Mrs. T. Long.]

' The following inscription is copied from a tombstone, on the
back of which is a coat-of-arms. Of the latter a " rubbing " was
made, but it is too indistinct for reproduction ; all that can be dis-
tinguished are a couple of crescents in the upper portion of the
shield.

' Burke in his " General Armoury " gives the arms of the sept of
O'Quin of the County Clare, thus : —

' " Gules, a hand couped below the wrist grasping a sword all
proper, between in chief two crescents argent, and in base as many
serpents erect or."

TYRONE.

188

The inscription reads ' : —

HERE LYETH YE BODY OF

NEILL O'QUINN WHO DE

PARTED THIS LIFE MARCH

YE 10th 1763 AGED 60

YEARS. ALSO YE BODY OF

ELLONOR QUINN ALIAS

HAGAN HIS WIFE WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE

MARH YE 10th [blank] AGED

[blank] YEARS. ALSO THE

BODY OF CHARLES

O'QUINN WHO DEPARTED

THIS LIFE MARCH YE 1st

1751 AGED 6 YEARS.

MEMENTO MORI.

' On another tombstone, also bearing a coat-of-arms, is the
following inscription ' : —

HERE LYETH YE BODY

OF WILLIAM BOYD WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE

OCTR YE 27th 1735 AGED

69 YEARS.

(The rest of the inscription is underground.)

The Boyd Coat-of-Arms.

189 WATERFOHD.

' The coat-of-arms is : — " Azure, a fesse chequy argent and
gules, between three crescents of the second."

' The crest is : — " A dexter hand erect, pointing with the thumb
and two fingers." '

COUNTY WATERFORD.
Arclmore.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

' The following inscription is copied from a tablet in the west
wall in the interior of the old Cathedral at Ardmore ' : —

In memory of | Anna the infant daughter of | Patrick
and Anna Carolina Smith | who died April 9th 1834.

Oh ! sweet my baby liest thou here

So low, so cold and forsaken
And cannot a fond mother's tear

Thy once too lovely smile awaken.
Ah ! no within this silent tomb
A mother's hopes received their doom.
Ah ! I shall ne'er forget the kiss

I gave thee on that morn of mourning
Thy placid cheek bespoke the bliss

Of innocence to God returning,
May'st thou return that kiss to me

In realms of bright eternity.

Waterfortl, tlie Cathedral.

[From Mr. H. F. Berry, m.r.i.a.]

' The inscription which is given below was copied in 1891 by the
Kev. Maurice Day, m.a., Rector of Kilbrogan, Co. Cork, who has
kindly forwarded it for record in our Journal, with the following
particulars : —

1 This Inscription is on the tomb which is marked " N " in the
plan of the old Cathedral of Waterford in Harris's Edition of
Ware, and which now lies some feet below the chancel floor in its
old position. It is broken across in several places, and in one place
the date is defective in consequence.

WATEBPOED. 190

' The inscription was copied during the alterations in the
Cathedral, 1890-1.'

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF MARGARET

FITZGERALD ALS BROWN WIFE TO EDWARD

FITZ GERALD OF WATERFORD MERCHT WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE 9BER YE 9th IN YE 32D

YEAR OF HER AGE & IN YE YEAR OF

OUR LORD 1711

AND ALSO THE BODY OF HER

MOTHER CATHERINE BROWN ALS

MURPHIE WHO DECEAD JANUARY

THE 27th IN THE 55th YEAR OF HER AGE

AND IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1711.

ALSO THE BODY OF ELIZAH FZ GERALD

ALS ROGHFORT OBIIT 25° 9BRIS 17 " ■

24 AETATIS.

ALSO THE BODY OF EDWD FZ GERALD

OBIIT 25 MAII ANNO 1737 AETATIS 58.

Waterf'orcl, tlie Frencli Cluirdi.

[From J. E. Garstin, m.r.i.a.]

' On p. 368, vol. ii, of the Journal, an incomplete and misread
inscription from a slab in these ruins appears. A rubbing from the
slab (probably taken by the late Colonel P. D. Vigors) is reproduced
on the opposite page.

' The inscription (contractions expanded and gaps restored)
reads ' : —

^it Mttnt corpora | Corntfii ljurlcp aurifafiri, qui
fato concessit quarto %bi\$ Stanuaria^ %°b. | 1582,
et 5(°^nne | !5aisf) uvori£ ciu£ qui toitam
mo(rta!e)m mutafcit anno a ♦ ttirginco partu.

1 Translation ' : —

Here lie the bodies of Cornelius Hurley, Goldsmith,
who yielded to fate [i.e. died] on the fourth of the Ides
[i.e. the 10th] of January, a.d. 1582, and of Joan
Naish, who exchanged [this] mortal life in the year
from the virgin birth — [Not given].

To face page 190.]

mtSqB

*%$?>zi$\

191 WESTMEATH.

' The lettering is clear and beautiful, and seems to indicate the
work of a foreigner, perhaps the T.M. whose initials appear above
the sun and moon under the head of the cross, mainly composed of
fleurs-de-lys.

' Notice the elaboration of the capital letters and their capri-
cious use. A flourished C, E, H, J, and N are accompanied by less
demonstrative A c, e, and i, while the name of the man (hurley),
as well as the d of " A0, d., " is in small letters.

1 No place is named, no prayer included. The wife is given her
maiden name (Naish), but the year of her death is not forthcoming.
The inscription was probably carved while she was alive, and the
date not added afterwards. I thought the day and month of her
husband's death might have been included in the flourishes following
the striking Arabic numerals following the year 1582 ; but close
examination leads me to conclude that they are all adjuncts of the
E of "Et."

' The mention of a Waterford goldsmith is interesting.
Mr. C. J. Jackson, in his great work, " English Goldsmiths and
their Marks," could only find mention of 'eight belonging to
Waterford, but all comparatively modern, and no mark of theirs
has been recovered.'

COUNTY WESTMEATH

Ardnurchcr Churchyard.

[From J. F. Fuller, f.s.a.]

To the memory of the Kev. John Lever*4 for nineteen
years Vicar of Ardnurcher and Kilcumreagh He died
on the 31st of March 1862 Aged 62 years Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord.

Kilhcs-ii'aii Church.

[From J. F. Fuller, f.s.a.]

Here be interd the Kem. of Mary Elrington wife of Rev
John Elrington who died the 2"d of Janry 1790 aged 58
years also three of their sons who died in their infancy,
also the body of the Rev John Elrington husband of the
above Mary who departed this life May 6th 1795 in the
62nd year of his age

* He was a brother of Charles Lever, the novelist.

WEXFORD. 192

Stone in aisle

Mary Amelia Elrington died 22nd of January 1763 aged
15 days.

14 i I i (i la «» li Uiui'cliyai'fl.

• Dr. O'Donovan, in a note on p. 816, vol. iv, of the " Annals of
the Four Masters," states : —

' There is a monument to the Dardis family in the churchyard
of Killulagh (Cill-Uailleach), in the Barony of Delvin, which
exhibits the following inscription : —

Underneath this Stone are interred the remains of
William Dardis, formerly of Carlinstown, in the County
of Westmeath, Esqr, as also those of Catherine Dease of
Turbetstown alias Dardis, who died on the 11th of March
1797, and at whose desire this monument has been
erected. Several of the Dardis family, late of Gigans-
town, County of Westmeath, are likewise buried here.
E.I.P.

W. FitzG,

COUNTY WEXFORD

Artlcanili'isk t licerch* aril.

[From Philip H. Hore, Esq.]
' On headstones ' : —

I.H.S.

Here lies the body of Bart | tholomew Hore who depd |
this life Aug* 3rd 1790 Agd | 68 yrs May the Lord have
mercy | on his soul.

I.H.S.

Here lyeth ye body of William
Scellin who died July ye 9th 1770

193 WEXFORD.

I.H.S.

Here Lyeth The | Body of Mary | An: Furlong | who
Departed

[The remainder is underground.]

' Extracts from a manuscript " Barony Book of Shelmalier,"
under the Parish of Ardcandrisk, by the late H. F. Hore, of Pole
Hore : —

' The little chancel of Ardcandrisk Church ruins was the burial-
place of the Hore family from very early times ; the last of them
interred here was Christopher Hore, implicated in the Rebellion of
1641. The blessed well by the roadside, close to the churchyard, is
dedicated to St. Eusebius.

1 Alexander Banyon, by Will (at Enniscorthy) dated 1617,
describes himself of " Archandras," and desires to be buried within
this church, to which he leaves 5s. to the poor box. This shows
that divine service was then performed in it.

' Nicholas Hore of the Pole, Gent., by his Will of 1628, desires
to be buried in the church of " Arcanrish.'

5J >

Ballycoinior Castle, Parish of Kilrane.

'On page 137 of the Fifth Volume of Hore's " History of the
County Wexford," is the following note : —

' Bally connor is close to the sea, in the Barony of Forth.
Hammond Stafford, of the fifth generation, who married a daughter
of FitzHenry, of Kilcavan, left a son Denis, who built the castle
which still stands, as is shown by a stone in the wall above the door
of the principal apartment, bearing this inscription ' : —

DIONISIVS STAFFORD DE BALICONQR, ET KATERINA
SINOT VXOR EIVS 1570 STRVXERVNT HANG DOMV

W. FitzG.

Kilclavin Cliiii'cliyai'tl.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' The old churchyard of Kildavin is situated in the deer-park
attached to the Johnstown Castle demesne. Portions of the walls
of the church still exist, showing it consisted of nave and chancel.
A rough round granite boulder served as a font, the bowl of which
is square with the aperture in the centre. Being now used as a

WEXFORD. 194

headstone is the lintel of (probably) the east window; it is of
granite, and shows the window to have been of two round-headed
lights.

' St. Davin, of Kildavin, was venerated on the 1st of August,
on which day the graves in this churchyard are decorated with
laurel-branches and flowers — a custom peculiar to this district.

' There are no tombs of any age or interest ; the following-
inscriptions are copied from tombstones on the south side of the
church ruins, and are mostly difficult to decipher.

' Flat slab ' : —

I.H.S.

Headstone ' : —

I.H.S

Here Lieth the Body of | Michael Doyle who De
parted this life March 25th | 1789

(The remainder is underground.)

' Square headstone ' : —

Square headstone ' :-

I.H.S

OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE SOUL
OF NICHOLAS DEVEREUX OF KILLANE wllO

depd this Life Febry 1809 Aged 48 yrs
Also his wife Catherine devereux alias
doyle depd this life March 17th 1844

Aged 70 years
Also their son Nicholas devereux.

195 WEXFORD.

* Square headstone ' : —

I.H.S
Here lies the Body of | Margaret Walsh | of Kilinick
who depd this | life 20th of March 1834 | Aged 66 years.

On headstones inside the church ruins ' : —

Erected by hugh monaghan in memory
of his Wife mary monaghan who depd this
life Dec1' 23rd 1870 Aged 48 years.

At the back of this headstone ' : —

Ah Christians dear
One prayer from you I crave
For me that lieth in this silent grave.
Our Father & Hail Mary

' On a mural tablet, built into the boundary wall, at the south
side ' : —

. +

This cemetery

was enclosed by the

Earl & Countess of Granard

1868.

1 In the north-east portion of the burial-ground is a monu-
ment of cut-stone, surmounted by a cross, bearing the following
inscription on a tablet inserted in it ' : —

Of your Charity

pray for the repose of the

Soul of Joseph Underwood

who died on the 20th March

1868 Aged 37.

He was for many years

House-steward to the Earl

& COUNTESS Of GRANARD

who Erected this Monument

to his Memory in grateful

remembrance of his long &

faithful services.

WEXFORD. 196

Piercestown, St. Martin** (Catholic) Church.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.J

' The three following inscriptions are copied from mural monu-
ments inside this church ; the first two are composed of black and
white marble, and the third is a limestone slab ' : —

In this Church lie the remains of the

Eevd Nicholas Codd,

the learned, eloquent, and zealous

Pastor of Killmacree.

He was called to the sacred ministry

in 1814, appointed to the pastoral charge

of Monageer in 1818, and thence translated

to his native Parish in 1839, where

he died the 16th of June 1846,

in the 56th year of his age.

Eequiescat in pace

Amen.

To the Memory

of the Eevd Nicholas Pierce

whose remains repose in the Church

where he first heard the words of truth,

and learned to worship

his Kedeemer.

Having, in 1831, received the holy order

of Priesthood, he laboured, with

unwearied zeal, in the discharge of

his sacred duties, and died at the age

of 44, in the odour of sanctity,

on the 13th of Sep* 1849

May he rest in peace.

(A chalice)

Here lies the Body of
the Revd- Rodk- O'Connor,

Pastor of Rathmonee,*

who departed this life April

2nd, 1807, Aged 58 years.

The Lord have Mercy on

his Soul.

* Now written Bathmacnee, though pronounced as above spelt.

197 WEXFORD.

' The burial-ground to the Catholic Church lies along its
southern and western sides ; it appears modern, as no tombstones
have an earlier date than the nineteenth century. One monument
consists of an altar-tomb on which stands an urn on a pedestal, in
the middle of the slab. The inscription was originally lightly
incised, and is now very difficult to decipher. It reads ' : —

Beneath

Are deposited the mortal remains

L* Colonel bryan o'toole

who died the 27th of February 1825.

Having chosen in early Youth the military profession,

His career was soon marked

By that intrepidity and skill which distinguished it

to its close.

His splendid Services in Spain and in Portugal

Were not indeed unnoticed,

But they were left unrewarded

for he was

A ROMAN CATHOLIC.

[The urn is placed here]

That the memory of so much worth

and such heroic valour

might not perish altogether

This Monument,

which ought to have been the tribute

of Public Gratitude,

is erected

By Private Friendship.

E.I.P.

Also the Remains of Capn matthew o'toole

of the 82nd Beg1., who departed this life June 23rd- 1860

' The above-named Col. Bryan O'Toole lived close by at Fair-
field House (now demolished) opposite to Rathaspeck House. He
is stated not to have been married, so that Captain Matthew
O'Toole was probably a brother. There is now no member of the
family alive.'

1 Close to the O'Toole monument is a flat slab on which is
inscribed ' : —

I.H.S.

Here lieth the Body of Margaret

Codd alias O'Neil who depd

this life Octr 16th 1826 Aged 42 yr

,1'S.

WEXFORD. 198

Wexford— St. Iberius' (Protestant) Church.

[From Rev. H. B. Swanzy, Newry.]

' Memorial tablet on north wall of St. Iberius' Church, Wexford,
marble, with black letters ' : —

On the 15th of April 1777 in the Churchyard adjoining

were deposited the remains of the Rev. Charles Huson

Archdeacon of Ferns

and for twenty years the beloved and respected

Minister of this parish

0 may his Successors and Parishioners long imitate his example

and Revere his Memory

His afflicted Widow caused this humble Memorial

of him to be erected in the Church built under his Inspection

and the expense thereof was Principally defrayed

through his Powerful and effectual solicitation.

1 Charles Huson, son of Benjamin, entered Trinity College,
Dublin, 3rd March, 1728, aged 17, having been educated at Dublin
by Sheridan.

1 The Rev. Charles Huson married at St. Ann's Church, Dublin,
11th February, 1755, Isabella, eldest daughter of John Britton, of
Dublin, Attorney-at-law, by his wife Susanna, youngest daughter
of Major Daniel French, of Belturbet, High Sheriff of County Cavan,
1690, by his wife Isabella Bedell, grand- daughter of the famous
Bishop. (See also notes under County Cavan.) He was collated
Archdeacon of Ferns, August 14th, 1767 (Cotton's Fasti). His
Will, dated 13th June, 1766, was proved in Ferns Diocese, 6tb
June, 1777. His widow was buried at Wexford, 13th February,
1784. Her mother, Susanna Britton, otherwise French, had
married secondly, Francis Le Hunte, m.d., of Brennanstown,
County Dublin, who was known for his good works. He died 1st
December, 1750, leaving an only son, Richard Le Hunte, of Artra-
mont, County Wexford, M.P. Wexford town, 1771-6, and 1776-83,
Barrister-at-law, b.a., t.c.d., 1750, who died without issue : Will
proved 12th February, 1783 ; executors, his half-sisters, Mrs.
Huson and Winifred Britton, and kinsman, Daniel Stanford.
Artramont passed to the ancestor of Sir George Le Hunte, the
present owner; and the descendants of Bishop Bedell, through
Susanna French, died out.

1 Thanks are due to the present Archdeacon of Ferns for kindly
copying the inscription, and supplying the date of Mrs. Huson's
burial.'

199 WICKLOW.

COUNTY WICKLOW

Itr.iY ^t. Paul's Church and Churchyard.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

{Continued from p. 618, vol. vi.)

* I begin now to record the inscriptions consecutively, com-
mencing at the west side of the churchyard and the south end of
the rows, and have thought it well to adapt the rows to the
numbering of the graves as given on the plan of the ground (see
page 414, vol. vi), which I should say hangs now in the south
porch of the church.

' Row I, No. 1. Some distance from the corner of the church-
yard, and about two feet from the west boundary, is a small cross.
This grave-space is No. 6 in the plan and MS. (No. 7, without
memorial, belongs, we are told, to a Roman Catholic family, see
page 615, vol. vi). The name on the cross is Blake, 1875.'

1 No. 2. After a space, and about eight feet from the west wall,
is another cross — Macnamara, 1868.'

' No. 3. On a line with the last is a freestone headstone on
granite base, with lettering in block capitals. Of the children, the
MS. under " No. 20," says, " Only two appear to have been buried
here :— Elizabeth Schoales, aged 9 years, 10 June, 1827. William
R. Schoales, Tenchfield, Sandymount, aged 25, Apr. 4, 1855." It
adds, " Entry in register for (1) is as follows : — Alexander Shooles
[sic in MS.], aged 60, of this Parish was buried in Bray Church on
Friday the first of June. Registered by me, W. E. Plunket, but not
buried.'" The inscription is ' : —

' Low down, to the right-hand side, is ' : — Man[de]r[so]n Dublin..

WICK LOW. 200

1 No. 4. On a marble slab, inserted in a headstone of freestone
with granite base, some five feet from wall, is the following in block
capitals ' : —

' On the freestone frame, below the inscription, to the right
Land, is ' : — Coates, Dublin.

' The above headstone stands on a limestone slab, resting on a
granite base, an iron bar protecting the grave-space. On this slab
is, with trifling differences (" of this Station," " on the 15th May,"
-" aged 23 years," &c. — the lines sometimes consisting of two of
those given above), the same inscription, the first four lines being
presumably covered by the headstone.'

' No. 5. On a line with the last, a limestone slab on granite
base, has as follows in block capitals (left-hand top corner of slab
tracked and mended) ' : —

1 Low down, to the right hand, is ' : — Manderson, Dublin.

1 No. 6 is a granite altar-tomb some 8 feet from the wall, with a
limestone slab on the top which is cracked across and mended
beneath the inscription and also at the right-hand corner below.
The MS. under "No. 27" tells us that James M'Kay was the
schoolmaster and parish clerk in Bray, and that it is said that his
wife's body was stolen the night after the funeral by body-snatchers.
The MS., which appears, as far as I have had opportunity to form
an opinion, very correct, is, I believe, in error as to the age of
Mrs. M'Kay as carved on the tomb. After careful examination I
■came to the conclusion that the latter figure was undoubtedly "9."
Having referred to the MS. after taking this inscription, I found it

201 WICKLOW.

entered otherwise, but with the remark that the Register (which
gives "Lucinda" as the name) has 39. Another reading of this
inscription which appears at page 174, vol. vi, Memorials of the
Dead, gives a third figure, and is also in error (perhaps by a
printer's mistake) as to the year of death recorded, which is incon-
sistent with the Latin inscription. The slab on the top has as
follows ' : —

LUCY MCKAY Died 4th Novr 1833

Aged 39 years.
JAMES MCKAY The Husband of the above
named LUCY MCKAY Died 5th Novr 1833

Aged 41 years.

1 A marble slab at the east end of the tomb has as follows, the
first three lines being in capitals ' : —

IN MEMORIAM
JACOBI ET LUCLE MCKAY,

PARENTUM SUI EXIMIORUM ;

h.m. fieri curavit, et functus est

inani munere,

filius.

MDCCCXXXIV.

' The last five memorials are close to each other.'

Carnew.

[From Thomas U. Sadleir.]

' Inside the church, white marble tablet on black background,
with coat-of-arms surmounting urn ' : —

Sacred to the memory

of Joseph Chamney. Esq. of Ballyrehin

late Captain of the Coolattin Corps of Yeoman

Infantry in the County of Wicklow

On the 2nd day of July 1798, and the 52nd year

of his Age, he was killed, with his nephew

a most amiable youth, both fighting

the battle of their God, and of their King

in the defence of their religion and their country

In Testimony

of the high sense entertained of his many publick

and private virtues,

which are indelibly graven on the hearts of his

numerous and sorrowing friends

they have erected this monument

Anno Domini. 1806.

WICKLOW. 202

' White marble tablet, surmounted by urn, on black back-
ground':—

Sacred

to the memory of

Thomas Bookey. Esq.

Late of Mount Garnet

in the County of Kilkenny

who departed this life

the 4th March, 1818

Aged 65 years

1 Large tablet of white marble, with carved border, surmounted
by sarcophagus and urn, on background of black marble ' : —

Sacred to the memory of William Wainwright. Esq.
who on the fifth day of July 1813, and in the seventy-
fourth year of his age, closed an honorable life, the last
thirty -three years of which had been devoted to the
management of the Wentworth Estate in Ireland, in the
discharge of which undertaking he properly felt, that the
welfare of the tenant was no less committed to his care
than the interest of the Landlord. These two purposes,
apparently opponent and incompatible with each other,
were, however, conjointly the objects of his efforts and
in pursuing this difficult task of balancing impartially
different interests, he had the rare happiness of giving
satisfaction to both parties, the tenant felt that his
comforts were well provided for, the Landlord that his
interests were fully considered ; of his success in both
these points the universal lamentation of the tenantry,
and the deep regret of the Landlord afford irrefragable
proof. He had long acted as a magistrate in the County
of Wicklow to the great advantage of a district where
jarring interests naturally gave rise to petty feuds, and
to frequent appeals to magisterial interference. On
such occasions it was his practice to lay aside the
authority of the Magistrate, and to resort to the influence
of the man, the common friend, the unprejudiced
impartial arbiter, the just and equitable composer of
differences. Under his conciliatory management, the
method seldom proved unsuccessful and thus he attained
the great object of his life, that of promoting the happi-
ness of all under his immediate care, by inspiring them
with sentiments of Goodwill towards each other, and

203 WICKLOW.

by diffusing a spirit of general harmony, to perpetuate
the memory of a mind so benevolently disposed, of
conduct so usefully beneficent, and at the same time to
record the deep sense entertained of his exemplary
fidelity and in testimony of the most affectionate
remembrance of his unvaried attachment, this tablet is
inscribed by William, Earl Fitzwilliam.

In the churchyard ' : —

Here lie interred the remains of Richard Bookey of
Grangebegg, in the County of Kildare, Esquire, who died
on the 28th day of November, in the year 1801, Aged
54 years.

Thomas De Renzy, M.D. T.C.D. | died 24th February.
1852 | Aged 71 years.

WICKLOW. 204

Here lieth | the body of William Ashe, | of Askeymore,
who departed | this life, on the 9th day of Novr. 1815 j
Aged 54 years.

Here lieth the body of Robert | Rickaby, who departed
this life | October the 14th 1778, aged 72. | Also his wife
Anne Rickaby who | departed this life March 25th 1804, [
in the 95th year of her age.

Here lies the body of John Scott who departed
the 22nd of Oct. 1794, Aged 27 years.

Herelyeth the body of Jn° Chamney, Esq. who departed
this life the 11th day of April 1733 in the 84th year of his
age.

Sacred to the memory of Richard Hopkins son of Joseph
and Sarah Hopkins of Tomacork who departed this life
24th June 1849, aged 24 years, also of Joseph Hopkins,
youngest son of the above, who departed this life
March 1855, aged 11 years.

Here lieth the body of Mr John Sly, of Tomcork, who
departed this life 28 June, 1817 aged 74 years.

In memory of Edward Taylor who departed this life the
5th of April 1768, aged 37 years, also Rachel his Relict

who departed this life of November 1791.

aged 60 years.

205 WICKLOW.

the body of John Pursei wno departed

this life the first day of April, anno Domini 1712.

Here lieth the body of | James Eobinson who departed
this life 27th of March 1804 | Aged 37 years.

Here lyeth the Body of Jean Blenney, who departed
this life Oct. 9th 1764, aged 19 years.

Here lyeth the Body of Anne James, wife of Thomas
James, and Daugh1' of Kalph Laurence of Carnew,

depd aged 50 years. Also the body of the

above named Thomas James who departed this life
Dec. 17th 1790, and in the 98th year of his age.

Sacred to the memory of Catherine | wife of Mr Ralph
Taylor, who died | on the 26th day of January 1818, |
Aged 45 years.

Underneath are the remains of | Anne Porter of
Carnew, who died j 12th July 1848, aged 62 years | And
of her brother James Porter | who died 20th Decr
1848, | Aged 66 years.

WICKLOW. 206

Sacred to the memory of George Binks, of Cronyhorn,
in this Parish, who died the 19th day of August, 1829,
Aged 70 years.

I. H. S.
Here lies the Body of Michael Furlong, who depd this
life the 3rd day of August 1792, aged 41 years. " Lord
have mercy on his soul."

Here lieth the body of Thomas Murphy, who departed
this life the 26th Dec. 1804, aged 26 years.

Body of Richard Twamly, and also

Margaret his wife,

two of their grandchildren

Body of Peter Twamley ember ye 25th

1747.

Here lieth the body of Sheridan depd this

life September 17th 1798, aged 17 years.

I. H, S,

Here lieth the Body of Matt Travis Departed 14th July
1784, aged 92.

Here lies the body of Richard Southren who departed
this life Jan. 23rd 1783, aged 45.

Joseph Braddell, of Bullingate, Esq. Died Oct 17;
1829, aged seventy-three.

Sacred to the memory of Mary, the beloved wife of
John Swan, Esq. of Tombrean. She died 12 Jan.
1820. aged 26 years. Also John, husband to the above
named Mary Swan, who died Jan 29th 1853, aged
39 years.

207 WICKLOW,

Sacred to the memory of John Goodisson, of Ballyisland,
who died Dec. 5th. 1837, in the 56th year of his age, also
Martha, his beloved wife who died Aug. 8th 1843, Aged
59 years.

Underneath this slab lieth the body of Margaret Stone
who departed this life December 27th, 1847, aged
53 years.

Underneath this Stone Lieth the body of Catherine,
daughter of Thomas and Anne Swan, who departed this
life on the 17th day of August 1832, aged 13 years.

Here lieth the body of George Sherredon Died April
the 2nd 1775 aged 19 years. Also his mother Sarah
Sherredon Died Dec. the 22nd 1779, aged 48.

Erected by Sarah Higginbotham in memory of her
husband John Higginbotham late of Paulbeg C° Wicklow
who departed this life 1st Oct 1835, Aged 58 years.
Also Hannah Higginbotham his sister who departed
this life 20 July 1834, Aged 59 years.

Erected to the memory of John Page, of Parkmore who
departed this life 22nd Oct. 1855, Aged 78 years.

In memory of Letitia the wife of William Dowse, of
Springfield. She died the 28th day of February 1819
Aged 36 years.

Here lieth the body of Joseph Griffin, who departed
this life the second day of April 1734, and in the 75th
year of his age.

Here lyeth the body of Sarah j Hope who dyed July the
22nd 1737.

WICKLOW. 208

Here lieth the body of Ralph James of Urelands, Esq
who departed this life on 17th day of September 1807,
aged 84 years. Also the body of Mrs. Lettice James,
his wife, who died the 16th Dec. 1811, aged 87 years.

Here lyeth the body of Silvester Novlan, who decd
4th of February 1714, aged 1 year, also Joseph Novlan,
died 1725, aged 9 years.

Here lieth the body of Joseph Swan, of Tombrean, in
the County of Wicklow, who died the 12th day of
February 1796, aged 66 years. Also the body of
Catherine Swan, his wife, who died 21st day of May,
1809, aged years.

C'astletimoii Churchyard.

[From Mr. James Buckley.]

' A very considerable portion of the ancient church exists.
There is an opening in the north wall which appears, notwithstand-
ing its unusual position, to have been a doorway. Immediately
inside of this, lying on the ground, is a rude sandstone holy water
font. On the occasion of an interment here some fifteen years
since a few boys ascended the west end wall of the church, which
was then, as now, shrouded in ivy. Scarcely had they reached the
top when, I was informed, down fell a shower of croppy pike- heads
from the building. The inscriptions here are not very old.

' On the roadside, a few hundred yards from the church, there
is an ogham- in scribed stone, one of the two discovered up to the
present in this county. The genuineness of it has not been
questioned. The inscription is intact, but the interpretations of it
are not very enlightening. One would imagine that antiquities of
this description are far too common in Ireland for conservation
when this perfect specimen is left publicly exposed to the imminent
danger of being seriously damaged or destroyed at any time. The
question of the protection or removal of this stone was brought
last year before the County Council by the County Surveyor. A
report of the matter appeared in the local press ; but beyond this it
has not come to the writer's knowledge that any steps have since
been taken to carry out the Surveyor's suggestions as to its future
welfare.'

HEKE * LIETH * BODY * OF * PATR * BYRNE * DECEASD
MAY ' Ye ' 10 ' 1735 ' AGED • 62 ' YEARS

209 WICKLOW.

Here Lyeth the body of Anastia Byrn Wife to James
Doyle Deceasd May 6 1772 Aged 24 y13

Here Lyeth the body | of Arthur MacMahon | who
departed this | life 9th of Ianuary 1746 | . . . .
[remainder buried]

Delg*aiiy Churchyard.

[From Major E. R. G. Crookshank, Kingstown, 1905.]

• An obelisk-shaped stone with urn on top, facing the entrance
door and tower.

1 East side ' : —

* North side ' : —

1 West side ' :—

WICKLOW. 210

' South side ' :—

Delgany Old Churchyard.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]
[Continued from p, 421, vol. vi.)

' Row IX, No. 1. After a tree, which is now the first from the
west end, along the boundary on the side of the road, all the others
having been more or less recently cut down, is a flat stone having
an inscription in large capitals, with small letters of abbreviation,
and written characters as initials in " Here " and " John " ' : —

Here lyeth y | body of Mr, John | Williams deceased |
[Ijan1^, y, 3, 1723, aged | 62

1 No. 2. A little more west than the above, just at the foot of
No. 1 of Row VIII (same name), is an upright stone of slate,
having a star within the usual branch ornament, and the following
clearly cut inscription of small letters intermixed with capitals ' : —

• here • Lieth • the • BoD[y.] | of • Iomi • farreLL •
deceasd | ivLy • the ■ 7th . 1728 • agcd 58 • yr | Also *

[WiLL]iam • fArreLL • |DeceA[s]D ivLy • y • 14 • 1758 |
AgeD • 59 yeArs • Mr James | fArreLL * DecD AGvst [sic]
17 ' i 1767 • AGeD • 52 ■ yr.

' No. 3. This is a stone with rounded top, and the lower part
rough, evidently intended for a headstone, but now lying flat (with
inscription facing the south) between this and the next row, at
the back of a shrub with pretty pink and white flowers, which
afford almost the only gleam of brightness in this churchyard.
Originally it was possibly an upright stone in Row X, next to
another with same name. This memorial was covered with sod,

211 WICKLOW.

with the exception of a very small portion in the centre, without
lettering, which I at first took to be a piece of ordinary stone.
Testing the point, I then cleaned the slab. Within the branch
ornament as before, there is an I H S with cross : the inscription
is in a mixture of capital and small letters ' : —

Here ■ iieth • the • BODy | of • BryAn • Dun11 DeceAs |
aphl • the • 13 • 1762 ■ agcd 64 | hcre • also • ijeth •

THE I BODy * OF * THADEE * DUNN | DECEASED * IANUARy * 21 •

1768 I aged 80 • yeArs • loi-d • HAve ■ | mercy • on ■
tHeir • sovls ■ Amen

' No. 4 is a headstone of limestone, standing beyond the centre
of the row, more to the north than No. 6 of the previous row ' : —

Here Lyeth the Body of | Eaden Hore who Departed |

' No. 5. A smaller headstone of greenish stone, with a star
between the branches, so commonly carved on such memorials,
stands close by. The inscription is in capitals, with the exception
of the last " y," and the letters of abbreviation ' : —

Here • lieth • the • | body • of ■ Dority • [sic'] | Hore •

deceased • Dec = | 28 • 1747 ■ aged • 12 yr

' No. .6. This is a low headstone, rounded at top, leaning very
much backwards. It has, within the common branch ornament,
a star. The first line of the inscription is in capitals, and the rest
in mixed letters. The two last in the surname, and the following
letter, are very indistinct ' : —

Here • lIeth • the ■ body | [oJf • ierimia • [sic] Hore
DeceAs (stone chipped) | [n ?]ovemr 14th 1761 • a[ge ?Jd

1 No. 7 is a memorial of wood, painted marble, close to the
north boundary. Name— Bryan, 1899.'

WICKLOW. . 212

Dtinlai in Cliiireli.

[From Mr. C. M. Drury.]

CORNIT ANTHONY
HATHORNE OUT OF HIS
PIOUS ZEAL TO THE
PLACE OF GOD'S WORSHIP
BEQUEATHED 50lib" STER
FOR THE REBUILDING
OF THIS CHAUNCEL
WHICH WAS FAITHFUL
LY PERFORMED BY THE
PIOUS CARE OF MR
PHILLIP HATHORNE
HIS NEPHEW AND
HEIRE ANNO DOM' 1681

' The stone from which I took this inscription is in the vestry of
the present church at Dunlavin. It was found some years ago in
the old churchyard, and was evidently in the old church, which was
demolished in or about 1816. It was placed in its present position
years ago for security. The letters are somewhat damaged, and I
could not get a good legible rubbing of it, though the inscription on
the stone itself is plain enough.'

Jlunscross Churchyard, townland of Bally magrhroe,
Parish of* Killiskey.

[From Mr. E. R. M'C. Dix.]

' On a headstone in this old and greatly neglected^churchyard ' : —

I.H.S.
HERE . LYETH . The
BODY. OF. ELIZAB
ETH. DEMSEE. D
ECEASD. DECEM.
YE . 16th . 1727

Powericonrt Old Churchyard.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]
(Continued from page 184, vol, vi.)

' Powerscourt, Lewis tells us in his " Topographical Dictionary,"
takes its present name from the Le Poer family, to whom, he
says, it was conveyed by marriage with the daughter of Milo de

To face page 212.]

•t^-: : :•'**•> - :n'^J ^*£2-*»#El

n vm

?<*-*'

SLAB COMMEMORATIVE OF CORNET ANTHONY HATHORNE'S
BEQUEST TO DUNLAVIN CHURCH, CO. WICKLOW.

[From a rubbing by Mr. C. M. Drury.']

213 WICKLOW.

Cogan, one of the followers of Strongbow, who built a castle here.
This castle, with almost all the lands of the parish, we are further
told, was granted by James I to Sir Bichard Wingfield, in reward for
his military services in Ireland. He was subsequently raised to the
peerage in 1618. From Archdall we learn that the estate passed at
Sir Richard's death to his relative, Sir Edward Wingfield (who was
" buried at Powerscourt," 1638 — his wife having been buried, it is
stated, "in the Church of Stagonel" in 1636), and that the title-
was revived in favour of Sir Edward's grandson by patent of 1665.
With this peer (who was interred in the Cork vault in St. Patrick's
Cathedral, 1717) the title once more became extinct, the estate
passing to his first cousin Edward Wingfield, Esq. ("buried at
Powerscourt with his last wife," 1728). The title, Viscount
Powerscourt, was revived a second time in the person of Edward
Wingfield's son, Richard, in 1743, who was interred " at Powers-
court," 1751. The third Viscount of this creation was "buried at
Powerscourt," 1788. The family inscriptions inside the ruins of
this church (copied by me, June, 1905), it may be here mentioned,
with the exception of that to the late Viscount, evidently reckon the
title from its first creation, the above peer, who died in 1788, being
reckoned "fifth." The Wingfields are a Suffolk family, where
before the Norman conquest, Archdall says, they were possessed of
a castle from which, according to Camden, they took their name.
The same authority describes Lord Powerscourt's arms thus : —
" Pearl, on a bend ruby, cottised, diamond, three pair of wings
conjoined, of the field." Supporters : — " Two pegasusses pearl,
with expanded wings, manes, and hoofs, topaz." Motto: —
" Fidelite est de Dieu."

♦ The lands of Powerscourt (Feracualan) formerly belonged to
the O'Tooles. An account of the overcoming in single combat of
Fiach O'Toole is given in the Ordnance Survey manuscripts by
O'Curry, whose informant makes General Jacques Wingfield the
successful combatant. The Rev. P. L. O'Toole, in his " History of
the Clan O'Toole," speaks in different places both of the above
Jacques Wingfield and also of Marshal Sir Richard Wingfield as the
slayer, in 1599, of Phelim (or Fiach) O'Toole, the then head of the
clan, without any explanatory remark ; but from a note in Archdall's
Peerage, it seems probable that Jacques Wingfield died in 1587.
O'Curry tells us that he had searched in vain for any remains of
O'Toole's Castle at Powerscourt House, but that, built into one of
the walls in the kitchen yard, was a head, in stone, of Fiach
O'Toole, having a resemblance to that of Daniel O'Connell.

1 The remains of the old church, the use of which was given up,
I believe, some fifty years ago, when the new church was erected,
show a rather large building, in the form of a block T, with a porch
at the "west" end — the church lying a little south apparently of due
east. The remains are unroofed and the masonry not the original

WICKLOW. 214

height. In the walls of the nave, at each side, not far from the
west end, there is a considerable gap where no stonework appears
above ground. There are three trees inside, one at each end of the
church, and one about the centre, which last has grown to a great
size. From a passage quoted in Mrs. H. Madden's " Memoir of the
late Right Rev. Robert Daly, d.d., Lord Bishop of Cashel," who
was for a long time Rector of Powerscourt, it appears that the
furniture of the church suffered greatly in the rebellion of 1641.
Lewis, who calls the church " a handsome modern edifice," says
that it was enlarged in 1820 at an expense of £1,000.

1 The porch, which had its entrance on the north side, shows the
place for a window on the west, and has above the centre of a door-
way, with flat top and cut granite sides, leading into the church, a
wedge-shaped block of another kind of stone, on which is inscribed
as follows ? : —

Iohn Stanley
Anthony Hicks
Church Wardens
1786

1 On entering the church, to the left hand there are three mounds
without stones, and at the right, facing the east, a headstone,

11 Erected by Viscount Powerscourt," to " Alexander

Robertson for 23 years Land Steward at Powerscourt," 1872.'

' A white marble tablet on the south wail to the east of the above-
mentioned "gap" — surmounted by a draped urn backed by grey,
and protected by painted boards jutting out from the wall in
" chevron " form — has the following inscription in capitals with the
exception of the first word, which is in old English with capital
initial, and the texts, which are in ordinary lettering. The black of
the lettering in " fifth " and in the " eighth " of the sixth line has
disappeared, having perhaps been intentionally removed. See
prefatory notes ' : —

Sacrtfi

TO THE MEMORY OF
AMELIA VISCOUNTESS POWERSCOURT
EIGHTH DAUGHTER OF JOHN FIRST EARL OF ALDBOROUGH
WIDOW OF RICHARD FIFTH VISCOUNT POWERSCOURT AND
GREAT GRANDMOTHER TO RICHARD THE EIGHTH AND PRESENT VISCOUNT
AS DAUGHTER WIFE MOTHER AND FRIEND SHE WAS EXEMPLARY
AND DISCHARGED THROUGH A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE
THOSE DUTIES WHICH THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER ENFORCES
AND WHICH THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER ALONE SUSTAINS
HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED NEAR TO THOSE OF HER HUSBAND .

215 WICKLOW.

HER SON RICHARD AND HIS THREE SONS

THE MEMORY OF EACH OF WHOM AS CONSCIENTIOUS RESIDENT LANDLORDS

ARE [sic] CHERISHED BY A GRATEFUL TENANTRY

HER CONSTANT COMPANION AND SORROWING DAUGHTER

MARTHA WINGFIELD ERECTS THIS TABLET

NOT IN THE VAIN HOPE OF BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS HER FEELINGS

BUT AS A RECORD OF DEPARTED WORTH

TO THE MEMORY OF A BELOVED MOTHER

SHE DIED ON THE 18th OF OCTOBER 1831 AGED 89 YEARS.

For all have sinned

and come short of the glory of God

Being justified freely by His grace

through the redemption that

is in Christ Jesus

' On the same wall, but beyond an aperture where was appa-
rently a large window, is a white marble tablet on a grey back. On
the upper part, which ends in an apex, there is carved the figure of
an angel with a branch (?) in the right hand, the left being uplifted.
Underneath are three shields, with, I believe, convex surfaces,
bearing inscriptions, below which, on the rectangular portion of
the memorial, is a fourth inscription, and lower down, on a circle in
relief, is carved a coat-of-arms, also in reliefi The memorial is
protected above in the same manner as in the last case. The
inscriptions are in capitals, with the exception of the text.

'[Centre Shield]':—

SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF

RICHARD WINGFIELD

SEVENTH* VISCOUNT POWERSCOURT

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

AUGUST 9 1823

AGED 33 YEARS

[Shield on the dexter side] ' :-

ALSO
OF

FRANCES THEODOSIA

HIS FIRST WIFE

DAUGHTER OF

ROBERT SECOND EARL OF RODEX

WHO DIED MAY 10 1820

AGED 25 YEARS

* Fifth of the third creation.

WICKLOW. ' 216

' [Shield on the sinister side] ' : —

ALSO
OF

THEODOSIA

HIS SECOND WIFE

DAUGHTER OF

THE HONble HUGH HOWARD

WHO DIED DECEMBER 30 1836

AGED 36 YEARS

' [Tablet proper] ' : —

IT PLEASED GOD

THAT THEIR LIVES SHOULD BE SHORT

BUT THEY WERE EVENTFUL IN THE ANNALS OF THE POOR

THEY DIED HAPPY

IN THE HOPE OF EVERLASTING GLORY THROUGH CHRIST

THEY WERE LOVED IN LIFE

AND IN DEATH THEIR MEMORY IS CHERISHED

BY ALL WHO KNEW THEIR VIRTUES

OR FELT THEIR BOUNTY

Oh death, where is thy sting ! Oh grave, where is thy victory !

* Below, Viscount Powerscourt's arms (see introductory notes)
are shown with coronet and supporters ; but I was unable to get
high enough to examine them closely. The tinctures are given, as
I recognized sable. The first and last letter of the motto (see above)
I could not perceive.'

1 A little further to the east is a tablet of polished red granite
with the following inscription in block capitals ' : —

' A little out from the wall, in front of the first of the above three
memorials to the Powerscourt family, is a marble headstone on lime-
stone base, facing the east. The inscription is in lead, and in block

217 WICKLOW.

capitals with the exception of the first three words, which are slightly
ornamental. The grave space within a curb of limestone was
covered by grass and moss, with geraniums in the form of a T ' : —

Just as I am — without one plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bid'st me come to thee,
0 Lamb of God, I come !

' The Powerscourt vault occupies the corner to the right-hand
side of the graveyard, as one enters, and beyond it is a small gate
leading from Powerscourt House into the churchyard.'

' In my previous notes (page 182) I mentioned a memorial to
"Thomas Scott, park-keeper at Powerscourt — date, I think, 1744."
I find the date is 1745, and now give the inscription in full. It is
on a granite headstone, with slightly ornamental top, almost on a
line with the south wall of the church to the west, and facing a
little east of due south. The lettering is in capitals with the T's in
u Scott " conjoined ' : —

'Another granite headstone adjoins it on the "east" side, on
which the inscription is also in capitals with the T's in " Scott"
conjoined, and the oblique stroke of the N in " son " reversed' : —

(To be continued.)

WICKLOW. 218

V* icklon 1 linr«*li and Cluircliyarrt.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]
(Continued from page 351, vol. iv.)

' The Parish Registers of Wicklow are kept in a safe in the
vestry, and were very kindly shown to me by the Rector, the Rev.
P. B. Johnson, m.a., on my going down in June, 1907, to take
inscriptions in the churchyard. The baptisms, I believe, begin
about the year 1655, and the marriages and burials in 1729. There
is also an old vestry book.

• At the head of the south aisle of the church there is inserted in
the flagging a stone with the following inscription in capital letters
about two inches high. The A's and H's have ornamental cross-
strokes ' : —

HERE . LYETH . THE . BO
DY . OF . MR • ROBERT . BAKER
WHO . DEPARTED . THIS
LIFE. THE. 11th- DAY. OF
FEBRVARY. 1711. AS
ALSO. THE. BODIES. OF
HIS . TWO . DAVGHTER8
MARY . AND . IVDITH -

' In the large plot of ground to the right hand, as you enter the
churchyard by the gate situated at the south end of it, and not far
from this entrance, is a headstone so sunk in the earth that only
four lines of the inscription are above the level of the ground. The
lettering is in capitals (some of which are conjoined) with a few
small letters intermixed. The second surname might be " Lawles "
(for the spelling " Lawlis," see page 305, vol. iii of the Journal),
the only remains of carving in the space represented by the brackets
being the extremity of the lower part of a letter which might have
been an E (or L), but not, I believe, a previous S, as one would
expect. There is nothing more on the stone, I think, than what is
given below': —

219 WICKLOW.

' Close to the above is a handsomely carved marble headstone to
William Desaix, 1907 (a very active churchman in all parish
matters, I was told). It was erected by his sister, who states on it
that her father and mother are also buried beneath. A stone similar
to the adjoining one stood here (both graves belonging, it is said, to
the family), but the erector of the monument had it laid flat and
covered up, I was informed, from a dislike to part of the inscription.
I was told that this stone had on it " Desaise," instead of the
original and present spelling of the name.'

' Near the walk and not far from the above memorials is a
rounded headstone with the following inscription in capitals, which
appears on page 158, vol. iv of the Journal, but there without
any attempt to decipher the month. There is also, after the
Christian name and following dot, what appears to be the angle of a
V, or of the first part of a W. This part of the stone has flaked
off':—

DAVID. [ ? ]

DECEAISD . (sic) [? MAY]

THE : FIRST :
1696

(To be continued.)

220

NOTES.

Graveyard Scandal in County Kerry.

Revolting revelations were made at a Local Government Board
Inquiry held in February, 1907, by Dr. Browne, Medical Inspector
to the Local Government Board, at Tralee Workhouse, into an
application by the Rural Council for a Provisional Order to obtain
compulsory powers to acquire a small plot of land for the enlarge-
ment and fencing of the Killahan burial-ground, recently vested in
the Council, and for sanction to a loan of £200 for defraying the
cost of same.

Dr. Browne having formally opened the inquiry,

Mr. Huggard (solicitor for the Rural Council) said the condition
of the graveyard was of a very startling description. It was, and
is, in a disgraceful condition. There are no fences to keep out
cattle; and, as a matter of fact, cattle, horses, pigs, donkeys, and
all classes of animals go in there : in winter from the cold, and in
summer from the heat. The result is that they trample upon the
graves; and they actually sink down as far as the very coffins.
Human bodies were sometimes exposed.

Dr. Browne — That is the most terrible state of affairs I have
ever heard of : it is revolting.

Several witnesses were then examined, and bore out Mr. Huggard's
statement.

Mr. Counihan, the Rural Councillor for the division, said in-
stead of being the home of the dead the place was a repository for
muck.

For the opposition the facts were admitted, objection being
raised only to the acquisition of additional land, on the ground that
there was sufficient burial accommodation in the existing plot.

Dr. Browne, who said he never heard of anything so revolting
in his life, said he would go to the burial-ground and see for
himself. — Extract from the Daily Express for February 14th,
1907.

An Old Advertisement from a Dublin Newspaper.
From P. G. Mahony.

A Bargain — Family Vault ; best position, Mount Jerome ; iron
door, large classic monument ; no inscription ; cost £500 ; owner
leaving the country. No. 167 this Paper.

221

I have heard of this, but have not seen it : — For Sale. Family
Vault : situated in the most fashionable quarter of Mount Jerome.
Immediate possession may be arranged.

P. G. Mahony.

Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with
the Society of Antiquaries of London.

We are glad to notice that at last year's Congress proposals were
brought forward for a uniform system of recording Church and
Churchyard Inscriptions in England; and a Committee was
appointed to draw up a scheme. We wish the Committee every
success in the matter.

Journal of the A.P.M.D., Ireland.

I am very desirous of purchasing a copy of Memorials of the
Dead (Ireland), vol. ii, part 3, for the year 1894, which I need to
complete my duplicate set. I have a triplicate of vol. v, part 1,
No. 1 of it, which I would give or exchange.

John E. Garstin,

Braganstown,

Castlebellingham.

QUERIES.

The van Cruyskercken Family.

Henry van CruyskerckeD, of Limerick, was born in Leyden and
settled in Limerick. In his Will, dated 27th February, 1727, proved
in the Prerogative Court, Dublin, on the 25th March, 1728, he
mentions " Catherine my well-beloved wife."

I am anxious to know her maiden name.

Henry and Catherine van Cruyskercken left two daughters, from
whom are descended several families in Limerick and Clare.

Alfred Molony,

12 Vincent Square Mansions,

Westminster, London, S.W.

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Ellis Family.

I shall be much obliged for any information as to the parentage
of Thomas Ellis, of the town and county of Monaghan, whose
name appears in the Act of Attainder of James II, 1689.

He held lands called Lough Park and lands in Upper and Lower
Straberg and Stragarve. He joined with other gentlemen of
Monaghan in proceedings on a writ of scire facias for the repeal of
Letters Patent in the second year of Queen Anne. He was
probably born circa 1650, and he died 9th August, 1714. In his
Will, proved 12th October following at Armagh, he desires to be
buried in the church of Monaghan. He married, secondly,
Elizabeth, daughter of John Harpur ; she was living 1719, and
she afterwards married John Thompson, of Killibandrick, County
Cavan.

Colonel H. Leslie-Ellis,

Magherymore, Wicklow.

Travers Family.

I should be grateful for dates of births, marriages, and deaths of
the Travers family during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

More especially for any information relating to the father and
grandfather of John Travers, Registrar of Cork, 1611.

They probably came from Lancashire, Cheshire, or Yorkshire.
Old pedigrees give the father's name as Bryan ; grandmother's, " nee
Grace Redman," of Harewood Castle, Yorkshire, married Travers,
of Nateby, Lancashire. Confirmation required.

Mrs. J. 0. Travers,

At Shenstone, near Kendal, Westmoreland, England.

OMahony or Mahony Family.

I should be glad to know of any painting or engraving of
Count Daniel OMahony (the hero of Cremona, and known in
France as " le fameux Mahoni"). He died in January, 1714, at
Ocana, in Spain, and was then a Lieutenant-General, Count of
Castile, and Commander of the Military Order of St. Jago. He

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married as his first wife Cecilia Weld, daughter of George Weld,
and had issue by this marriage two sons — (1) James (baptized as
Joseph, 5th November, 1699, at the old Chapel of the Castle,
St. Germain-en-Laye), a Lieuten ant-General in the Neapolitan
Service, Knight of San Januarius, and a Count of France. He
married as his first wife Maria Magdalena Manso de Zuniga, Condesa
de Hervias ; and, as his second wife, Anne Clifford, eldest daughter
of Thomas Clifford, by the name of James Joseph, on the 22nd
December, 1739, at the Church of St. Sulpice, Paris. They had
issue an only child, Cecilia Carlotta Francesca Anna Mahony, born
27th December, 1740, who married, 18th May, 1757, Prince
Benedetto Giustiniani. (See family of Earl of Newburgh in
Lodge's and Burke's Peerages.) (2) Demetrius OMahony, Count
of France, Conde of Castile, and Ambassador of Spain at Vienna,
ob. s. p.

Count Daniel OMahony was appointed a Lieutenant in the Earl
of Lichfield's Regiment, September 25th, 1688. He married,
secondly, Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Hon. Henry Bulkely,
and widow of Charles OBrien, fifth Viscount Clare.

Any information as to the ancestry of Count Daniel OMahony
would also be welcome.

Peirce Gun Mahony, Cork Herald,
Office of Arms, Dublin.

BOOK NOTICES.

A Brief Memoir of the Right Honourable Sir Ralph Sadleir,
Knight Banneret, p.c, m.p. By Thomas Ulick Sadleir,
Barrister-at-Law. Printed by Stephen Austin and Sons,
Limited, Hereford, 1907.

That Sir Ralph Sadleir was in his lifetime Principal Secretary
of State, Ambassador to Scotland, Warden of the East and Middle
Marches, Master of the Grand Wardrobe, Clerk of the Hanaper,

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Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, Lord Lieutenant of Herts,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and sometime Guardian of
Mary, Queen of Scots, fully shows what a prominent and important
personage he was in his day, and certainly deserving of this
interesting and impartially written memoir of him by one of his
descendants, amongst whom are further included Lord Ashtown and
two Irish branches, the Sadleirs of Sopwell Hall and of Castletown,
both in the County Tipperary, whose pedigrees are given in the
Appendix to this memoir.

A native of Hackney, Middlesex, where he was born in 1507, Sir
Ralph Sadleir was brought up with Thomas, afterwards Lord
Cromwell and Earl of Essex, " the Mauler of the Monasteries," as
Carlyle calls him, and became his Secretary. When his patron was
elevated to the peerage, Sadleir was named a Gentleman of the
Privy Council, where his ability soon won the Royal recognition, for
Henry VIII sent him the following year on his first political
mission to Scotland. Its purpose included the reconciliation of
King James V of Scotland with his mother, the Queen Dowager,
who was Henry VIII's sister, in which (after making a journey to
France) he appears to have been successful ; but though little was
gained from the mission from a political point of view, Henry must
have been pleased with his envoy's diplomacy, as he granted him
that year an estate in Kent.

Henry next accredited him as Ambassador to James V ; but
though he did not succeed in breaking James's alliance with France,
or in getting the Scottish King to increase his revenue by putting
down the abbeys and religious houses, which was Henry's chief
design, he was appointed soon after his return to England joint
Principal Secretary of State, and other honours quickly followed.
These high positions he attained at the early age of thirty-three, at
which time he witnessed the downfall of Cromwell, to whom he
mainly owed his success, and, it is pleasant to learn, did not neglect
in his hour of trouble. In 1543, obedient to the King's command,
Sir Ralph Sadleir was again in Scotland; and in the " Sadleir State
Papers " we have a most interesting account of his doings at that
period in the Scottish capital. A settlement was now arrived at
whereby Scotland was to break off the French alliance ; and King
Henry proposed to appoint Sir Ralph and Lady Sadleir to supervise
the education of the little Queen, afterwards best known as Mary,
Queen of Scots. This latter honour Sir Ralph declined, putting
forward his wife's unfitness through "lack of wit and convenient
experience." Sir Ralph's marriage, which had taken place in 1533,
was surrounded with some mystery, for on the 9th of December,
1554, an Act of Parliament was passed legitimizing his children.
In 1544, when the English invaded Scotland, Sir Ralph was again
employed, this time as Treasurer of the main army under Earl

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Hertford — a position he likewise held in 1543, besides being one of
the King's Council in the North, on which occasion the English
destroyed the beautiful Abbeys of Dryburgh and Melrose, when
altogether 7 monasteries, 16 castles, 5 towns, 243 villages, 13 mills,
and 3 hospitals were " burnt, razed, and cast down."

In reward of his faithful service during these years Henry had
bestowed on Sir Ralph Sadleir large grants of the confiscated abbey
lands ; so that in 1546 he was possessed of estates in no less than
seven counties ; and when Henry VIII died, in 1547, he left him a
legacy of 200 gold marks.

In the war with the Scots, during Edward's reign in 1547, only
for Sadleir and the Earl of Warwick, who hastily rallied the horse-
men, the Scots might have won the day. During Queen Mary's
reign he seems to have lived a retired life at Standon ; but on the
accession of Elizabeth he was sent, as one of the English Commis-
sioners, to Scotland ; and seven years later he was appointed
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster — a most lucrative post. In
1572 he acted as guardian, for a few months, to Mary, Queen of
Scots, whilst imprisoned at Sheffield Castle, who complained
bitterly to him of her hitherto harsh treatment.

But, notwithstanding his previous long services, he was not
allowed to pass his old age in peace, as in 1584, when in his seventy-
eighth year, he was again sent to take charge of Mary, Queen of
Scots — a post from which he again and again wrote to Elizabeth to
relieve him. His kindness to Mary was met with reproof from
Elizabeth. The old Knight remonstrated at this ; and when at last,
in April, 1585, Sir Amyas Paulet arrived to relieve him, Sadleir was
expressly ordered to inform Mary that she would " hereafter receive
more harder usage than heretofore she hath done." It was indeed the
irony of fate that Sadleir, who had held Mary in his arms when a
baby, should have been one of a Commission which, on October 25th,
1586, condemned her to death. Little more than seven weeks after
she was beheaded, her former guardian (that position by which
he probably is now best remembered) died at his beloved Standon,
on the 30th of March, 1587, aged eighty.

He was buried, under a splendid marble monument with recum-
bent effigy, in Standon Church. There is an engraving of his tomb
in the Sadleir State Papers, which were first published in 1720, and
again in 1809.

Sir Ralph Sadleir's son, Edward, was grandfather of Colonel
Thomas Sadleir, of Sopwell Hall, in the County of Tipperary, M.P.,
who was Adjutant-General of Oliver Cromwell's army in Ireland,
and founder of the Irish branches of the Sadleir family. Many
other historical incidents of interest are to be gleaned from Mr. T. U.
Sadleir's able Memoir, which unmistakably proves that, though some
of his negotiations proved fruitless, his ancestor, Sir Ralph Sadleir,

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was once held in very high estimation, and appropriately finds a
place amongst Fuller's " English Worthies."

Sir Ealph Sadleir, 1507-1587.
The portrait here reproduced is from a photograph of an original
painting of Sir Ralph Sadleir, now in the possession of the
Rev. Franc Sadleir, Rector of Newcastle Lyons, County Dublin, his
descendant. — C.

THE PARISH REGISTER SOCIETY OF DUBLIN.

The Registers of St. John the Evangelist, Dublin, 1619-1699.

Edited by James Mills, i.s.o., m.r.i.a. Published by Alex.

Thorn & Co., Ltd., Dublin.
The Registers of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 1677-1800. Edited by the

Very Rev. J. H. Bernard, d.d., d.c l., Dean of St. Patrick's.

Published by Alex. Thorn & Co., Ltd., Dublin.

The above volumes, which form the issue of the Parish Register
Society of Dublin for 1906, will rejoice the hearts of genealogists ;

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and if the succeeding volumes of this new Society keep up to the
level of the present ones, it will have fully justified its existence.
Within recent years abundant material for the writing of family
histories has been published, and much matter which had long lain
hidden has been brought to light, and rendered available by the
patient industry of workers in this field. The printing of many of
our national records, which had hitherto been almost inaccessible,
has rendered the genealogist's task comparatively easy ; but it is
no exaggeration to say that the rest are far surpassed in usefulness
by the publication of the Parish Eegisters. Many English registers
have been printed, and this Society has been formed to do the same
work for Ireland. Eegisters of all the baptisms, marriages, and
burials which took place in the various parishes in England were
ordered to be kept by Thomas Cromwell ; but the first known
attempt at registration in Ireland was not made till 1617, when
Sir George Keare was appointed Public Registrar of all births,
marriages, and deaths in Ireland, though no registers kept under
this patent are known to exist. The office was apparently soon
abolished, through the public opposition to the payment of the
necessary fees, as evidenced by an influential deputation which
complained to the King about them in 1620. It was probably the
public feeling stirred up over this matter which induced the clergy
of St. John's to commence keeping a register of all the baptisms,
marriages, and burials which took place in the parish, as the volume
we have before us begins in the latter half of the year 1619, and is
the earliest parish register known to exist.

The district contained in St. John's Parish (in which the older
Parish of St. Olave was merged) included Fishamble Street with
St. John's Lane and the western end of Copper Alley, Smock Alley
(now Essex Street West), Blind Quay (now Exchange Street Lower),
Essex Quay, Wood Quay, with the east end of Merchants' Quay ;
Winetavern Street, with the eastern part of Cook Street, &c.

The importance of this parish is seen in the monograph by
Rev. S. C. Hughes, ll.d., Rector, who has traced among the names
found in the parish books for the period covered by this volume the
family or ancestry of fourteen ennobled families, besides many
bishops, judges, mayors, knights, and other celebrities. Mr. Mills
says that a large number of the houses lying near the river bank
were hostelries, and gave accommodation to the numerous strangers
who found their way to Dublin.

In turning over the pages of this volume, it is curious to note
that it was not till 1691 that in the baptismal entries the mother's
Christian name was entered, although it had been expressly ordered
by the canon of 1634.

Amongst the many points of interest in these pages, the follow-
ing entry recalls a sad period in the history of Ireland. It runs
thus : " The Names of ye poore English who having fled to this

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Citie for refuge and Dyed in ye parish of St. John's, were buried
since 30 Decemb. 1641."

In the Appendix to this volume we find extracts from vestry
books and parish cesses, wherever these supply entries or names not
found in the Registers. A copious index of persons and place
names concludes a work which it would be impossible to praise too
highly.

The Registers of the Liberty of the Deanery of the Collegiate
and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, Dublin, do not go back further
than 1677, but are of exceptional interest on account of the number
of distinguished persons who were buried within the Cathedral or
its precincts. To make this publication more complete, the Dean
has, in an Appendix, collected and arranged in chronological order
such burial records as are not found in the Registers, but are
recorded elsewhere — e.g., in Monck Mason's Appendix to his History
of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and in Funeral Entries in Ulster's
Office. The baptismal and marriage entries do not appear of
special importance, and in the case of the former the mother's
name was not included in the entries till 1707. But the burial
entries are of absorbing interest. The place of burial is usually'
clearly specified, whether in the new or old churchyard, the French
church, or the vaults ; and, what is of more importance, the
residence of the deceased is often given. The Dean's Vicar fre-
quently made notes in the Registers — e.g., after the entry of burial
of Mrs. Elizabeth Harding, the 19th January, 1758, he adds : " Mrs.
Harding was not inter'd till the 20th ; it was supposed that she
was not dead." The observations also of R. Kendrick, the parish
clerk, are extremely quaint, as, e.g. (p. 74), he heads notes of two
baptisms with the remark: " This that follows was April 6th, but
I had not timely notice. I would be glad to enter all things in
regular order and due time." Amongst the entries of burials of
notable people we find Lord Deputy Skeffington, at least three
Lord Chancellors, many legal and political officials, the Duke of
Schomberg, Dr. Dudley Loftus, Frances Jennings, Countess of
Tyrconnell, Nicola, Lady Beresford, and, lastly, the great Dean
Swift and Stella. But indeed the whole volume deserves careful
perusal, page by page.

It only remains to add that these two volumes are excellently
printed, and produced on strong hand-made paper.

Heraldic Badges. By A. C. Fox-Davies, Barrister-at-Law, Author
of Armorial Families. London : John Lane. Price 6s.

This is the first work of which we are aware treating of this
branch of heraldic science, and it tells us all there is to tell on the
subject. The heraldic laws as to the title and descent of such
devices, in what is now the United Kingdom at any rate, have been

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conspicuous by their absence. It is doubtful whether they ever
were generally hereditary, and indeed the use of identical badges by
persons entirely unrelated rather points to the fact that they were
not. This chaotic condition was probably due to the fact that the
custom of the great lords to have large bodies of retainers was
effectually stopped by the Crown before the authority of the Officers
of Arms was fully established.

We are pleased to read at the end of Mr. Fox-Davies' treatise
that the Officers of Arms in England have revived the ancient
practice of granting badges. In these cases there will be no doubt
as to their hereditary qualities, as they are all limited as a quartering
would be. We understand this action has been taken by the English
College of Arms only ; but we sincerely trust that their example will
be followed by the heraldic officers in Scotland and Ireland.

Mr. Fox-Davies gives at the end of his book a very full list of
badges. With the exception of the shamrock and harp (both
crowned) for Ireland, the only purely Hibernian instances given
are those of Lords Howth, Ormonde, and De Lacy.

Some fifty excellent illustrations help to add to the interest of
the book, which should certainly be on the bookshelves of all who
are interested in the gentle science. — E.G.

doKE of Norfolk and his Friends : The Life of Thomas William
Coke, First Earl of Leicester, of the Second Creation, containing
an account of his ancestry, surroundings, public services and
private friendships, including many unpublished letters from
noted men of his day, British and American. By A. M. W.
Stirling, and a supplement containing a full list of all the
descendants of the subject of this memoir, by the well-known
Genealogist, Mr. R. M. Glencross, m.a., f.r.s.a.i., with photo-
gravure and other illustrations.
To be published by John Lane, London and New York, in two

volumes. Price 32s. net.

Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society.

This journal is one full of information for all interested in old
and quaint historical, literary, and artistic records. A glance at
the list of honorary officers is sufficient to ensure the reader of the
efficiency of the style and compilation of The Journal. Amongst
other things of interest are papers by members of the Society
descriptive of historical places, historical ballads and poems, short
notes on items of interest collected from the people, which would
otherwise be lost to future generations ; queries and answers very
helpful to searchers of genealogy, &c, book notices and reviews.

The illustrations are very good, as, for example, that of the
"chimney-piece in Old Bawn House," which appears with an

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excellent paper contributed by Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of
Arms. In the last three parts of the Journal instalments have
been given of the original and very human "Autobiography of Pole
Cosby of Stradbally, Queen's County." The portion printed in the
number for July, 1907, is in some ways the most entertaining. It
is full of pithy character-sketches of contemporary notabilities.
For instance, " Judge Parnell dyed at Rathleigh of a fever in June
1727, was an agreeable man enough in company, good-humoured
and ready to oblige and full of complysance and fine speeches but
that he was very insincere and full of derideings behind Backs, he
was but a so so judge he had neither the part nor knowledge y' his
high post required, he was but a mushroom, a man of no family at
all at all." The autobiography extends apparently from 1703-
1737. It is accompanied by elaborate chart pedigrees compiled by
Lord Walter FitzGerald, showing Pole Cosby's relationship with
the Meredyths, Blunts, Berkeleys, Warrens, and other families of
note. The autobiography is to be continued in future numbers.
The Journal is one to be strongly recommended to all interested in
the County Kildare.— N.W.

Ball Family Records ; being Genealogical Memoirs of Anglo-Irish
Families of Ball, with Notes on some English and American
Balls. Second edition, enlarged and revised. Compiled by
the Rev. William Ball Wright, m.a. To be published by
Sampson Low, Marston, & Co., Ltd., 17a Paternoster Row,
London, E.C., in 1908. There will be 200 copies, at 10s. 6d.
each copy.

The following are the contents : — Chapter I. Early mention of
the name Ball. Chapter II. The family of Ball of St. Audoen's
Parish, Dublin, Bally gall, County Dublin, and Ballsgrove, County
Meath, with notices of Archbishops Henry and James Ussher;
Bartholomew Walter, Nicholas, Robert, and Edward Ball, Mayors
of Dublin. Chapter III. The Balls of Baldrummin, Parish of
Lusk, County Dublin. Chapter IV. The Balls of Enniskillen,
also of Cookestown, County Meath, and Philadelphia ; with notices
of Rev. Thos. Ball, the famous schoolmaster, and of the Blackball
family. Chapter V. The Balls of Counties Armagh, Louth, and
Kilkenny, and of Ontario. Chapter VI. The Balls of Ardee, County
Louth, with notices of Sergeant John Ball, m.p. ; Judge Nicholas
Ball, John Ball, f.s.a., late President of the Alpine Club, and
Mother Frances Ball. Chapter VII. The Balls of Bampton,
County Devon, afterwards of Youghal and Dublin, with notices of
Dr. Robert Ball, the naturalist, and his sons, Sir Robert and Sir
Chas. Ball, and Dr. Valentine Ball. Chapter VIII. The Balls of
St. Mary's Parish, Dublin, with notices of James Benjamin Ball,
banker, and of Rt. Hon. John T. Ball, late Lord Chancellor of

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Ireland. Chapter IX. The Balls of Ballymoney, County Antrim,
and Shannon, County Donegal. Chapter X. The Balls of
St. Michan's Parish, Dublin. Chapter XI. The Balls of Hackney,
Middlesex. Chapter XII. The Balls of Richmond, Philadelphia.
Chapter XIII. The Balls of Virginia and Mary Ball, mother of
George Washington, Pictures of Lord Chancellor Ball and other
leading members of the several families, and their coats-of- arms, will
be inserted. Appendix of documents. Index of proper names.

History of the Family of Cairnes or Cairns and its Connections.
By Henry Cairnes Lawlor. Price 21s. net. Published by
Messrs. R. Carswell & Son, Belfast.

The author of this work has, after many years of careful
research, compiled a most elaborate genealogical history of the now
widely spread family of Cairnes, and its vast number of branches
and sub-branches, covering the six centuries commencing with the
beginning of the fourteenth century. The book is full of anecdote,
and of vast interest to all of the name, most of whom will find, if
not an unbroken pedigree, at least such links as will probably
enable them to trace one. Besides the many branches of the
Cairnes family fully recorded in the male lines, the book has more
or less exhaustive accounts of families descended from that of
Cairnes through females, among which are the following : —

Crichton of Cairns and Strat-
hurd.

Henderson of Donegal.

Singer.

Seaver of Heath Hall.

Bellingham of Castlebellingham.

M'Clure of Belmont.

Kirkpatrick of Kirkmichael.

Maxwell of Drumcoltran.

Maxwell of Orchardton (with a
hitherto unpublished account of
the dormant baronetcy of Max-
well).

Westenra of Monaghan.

The Earls of Huntingdon.
Elliot of Fermanagh.
Montgomery of Lisduff.
Montgomery of Springvale.
Montgomery of Killee.
Moore, of Moorehall, County

Down.
Lawlor, formerly of Disert.
Donaldson.

M'Cartney of Leathes.
Macartney of Lissanoure.
Hamilton of Craighlaw.
Borthwick of Pilmuir.
&c.

Interesting historical accounts of the following places are also
given : —

Cairns Castle (with illustration).

Orchardton Tower (with illustra-
tion).

Torr, Auchencairne, Barnbar-
roch, Kipp, Cults, &c, in the
Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.

Rossmore Castle (with illustra-
tion).

The Manors of Killyfaddy and
Cecil.

Pilmuir (with illustration).

Lincluden Abbey.
&c.

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A special large quarto edition de luxe, limited to forty copies,
on hand-made paper, half morocco, and containing list of sub-
scribers, &c, has been issued at £3 3s. A few copies of this are
still available.

Succession of Parochial Clergy, United Diocese of Cashel and

Emly.

At the suggestion of several of the clergy, the Eev. St. John
Seymour proposes drawing up, and publishing in book form, a list
of Rectors and Curates for every parish in the United Diocese of
Cashel and Emly, from as early a date as possible.

This small volume in no way pretends to be a complete History
of the United Diocese : such a work to be properly carried out would
entail years of patient research, and would run into hundreds of
pounds. This book will principally consist of names and dates,
with some brief notes of interest on, the clergy, building of churches,
&c, &c, and will be arranged on the following plan : — First there
will be given a list of Deans and other dignitaries for each diocese.
Then the present Unions (as far as they can be accurately deter-
mined) will be taken in alphabetical order, split up, and the Rectors
and Curates of each of the component parishes given, with dates of
Unions where recorded.

The work, which has the approval and support of the Rt. Rev.
the Bishop of Cashel and many of the clergy, ought to be extremely
interesting to every churchman in the diocese, as it will show at a
glance how each present parish came into being. Many men will
also be able to recognize the names of their ancestors and relatives,
and to trace their ascent from humble curates to dignitaries.

As the printing, binding, and publishing of the book, small
though it be, will entail a large expenditure, and as it cannot be
commenced until it is felt that there is a sufficient guarantee to
cover the net expenses, the author has determined to publish it by
subscription, and hopes that all will liberally support a work which
has never been attempted before, and which ought to prove a valu-
able diocesan record. Subscriptions of 3s. and upwards will entitle
subscribers to a copy of the work post free. After publication the
price will be raised to 4s. In the event of any unforeseen occur-
rence arising which might prevent the completion of the book, all
subscriptions will be returned in full. A list of subscribers will be
printed at the end of the volume.

Subscriptions should be sent as soon as possible to the Author,
the Rev. St. John Seymour, b.d., Church House, Dovea, Thurles,
County Tipperary.

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PREFACE

rtt\ HE year 1908 marks the twenty-first year of the existence
^■■^ of our Association, which, in spite of many difficulties,
has continued to prosper. Founded in 1888 by the late Colonel
Philip Doyne Vigors, f.r.s.a.i., of Holloden, Bagenalstown,
County Carlow, the first Journal was issued in that year. The
Association then had a membership of 57, and its income was
only £21 12s. 6d., and the Journal comprised 36 pages.
Our membership now stands at 199, and includes 18 life
members and 31 libraries and societies. The income for 1908
has reached the sum of £150 9s. 5d., the largest ever received;
while our Journal for the year 1908 comprises 350 pages,
including the Preface and Funeral Entries. We are glad to
announce that the following have become members of our
Association since December 1st, 1907: — The Most Rev. Richard
A. Sheehan, d.d., f.r.s.a.i., Bishop of Waterford ; the Duke of
Leinster; The OConor Don, h.m.l. for the County Roscommon;
Rev. Canon Conlan, p.p., m.r.i.a. ; Rev. H. L. L. Denny ;
J. Hewetson, Esq.; Charles E. A. Roper, Esq.; John Mulhall,
Esq., m.r.i.a. ; The Hon. J. D. FitzGerald, k.c. ; Captain B. J.
Jones ; William J. Reynolds, Esq. ; Pierce L. Nolan, Esq. ;
Thomas G. H. Green, Esq., m.r.i.a. ; Patrick Higgins, Esq. ;
Dr. Stanley Lane Poole, m.a. ; Mrs. Whish ; S. P. G. Davies,
Esq. ; A. B. E. Hillas, a.b. ; V. Hussey-Walsh, Esq. ; The
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston ; The
Office of Arms, Dublin ; and the Newberry Library, Chicago.

Our membership for 1908 shows an increase of 15 as
compared with our membership for 1907.

It is with the deepest regret that we have to record the
death of Sir Edmund Bewley, ll.d., f.s.a., m.r.i.a., and f.r.s.a.i.,
who joined our Association in the year 1903, and came on the
Committee of Management in the same year. By his death we
have lost a kind friend, a distinguished genealogist, and an
accomplished classical scholar. The following notice is taken
from the Irish Times of 29th June, 1908 :—

" The name of Mr. Justice Bewley — to give him the title which
appertained to the culminating period of his legal career — will
always be associated with the administration of the code of Land
Laws which are the peculiar possession of this country. To him,
for many years, fell the duty of construing many difficult Acts of
Parliament which settled rights as between landlord and tenant.
Accordingly his name figures largely in the case-made law regu-
lating the tenure and possession of Irish land. But, in addition,
he found time to embark on work as an author, and was a
recognized authority on genealogy and kindred subjects. In his
various writings he evinced a ripe scholarship as well as a graceful
diction, and his grasp of detail was remarkable.

" Edmund T. Bewley was the only son of Dr. Edward Bewley,
of Moate, County Westmeath, who had an extensive medical
practice in the Midlands. His mother was one of the ancient
Mulock family, of King's County, whose history was recently
written by him. Sir Edmund Bewley was born in 1837, and was
educated at Trinity College, of which he was a Classical Scholar in
1857. His university career was marked by many successes,
and amongst the distinctions won by him were : — First Senior
Moderator and Gold Medallist in Experimental and Natural Science,
1859 ; Bachelor of Arts, 1860 ; Master of Arts, 1863 ; and Doctor
of Laws in 1885. In the old Queen's University he also took out
his Arts Degrees with honours, winning a gold medal for Experi-
mental Science in 1861. The following year he was called to the
Bar, and was soon in the enjoyment of an extensive practice. He
became a Queen's Counsel in 1882, and was elected a Bencher of
King's Inns in 1886. About this time he had attained a consider-
able name as a lawyer, and was standing counsel to Dublin
Corporation in the time of the late of Mr. J. M'Sheehy, Law Agent.
In 1884 he was appointed Regius Professor of Feudal and English
Law in Dublin University — a position which he filled until 1890,
when he was promoted to the Bench, and became Judicial Commis-
sioner of the Irish Land Commission, in succession to the late

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Mr. Litton. Having filled this position with distinction for eight
years, he was compelled, by failing health, to retire from public life,
and on his retirement he was honoured by Queen Victoria with a
Knighthood of the Bath. Amongst his most important legal
publications were ' The Law and Practice of the Taxation of Costs '
(1867); 'A Treatise on the Chancery (Ireland) Act, 1867' (1868,
joint author) ; and ' A Treatise on the Common Law Procedure
Acts' (1871). In 1902 he published the first of his genealogical
works, ' The Bewleys of Cumberland ' ; the second book, in which
he dealt with ' The Family of Mulock,' appeared in 1905, while his
last book, ' The Family of Poe,' was issued in the following year.
It is interesting to note that in this work he traces the relationship
of the Irish family to that of the American poet, Edgar Allan Poe.
Sir Edmund Bewley was also a frequent contributor to many
antiquarian publications, such as ' The Genealogist ' and ' The
Ancestor,' while his name has also figured in ' The Transactions of
the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian and Archaeological
Society.' His writings are remarkable for the historical knowledge
and deep research which they reveal, while their value in the domain
of family history is widely recognized. Sir Edmund Bewley held a
Commission of the Peace for the Counties of Dublin, Wicklow, and
Cavan. He married in 1866 Miss Anna Sophia Stewart Colles,
daughter of Mr. Henry Cope Colles, Barrister-at-Law, of Monkstown,
County Dublin. As a lawyer he was deeply read, and as an advocate
he was able and earnest. He was serenely at home in dry-as-dust
legal arguments. On one occasion in the Court of Appeal he had
laboured for hours some knotty, abstruse points in a very dull case.
So dull was the case, indeed, that the only auditor besides the
bench of judges and the opposing counsel was one sleepy man in
the gallery. Lord Justice Barry, to whose sense of humour this
strongly appealed, furtively passed down a note to the counsel on
the other side, impressing the point of the missive with a droll
wink. On the note was written, ' If there is applause after this
speech, I will have the court instantly cleared.'

11 As a judge, Sir Edmund Bewley earned a reputation for sound
legal acumen, as well as for rigid impartiality between landlord
and tenant. His bearing on the bench was full of quiet dignity,
and his style of conducting a court was as excellent as that of any
judge we know. A man of kindly, philanthropic nature, he was
associated in various ways with the cause of charity. The news
of his death will be learned with deep regret by a very wide
community, and especially by his legal friends, among whom he
was highly esteemed."

We also regret to record the death of the Earl of Drogheda,
who became a member of our Association in the year 1905, and
took a great interest in our work.

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The objects of our Association are as follows : —

I. — To endeavour to rouse the attention of the Clergy and
Laity to the present generally very disgraceful state of
the burial grounds in Ireland, and to enlist their sympathy
and active aid in getting them into better order, and
enclosed, where they require it ; to strive to have them
preserved and protected, and treated with the respect and
veneration due to them.

II. — To secure a record of all existing tombs and

monuments of any interest — by having their inscrip-
tions carefully and accurately copied ; and to obtain
information, as far as possible, regarding those that have
been removed or destroyed.

III. — To watch carefully works carried on in, and about, churches,
&c, so as to prevent injury to monuments
and tombstones.

IV. — To repair tombs of National interest where the
present representatives of the deceased are not in a
position to do so, and when the funds admit of it — as
has been done in the case of Richard Millikin's tombstone
at Douglas, Co. Cork (the author of " The Groves of
Blarney "), and several other tombs.

V. — To print a Journal, with illustrations and copies of
inscriptions, and also such other matter connected with
the Ancient Memorials of the dead in this country as may
be thought desirable.

VI. — The printing of extracts of interest from chapter-books,
parochial and other registers and records, is thought very
desirable ; and the Clergy are earnestly requested
to furnish them, as well as any other information
they can give connected with their churches and parishes,
and used and disused burial-grounds.

VII. — Accounts of ancient fonts, bells, church plate, and

memorial glass, are also requested, with sketches, photo-
graphs, or rubbings ; and copies of inscriptions and
"Hall-marks" thereon.

A circular, an extract from which is here reproduced, was
issued together with two specimen pages and an illustration
of the Journal this year : —

" The Committee of the Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead in Ireland earnestly appeals to all interested
in the preservation of the memorials of the dead in Ireland to send

to the Honorary Editor, for insertion in their Journal, copies of
inscriptions from tombstones and tablets, as well as descriptions of
any coats-of-arms thereon (or photographs, sketches, and rubbings
of them, as the latter when reproduced as illustrations are quite
as important as the former), and such other material down to the
year 1864 as may be suitable for the Journal, such as extracts
from chapter-books and registers. Descriptions of ancient fonts,
bells, church-plate, and memorial-glass, with sketches, photographs,
or rubbings, and copies of inscriptions and hall-marks thereon,
will also be useful. It is within the power of all to help, as,
besides copying inscriptions, extracts from trustworthy publications,
dealing with sepulchral monuments and lettered stones, are also
welcome. In the latter case, the source they are taken from should
always be acknowledged."

The following are some of the reviews of our Journal for
the year 1907. We tender to the respective Editors our warmest
thanks for the reviews and support that they have given us.

" The Antiquary,"* November, 1907, New Series, vol. iii,
No. 2, page 434 (vol. xliii, from commencement) : —

11 We have received the new part (No. 1 of Part I. for 1907) of
the ' Journal of the Irish Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead ' — a Society whose work we took occasion to
commend a few months ago. This part of eighty-eight pages, plus
twenty-four of ' Funeral Entries,' contains a great number of
monumental inscriptions of varying interest and importance. The
preservation of all is important to genealogists and all interested
in family history. It may be noted, too, that coats-of-arms on
monuments are often of great use as evidence for Confirmations of
Arms. Such Confirmations are only granted by the Office of
Arms, Dublin, where proof can be given of the user of a certain
coat in a family for at least 100 years ; and among the various
forms of proof accepted — old seals, book-plates, and so on — are
arms on monuments. In the part before us pp. 78-85 are of
unusual, if rather ghoulish, interest. These pages contain a very
vivid description of the vaults under St. Michan's Church, Dublin,
and of their extraordinarily heterogeneous contents — tombs, coffins,
and human remains. The account is illustrated by two plates,
one depicting the interior of one of the vaults with its open
coffins, and the other, which we are kindly allowed to reproduce
on this page, showing the recumbent effigy of a bishop, supposed
to be that of the founder of the church, St. Michanus, which
occupies a niche in the south wall of the nave, above the vaults,

* Published by Eliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Eow, London.

and represents him in alb, chasuble, and mitre, holding a pastoral
staff. It is of granite, but has been whitewashed over. The
' Funeral Entries,' or certificates, mentioned above, and which
are separately paged, are copied from a manuscript volume now in
the British Museum. This volume is one of a series of eighteen
preserved in the Office of Arms, Dublin Castle. How it became
detached and found its way into the British Museum is not known,
but the copy, of which the first instalment is here printed, has
been made to fill the gap in the Dublin set. The Entries, says
Lord Walter FitzGerald, the editor, ' date from the end of the
sixteenth century to the commencement of the eighteenth, when
the practice of the Ulster King of- Arms of the period, or his deputy,
officially attending the funeral ceremony at the request of the
relatives of the deceased, was practically discontinued ; in those
times, on the receipt of a fee, the demise was duly registered in
Ulster's Office.' Mr. Peirce Gun Mahony, Cork Herald, informs
us that Funeral Entries can still be made for a fee of £3, and
further points out that in the second edition of ' The Right to Bear
Arms,' by 'X.' (published by Mr. Eliot Stock), a very good
account is given of the history of Funeral Certificates in Ireland."

" The Kilkenny Moderator," 15th April, 1908 :—

" We have before us an interesting circular, which has just been
issued, in which the Committee earnestly appeals to all interested
in the preservation of the memorials of the dead in Ireland, to send
to the Honorary Editor (Lord Walter FitzGerald, m.r.i.a., Kilkea
Castle, Mageney, County Kildare), for insertion in their Journal,
copies of inscriptions from tombstones and tablets, as well as
descriptions of any coat-of-arms thereon (or photographs, sketches,
and rubbings of them, as the latter when reproduced as illustrations
are quite as important as the former), and such other material
down to the year 1864, as may be suitable for the Journal, such as
extracts from chapter-books and registers. Descriptions of ancient
fonts, bells, church-plate, and memorial glass, with sketches,
photographs, or rubbings, and copies of inscriptions and hall-marks
thereon, will also be useful.

" This Association was founded in 1888 by the late Colonel
Philip Doyne Vigors, of Holloden, County Carlow, who entered
upon the duties of Honorary Secretary with such zeal and
enthusiasm that in the course of a short period he had accumulated
and published an amount of matter of so much interest and
importance in this special sphere of antiquarian research, that the
foundations of the Society were laid on a deep, solid, and an
enduring basis. A feeling of universal satisfaction was experienced
in the ranks of the Irish antiquaries, when the office of Honorary
Secretary left vacant by Colonel Vigors' death was accepted by
Lord Walter FitzGerald, one of our most eminent archaeologists

and antiquaries, an able and a facile writer on these and kindred
topics, as was his father, the 4th Duke of Leinster, author of ' The
Earls of Kildare,' whose death evoked so touching a tribute of
regard and esteem from the late Queen Victoria. Lord Walter
FitzGerald has been a voluminous contributor to archaaologicai
publications at home and abroad, and his success as Honorary
Editor of the ' Journal of the Association for the Preservation of
the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland,' has placed that most
interesting and invaluable publication in the front place of every
similar work ever before brought out."

" The Antiquary,"* April, 1908, New Series, vol. iv, No. 4,
page 152 (vol. xliv from commencement) : —

"No. 2 of part 1 for 1907 (vol. vii) of the 'Journal of the
Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in
Ireland ' is a substantial number, with numerous illustrations of
slabs, inscriptions, and arms. It contains copies of inscriptions
from many parts of Ireland. Several of the illustrations show
inscriptions which are now partially or wholly illegible. In
Limerick Cathedral, for example, there is a mural slab to a prior
of the Augustinians, who died in 1531, one word of the inscription
on which is quite illegible. On another slab in the same church a
name has been similarly obliterated by time. These instances serve
to show how useful a function the Association is now performing ;
for many of the inscriptions which it has faithfully copied and
preserved in this and the preceding volume will be equally illegible
before many more years have passed. Facing p. 128 a good plate
is given, from a rubbing by Lord Walter FitzGerald, of a curiously
sculptured slab in Limerick Cathedral. The narrow brown slab
bears grotesque animals, foliage, and a cross, all cut in bold relief.
It is curious to find a slab in Dunlavin Church, County Wicklow,
commemorative of the generosity of a cornet, Anthony Hathorne,
1681. The American novelist's ancestors, who went to New England
from Wiltshire, all spelt their name 'Hathorne.' The part, which
also contains a further instalment, separately paged, of the ' Funeral
Entries of Ireland,' is full of valuable matter. Besides the copies
of inscriptions, there are many genealogical and heraldic notes, which
increase the value of the Journal to all students of genealogy and
family history."

" The Genealogist,"! Jub7> 1908, New Series, vol. xxxv,
part 1, page 71 : —

"It is impossible to take up one of the 'Journals of the Associa-
tion for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland '

* Published by Eliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Bow, London.

t Published by William Pollard and Co., Limited, Exeter, England.

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without admiring the energy and public spirit of those who are
combining to rescue from oblivion and destruction the memorials of
past ages, and without a strong feeling of regret that a similar
society is no longer in existence in England. The Association
owes much to its Editor, Lord Walter FitzGerald, who has been
indefatigable in promoting its objects, and who has contributed a
considerable proportion of the inscriptions contained in this volume.
Among so many interesting monuments it is difficult to make a
selection, and we have space to mention only a few ; but the Dermont
slab now in the Roman Catholic Church at Lusk ; the tomb of
Maud Plunkett in Malahide Churchyard, with the well-executed
illustration accompanying it ; and the inscriptions from Trinity
College, Dublin, are all worthy of special mention. At p. 35
appears the inscription on a tablet in Glasnevin Churchyard to
Dr. Delany, Dean of Down, husband to the witty and talented
Mrs. Delany ; and on p. 47 we notice the monument erected by
Chief Justice Keatinge to his wife Grace, whose first husband, Sir
Richard Shuckburgh, of Shuckburgh, County Warwick, was a
valiant cavalier. As a Supplement to the Journal, with a separate
pagination, some Irish Funeral Entries are in this volume com-
menced, and should prove a great attraction to subscribers. These
have been copied from a manuscript now in the British Museum,
but formerly belonging to the Office of Arms, Dublin Castle. It is
curious that a few of these certificates relate to English people who
resided chiefly in Norfolk and Suffolk, and whose connexion with
Ireland is not apparent."

" Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society,"*
July, 1908, vol. v, No. 6, page 468 :—

" Just twenty years ago the late Colonel P. D. Vigors founded
the ' Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead
in Ireland,' with the principal object of recording in print all tomb-
stone inscriptions throughout the length and breadth of Ireland.
This important and very extensive work is still being carried on ;
and, judging by the two parts of the Journal for 1907, it is being
well kept up to its former high standard.

" The older, and the more illegible, an inscription is, the greater
is the necessity of recording it before it is too late ; and not only is
weather-wear to blame for obliterating an inscription, but frequently
sheer wantonness or culpable carelessness has been the means of
destroying many an interesting memorial of the dead. Ancient slabs
have been utilized as foundations for a church stove ; others have
been converted into steps for the churchyard stile ; and in a dozen
different ways they have been made use of by vandals or ignorant

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persons to serve any purpose except what they were originally
intended for ; and this has been done, as a rule, to save the
expenditure of a few shillings.

" This vandalism is of an ancient date, as Hanmer, in his
1 Chronicle of Ireland,' compiled in 1571 (page 346 of the edition
of 1809), states that Kichard le Marshall, Lord of Leinster, who
died from wounds received in a battle fought on the Curragh in
April, 1233, ' lieth buried by his brother William in the Blacke
Fryers at Kilkennye, which was the foundation of William, Earl
Marshall, his father. His tombe (with the tombes of eighteene
Knights that came over at the Conquest, and resting in that Abbey),
at the suppression of that Monasterie, was defaced, and inhabitants
there turned them to their private uses ; and of some they made
swine-troughs, so as there remaineth no Monument in the said
Abbey, save one Stone, whereupon the picture of a Knight is
portraied, bearing a shield about his necke, wherein the Cantwels'
armes are insculped ; and yet the people there called it ' Ryddir-in-
Curry,' that is, ' the Knight slaine at the Curraghe.'

" Another instance is that of the tomb of Gerald, eighth Earl of
Kildare (who died in 1513), erected by him in the Lady Chapel
of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, in 1503, and which was
demolished between the years 1677 and 1705 by the Very Rev.
William Moreton, Dean of Christ Church (and afterwards Bishop
of Kildare), when he was making some alterations in the Cathedral
buildings.

" In the last number of the Jouknal, too, Mr. H. F. Berry con-
tributes an inscription (copied in 1891 by the Rev. Maurice Day)
from a FitzGerald slab, dated 1711, belonging to a Waterford mer-
chant, which now lies some feet beloiv the chancel floor of the Cathedral
at Waterford ; surely at the time of the alterations in the Cathedral
in 1891 it was somebody's business to have seen that this slab
should not have been buried, for all time probably.

" These and many other instances all show the urgent necessity
of describing and illustrating old monuments, and not only those
of an ancient date, but also modern tombstones, as they are liable
to destruction by the collapse of a part of the church ruin, or the
fall of a tree ; while others become sunk deep in the ground, or (if
a flat slab) get covered with clay from an interment beside it, and
so in time a sod forms, and the slab is lost to view.

11 When the Association is doing such valuable work, both for
the antiquary and for the genealogist, it is a pity that it does not
meet with the support it deserves, as its list of members is by no
means as long as it should be. All who take an interest in the
Association's work are welcome to its ranks ; and if any of our
members would like to join, all they have to do is to communicate
with the Hon. Treasurer, E. R. McC. Dix, m.r.i.a., 17 Kildare
Street, Dublin."

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The Freeman's Journal, Tuesday, August 4th, 1908,
page 4 : —

"The publication of the Journal for 1907 of the Association
for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland will,
we hope, serve once again to call attention to the invaluable work
in the fields of Irish History and Archa?ology of an organisation
which is little known to the public, and is not fully or even fairly
appreciated by those who profess to be interested in the preservation
of Irish antiquities, or dabble in the abstruse sciences of genealogy
and heraldry. It is the unhappy fate of the antiquary either to be
wholly neglected or looked on as an amiable lunatic, whose labours
are about as practical and profitable as those of the faithful few
who1 seek a crock of gold where the rainbow rests. We are afraid
the list of members of the Association which is given in Part II. of
the Journal is eloquent of this contempt. The membership roll
does not number two hundred names, and of this total a com-
paratively large percentage is British or foreign. Of course, it may
be that the Association and its work have been overlapped and
overshadowed in some degree by what may be called the parent
organisations — the Royal Irish Academy and the Koyal Society of
Antiquaries — but even if we allow this excuse, it is difficult to
believe that there are little more than one hundred people in Ireland
who care to the extent of ten shillings a year for the preservation
of the Memorials of our Irish Dead. It must be confessed with
regret that past experience has given us little reason to hope for
the future. "We may be forgiven if, turning for a moment to a
branch of work which does not come strictly within the scope of
the Association, we say that in Dublin alone the Memorials of the
Dead have been shamefully neglected. The lettered alien who
visits us must often suspect Dublin of having lost that pride in the
past which should belong to the capital of a nation. Where, for
instance, is the house in which Swift was born ? Obliterated years
ago. Not one stone stands on another, no tablet marks its site,
and he that is anxious to know what it looked like, must turn to a
drawing in a scarce memoir by the late Sir William Wilde. Again,
where are the tablets which should tell us the houses of Grattan,
Flood, Forster, Curran, Yelverton, Plunket, Bushe, Clare, Clonmell,
Castlereagh, and the other archangels and archdemons of the
strenuous political life of the eighteenth century? Where is the
tablet which should mark the house of O Connell in Merrion Square,
and what excuse can we advance for neglecting the birth-places or
residences of Burke, Mangan, George Petrie, Madden, 0 Donovan,
Charles Halliday, and Lady Morgan ? Yet we enjoy the inheritance
they left us, and their life-work has gone to make Ireland famous
among the nations for statesmanship, archaeology, and letters. If
what is obvious and to our hands is thus ignored, there is little for

surprise in the fact that the ruined churches, the mutilated effigies,
the half obliterated epitaphs, and the overgrown churchyards of
the countryside should lie forgotten except by the Jonathan
Oldbucks of such a valuable organization as that whose work for
1907 lies before us.

" The Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the
Dead in Ireland has now some twenty years of most useful labour
behind it — labour which in the main cannot but be of the highest
value in the future to the archaeologist and the historian. In view
of what we have said about the scanty support which the Associa-
tion receives, it may be not out of place to state briefly its objects.
They are, in the first place, to call the attention of the clergy and
laity to the " very disgraceful state " of many of the burial-grounds
in Ireland ; to secure a record of all existing tombs and monuments
of any interest, and to guard them from injury ; to repair tombs of
national interest, and to print extracts from chapter books and
parish registers, and accounts of ancient fonts, bells, church plate,
and memorial glass. It will be seen from this skeleton outline of
its programme, that the Association has undertaken its labour of
love in one of the most neglected fields of Irish archaeology ; yet in
spite of the pride which the cultured Irishman is supposed to
take in the yesterday of his race, the interest shown by local
antiquaries — on whom alone the Association depends — is on the
whole very lukewarm. We therefore endorse the appeal made by
the organization to the clergy of the country to assist it in its
work of observation. There is no educated class in the community
who can do so much in this respect. They are the custodians of
graveyards, registers, chapter books, fonts, bells, church plate,
monuments, and memorial glass— in fact, ready to their hands
there lies a wealth of material of intense interest from the
ecclesiastical, archaeological, and genealogical point of view. The
turning of a key in a vestry press will discover many quaint and
interesting facts that lie mouldering and forgotten ; the brushing
aside of the pall of rank weeds and grasses which nature — more
careful of the memory of the dead than vandal man — has woven
over them in congested graveyards may reveal an inscription of
great historical and genealogical value — as in the case of the
monument to the descendant of Bishop Bedell in Belturbet Church.
The value of the work which is being done by the Association can
best be realised when we recall the vicissitudes of Irish ecclesiastical
buildings. During the centuries they have passed through almost
every kind of trouble. They have been sacked, pillaged, burnt, and
secularised ; their records have been scattered or destroyed ; their
monuments defaced, outraged, and dishonoured; their plate stolen
and melted down, and to-day comparatively little remains to tell of
the ancient splendour of the Irish Church. The ruined shell of an
abbey, the mutilated effigy of a pious founder, or a broken altar-

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tomb, its inscription half illegible, is too often the only remnant of
some once great ecclesiastical foundation. It is to these melancholy
waifs of antiquity — as well as more modern memorials — that the
Association tries to extend its protection ; and we venture to express
the hope that its labours will receive a more generous recognition.

" The packed pages of the two volumes of the Journal for 1907
show how widespread and intensely interesting have been the
labours of the members of the Association during the year. They
€ontain reports from twenty-eight counties, and in the City and
County of Dublin alone no fewer than eighteen graveyards have
been laid under contribution. Perhaps the most immediately inte-
resting of the inscriptions are those taken from the weather-worn
and little-known tombs which lie — to our mind shamefully — exposed
to the elements at the back of Trinity College Chapel, where they
were placed when the old Chapel was rebuilt in 1798. From there
we have the epitaphs of Provost Baldwin, whose monument stands
in the College Theatre ; of Sir William Temple, another Provost,
who sat for the College in the Irish House of Commons from 1613
until 1627; of Provost Francis Andrews, the 'Bumperoso' of
' Baratariana,' the lover of Dolly Monroe and the object of Town-
shend's rhyming jibes at his infatuation ; of Luke Challoner, one of
the founders of Trinity ; and of John Stearne. Next in interest —
so far as Dublin is concerned — is the information collected in Old
Glasnevin Graveyard, one of the half-dozen reputed burial-places of
Robert Emmet. From this ancient burial-place inscriptions have
been taken from the tombs of Thomas Tickell — ' whose highest
honour was that of being the friend of Addison ' — William Orr
Hamilton, Dr. Patrick Delany. and the famous ' Jackey ' Barrett,
some time Vice-Provost of Trinity College. There is also some
little interest attaching to the epitaphs taken from the Trevor
monument in St. Paul's Protestant Church because of the statement
made a few years ago that Emmet's remains were placed in the
Trevor vault by the grace of Dr. Trevor, Superintendent of Kilmain-
ham Jail in 1803. We can only indicate the wealth of material
which is to be found in the Journal of the Association ; but we
must make reference to the finely reproduced series of illustrations of
medieval tombs and effigies. Chief amongst these is the uninscnbed
effigy of a mail-clad figure in Timolin graveyard. In spite of the
fact that the shield bears a rude attempt at arms, the effigy is
unidentified, but it is supposed to be that of Robert Lord of Norragh
(Narraghmore), who founded a nunnery at Timolin early in the
reign of King John, and the oldest knight's effigy in Ireland.
Other interesting plates are those showing the Dermont slab in
Lusk Catholic Church (circa 1537), the Maud Plunkett tomb in
Malahide (fifteenth century), the Rory ' bui ' MacMahon slab at
Kilmore, County Meath (1575), and the Muirgheas O'Concannon
slab at Abbey Knockmoy, County Galway, supposed to date from

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the twelfth or thirteenth century. In all there are thirty-two most
valuable illustrations in the Journal, which also contains an
illustrated account of the celebrated vaults under St. Michan's
Church, written by Sir Arthur Vicars twenty years ago. In
printing a selection of Irish Funeral Entries the Editor, Lord
Walter FitzGerald, says that Ulster King-of-Arms refused the
Association permission to publish the Entries in their entirety.
These valuable documents exist only in manuscript, and, as the
Editor points out, referring to the disappearance of the Insignia of
St. Patrick, they are not safe either from loss or destruction.
Perhaps the new regime in the Office of Arms may be less conserva-
tive and grant permission to have the documents put into a form
which would at least make posterity to some extent independent of
thievish designs or destruction by fire. At present one of the
volumes of the set of Entries is in the British Museum, and no one
seems to know when or how it migrated from the Castle Yard to
Bloomsbury."

" The Anglo-Celt," August 29th, 1908, page 3 :—

"The latest issue of the 'Journal of the Association for the
Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland ' (vol. vii,
No. 2 of part I, 1907), which is now in the twenty-first year of its
existence, shows unabated zeal and industry on the part of its
devoted conductors, and of its equally voluntary supporters through-
out the greater part of Ireland. In no country is there so much
need of an Association of this kind as in Ireland, where the grave-
yards as a rule are left in a most discreditable condition, and even
historic family tombs allowed to fall to pieces for want of a little
timely attention on the part of those who ought to be most
interested in their preservation. Even to those to whom graveyards
themselves are places to be shunned, the long and varied list of
mortuary inscriptions reproduced in this Journal forms very curious
and interesting reading ; whilst the numerous and excellent illus-
trations of the more historic and elaborate tombs given in this
number add very considerably to its attractiveness. If these
voluntary helpers are not as numerous as perhaps might be expected,
it can only happen through the aims and work of the Association
not being yet sufficiently well known, for what task could be better
than to copy out the older and more interesting inscriptions to be
found in all our churchyards, and to forward them to the Honorary
Editor of the Journal, Lord Walter FitzGerald, m.r.i.a., Kilkea
Castle, Mageney, County Kildare, in order to ensure their publica-
tion in due course in the Journal? The present issue affords
distinct proofs of the determination of its Editorial Committee to
extend the field of its usefulness ; for in its preface, for example, is
to be found a very interesting and useful narrative of the origin

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and development of funeral certificates or entries, together with a
list of the fees that used to be paid for making a funeral entry in
the Office of Arms in Ireland. It is not generally known that
funeral entries can still be made, and that the present fee for that
purpose is now £'d. At the end of the Journal there is a con-
tinuance of some funeral entries of Ireland, taken from a MS. in
the British Museum, whilst the Notes and Queries, Book Notices,
and notifications of forthcoming books, of a kind likely to prove of
interest to members of the Association, are of a most serviceable
and entertaining character. A mere cursory glance through the
pages of the present or previous portions of the Journal would, we
feel confident, serve to enlist the continuous work of the Association
in the very laudable endeavour to have proper attention paid to the
hitherto sadly, if not shamefully, neglected memorials of the dead,
not merely in one locality, but all over Ireland. We hope that
some of our readers will send copies of inscriptions from tombstones
and tablets as well as descriptions of any coat-of-arms thereon or
photographs, sketches, or rubbings of the same, in order that the
Editor may have plenty of material for future numbers of the
Journal."

" Notes and Queries,"* Tenth Series, vol. x, page 360,

October 31st, 1908:—

"The membership of the 'Association for the Preservation of
the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland ' now stands at 184, an
increase of 28 as compared with the numbers for 1906. At Tenth
Series, vol. viii, page 118, we spoke of 'the excellent and much-
needed work' which is being done. The present parts of the
Journal for 1907 fully maintain the repute of the Association.
There are several illustrations of arms, effigies, &c, and interesting-
notes are added to some of the inscriptions. Thus in Tinnaclash
Graveyard, County Carlow, the grave of John Cherry, who died in
1861, includes the words 'The [black sheep] of this [parish] know
that I'm lying here, they may [vote] as they please, for they have
no one to fear.' The words in brackets were obliterated to avoid
offence, but were supplied by a man of ninety-four. John Cherry
was 'a low-set, hardy stump of a man,' who ' was disturbed in his
mind,' never wore shoes, and lived on the bounty of his countrymen.
Two records in Kilgullane Churchyard commemorate the conflagra-
tion caused by a young man who attempted to put out a fire in a
barn, where there was dancing, with a large jug of spirits, which he
thought was water. Under Monanimy Churchyard, Cork, it is
noted that 'not a vestige of the ancient church survives — a circum-
stance, perhaps, unprecedented in this country.' There are several

* Published by John C. Francis and J. Edward Francis, Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane, London, E.C.

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inscriptions of prominent members of Trinity College, Dublin. The
tomb of Tickell at Glasnevin explains that ' his highest honour was
that of having been the friend of Addison. Lord Walter FitzGerald
comments on several early inscribed slabs.

"There is a section of 'Notes and Queries'; and some Irish
funeral entries or certificates, from the end of the sixteenth century,
are printed from a manuscript-volume in the British Museum (Add.
MS. 4820). This is one of a set preserved in the Office of Arms,
Dublin Castle. The Editor notes that the Council of the Associa-
tion wished to publish all the Irish funeral entries which exist only
in manuscript ; but apparently the Ulster King-of-Arms refused the
necessary permission. We share the editorial regret at this decision,
which seems to us short-sighted, to say the least.

" The Association prints its transactions in beautiful, clear type,
and nothing is lacking which scholarship and energy can provide.
A slight perusal of the pages before us will show that its labours
are needed, not only to read and preserve the a/jivBpa ypafxixara of
many an inscription, but also to awaken the sense of reverence and
care for the records of those who have gone before."

The Daily Express, November 10th, 1908, page 2 : —

" Having the voluntary societies labouring in our midst and
accomplishing a great deal of valuable but unobtrusive work for
the benefit of the historian, the antiquarian, and the geologist, the
Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead
deserves a share of the public support, and also to have its objects
more generally known than they are at present. The Association,
which owes its origin to the late Colonel Vigors, of Bagenalstown,
Co. Carlow, has already been in existence for twenty years ; and in
the seven volumes of its annual Journal, a copy of the last
number of which is before us, a record of most useful investiga-
tion and researcli has been accumulated, which fully justifies its
foundation, and entitles it to a more generous recognition than it
has hitherto enjoyed. The Association devotes itself to the
preservation of our ancient graveyards, and to making a record of
the more important inscriptions on tombstones and tablets to be
found within them, which, in the course of nature, would gradually
become lost through process of time and decay. In this way many
valuable items of parochial and family history are being saved
from oblivion, as well as other interesting facts connected with the
forgotten dead, which their memorials still retain as a neglected
story. Thanks to the efforts of the County Councils in several
places, many of the venerable burying-grounds which Ireland
contains have been rescued from a condition of disorder and
mouldering decay. This Association has also done a large amount
of similar creditable work by arousing interest in it on the part of

clergy and laity. With this as its principal purpose, its other
objects are to secure a record of all existing tombs and monuments
of any interest, to prepare memorials of national interest, and print
extracts of value from chapter books, parochial and other registers
and records of early date. All these objects are forwarded, and the
work done recorded by the yearly illustrated Journal which the
Association publishes. The two half-yearly numbers of the volume
for 1907 have been most carefully edited, and the information
contained in the various contributions to them is extremely
valuable. A study of their pages will at once prove the utility of
the work in hand, and, appealing, as it does, to a wide circle of
persons who could lend it their individual aid, we bespeak for the
Association a very much more extended membership, a heartier
general support, and the practical help of everyone who, with pen
or camera or sketch-book, can do his or her part to advance a
work with which all can sympathize. All information with respect
to, the Association can be had on application to Mr. E. R. M'C.
Dix, m.r.i. a., 17 Kildare Street, Dublin."

We beg to return our sincere thanks to the following
Societies, namely : — The Royal Society of Antiquaries of
Ireland, The Ulster Archaeological Society, The Waterford and
South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society, The Cork
Historical and Archaeological Society, The Limerick Field Club,
The Galway Archaeological Society, The Kerry Archaeological
and Historical Society, and The County Louth Archaeological
Society, for having sent out a copy of our Circular with the
Journal of their Society.

Our thanks are also due to the Dublin and Provincial
newspapers for kindly inserting particulars of our circular, and
to the following Journals for notices of our Journal: — "The
Reliquary," "The Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica,"
"The Journal of the Limerick Field Club," "The Journal of
the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society," " The Irish
Builder," " The Journal of the Waterford and South-East of
Ireland Archaeological Society," " Celtia," The Kerry Evening
Post, "The Irish Theological Quarterly," The Church of Ireland
Gazette, and " The Irish World" (New York).

A further instalment of the Funeral Certificates (or Entries)
of Ireland appears with this number of the Journal. They

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have a separate pagination. Particulars as to these Funeral
Certificates, together with a short narrative of their origin and
development, will be found in the preface to the Funeral Certifi-
cates, page [1], and in the preface to the Journal for 1907,
vol. vii, No 2, part 1, pages xii to xxiii.

The following account of an Irish funeral may be of interest
to our members. The particulars are taken from extracts out
of letters dated 18th and 21st of August, 1668, and written
from Dublin. They have been printed in the " Calendar of the
State Papers " * relating to Ireland. The papers are preserved
in the Public Record Office, London. There is also a Funeral
Entry relating to Lady Arran in the Office of Arms, Dublin.

Robert Leigh to Joseph Williamson.

August 18th.

" Lord Ossory has left town for Wicklow since I wrote on the
15th, and intends to go thence to Kilkenny when Lady Arran's
funeral is over, and return hither again about September 10.

" Yesterday morning, about ten of o'clock, the Countess of
Arran's body was conveyed out of the late Lord Chancellor's house
in Damaske (Dame Street) Street in this city, where (being brought
embalmed from Chapel-Izard, where her ladyship died about a
month ago), it lay in great state ever since, attended with all the
ceremonies accustomed upon such occasions, and then, being put
into the hearse prepared for that purpose, richly adornished with
scutions [scutcheons] and great plumes of black feather, drawn by
six horses, covered with velvet and all accoutrements suitable, was
accompanied through the city with many of the nobility and gentry,
all on horseback in their long mournings, next before the hearse,
several of them carrying in their hands flags of several sizes with
her ladyship's coat-of-arms, and next to them went the King-at-
arms and two heralds in their coats, and then, after the hearse,
followed some persons of quality carrying flags, and next after them
followed about three score coaches with six horses apiece, whereof
ten or twelve next the hearse was in mourning. Many other
coaches of less note followed, and thus we went in good order (the
streets being lined on all sides with the regiments, and being met
at Newgate by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen in their gowns) till
we came to Kilmainham Green, about a mile out of the city, where
the mourners on horseback began to disperse and put off their long

* Volume for the year 1667-1669, edited by Robert Pentland Mahaffy (see
pages 637-641).

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clothes, and those coaches that did not design to go along to
Kilkenny, began to fall off, so that no more order is to be kept of
that kind, but everybody is to take his own way till the hearse
comes to Goran [Gowran] within five miles of Kilkenny, and forty-
two miles from this city, where the company are all to meet again
two days hence, and, in the like order as afore, to accompany the
body into Kilkenny and so straight to the Cathedral Church, where
it is to be buried among my Lord Lieutenant's ancestors. The
gentry of the country in all places as the hearse goes on its way is
to join with it, so that it is thought by the time the body comes to
Gouran [Gowran] there may be five or six thousand in the
company.

August 21st.

"Though we have not much news stirring here, the vigilance of
our governor, so generally beloved, and our own inclinations dis-
posing us to quietness and peace, yet we grow every day more and
more sensible of the loss of the most excellent and incomparable
young lady, the Countess of Arran, a loss so general as that it hath
not only drowned that noble family (which had the honour of her
relation) in mourning and tears, but all who had the happiness to
know her in a very general lamentation. And truly as it hath
pleased God to take her to Himself, so there hath not been wanting
any evidences of honour to her memory. And really her funeral
hath been performed with much grandeur and magnificence suitable
to the high extraction and relation of the deceased lady, so that I
take it to be a piece of justice to give you as particular an account
thereof as my own observation could reach.

" The body after embalming was removed from Chapelizod,
where for some days it lay in black, to a fair new house in Damas
[Dame] Street in Dublin, built by the late Lord Chancellor
Eustace, which was thus fitted for the reception.

" The passage from the great gate, the large common hall and
all other rooms below stairs and the great staircase were adorned
with blacks and scutcheons. Above stairs there were five fair
rooms hung with scutcheons and black cloth from top to bottom,
the largest whereof (being the ante-chamber to the State) was
spread with a footcloth of black bayes of about six foot wide,
leading directly from the entrance into the State. On the right
hand of the State a large passage room hung with fine black cloth
adorned with scutcheons, and back stairs hung with black and
scutcheons for persons to go away, to prevent disorder where so
great a company came.

" The room wherein the state lay was hung with fine black cloth,
the very roof and floor all of black. Over the head of the body
there was erected a noble canopy, cushion, footstool and chair of
state of black velvet, the canopy adorned with several scutcheons,

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and a Majesty scutcheon within it over the chair, with supporters
in form of a lozenge. The ground was raised upon which the
corpse lay, upon the head whereof, on a velvet cushion, was placed a
coronet, upon the body, a rich pall of velvet adorned with scutcheons,
upon each side of the body, and on the ascent were placed three
banner rolls, and at the feet the great banner and pennon. Within
them [were] ten black stands with silver candlesticks and Virgin
wax tapers. These all had a rail without, covered with black to
keep off the crowd. At each banner roll stood constantly a gentle-
woman attendant, and further off several ladies of quality paid their
respects. The whole room which was fair and high was enlightened
with a noble fair silver branch and several carved sconces of the
same metal with wax tapers ; and in all the other rooms stood a
great number of gentlemen in deep mourning, who, in decent
respectful silence, gave reception to those that came to view that
solemnity, which was visited by all of quality, besides multitudes of
people which daily resorted thither.

" After a month's thus lying in state, upon the 17th of August,
inst., the body proceeded towards the city of Kilkenny, after this
form to the best of my observation.

"First two servants, conductors, with black staves, on horse-
back, then above sixty servants all in black ranked in order
according to their quality, after these an ensign of honour, then
the gentry and nobility related in deep mourning. After them
followed the great banner borne by an Earl's son, a relation, then
the steward and comptroller with their staves, then the chaplains,
then one of the officers of arms with the cushion and coronet, on
his left hand the countess's gentleman ussher. After these followed
the principal officer of arms alone, then the body carried in a hearse
of black velvet richly adorned with shields, scutcheons, pencills
(a little flag) and plumes drawn by six horses covered with blacks
and adorned with scutcheons, the horse surrounded with the
banners carried by six persons, the meanest whereof was a knight.
Upon the hearse there did attend eight coaches in mourning, after
them were eighty coaches whereof the greater part had six horses
apiece.

" These, by the diligence of the officers without any disorder or
confusion did decently pass through the streets towards Kilkenny,
the gentlemen of the country in large bodies meeting it upon the
road, most of them being in mourning. The want of accommodation
upon the way for so great a train, and of houses fit for the
reception of that noble personage's body, forced them to pitch up
several tents, in one of the largest whereof, hung [with] scutcheons
and blacks, the hearse was lodged, attended by gentlemen in mourn-
ing ; wherein there were several apartments for the gentlewomen
in mourning, guarded by some of the Royal Regiment designed for
that service without.

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" Upon Wednesday, the nineteenth inst., the day appointed for
the solemn interment, the corpse was lodged as before in a fair
large field within two miles of Kilkenny, where at the hour
appointed there was a very noble appearance of persons of quality
and of gentry from many remote parts of this kingdom. These,
being solemnly drawn into order by the chief Officer of Arms, did
afford a very solemn though a sad prospect.

" The chief mourner was the Countess of Ossory who, with the
rest of the ladies in their coaches to the number of ten mourning
coaches, and about fifty more, mostly of six horses apiece, followed
the hearse, all the men being on horseback, before whereof there
were above five hundred in black. There were present one arch-
bishop, one marquis, twelve earls and viscounts, four bishops,
six barons, besides noblemen's younger sons, baronets, knights,
esquires and gentlemen a great number, all in mourning. When
they came within the precinct of St. Kenny's church all alighted
without confusion, as before, the chief mourner being supported by
the Marquis of Antrim, and the Lord John Butler, a gentleman
going bare before on the left hand of the Officer of Arms, and the
pall was supported by those who were brothers or brothers-in-law
to my Lord Lieutenant.

" When they came to consecrated ground they were met by the
Bishop of Ossory with many of the clergy of his diocese, together
with the Dean of Christ Church, and his whole choyre [sic] which
waited upon the hearse from Dublin for the more solemn perfor-
mance of divine service, and from the great west gate began their
anthem. The church was found hung with scutcheons and black,
and at the east end was erected a sumptuous hearse of velvet,
richly adorned with shields, scutcheons and other glorious devices
which pass my heraldry to express.

" The office of interment was performed by the Bishop, and
the body of that sweet lady reposed in a fair vault, wherein the
ancestors of the noble house of Ormond did rest, and though the
malice of the late rebellion did utterly deface and pull down as rich
a monument as this kingdom or perhaps most others could parallel,
yet we despair not of another in a little time, since there is so rich
a treasure committed to the custody of that vault, and since there
are such alive (whom God preserve) who leave undone nothing
which befits the memory of that noble lady, or themselves.

" After the divine service and anthems, which were very
solemnly and skilfully performed, and the office of interment
passed, the Officer at Arms repeated the style and title of the lady's
descent, which concluded the ceremony at church.

"From the church most of all those persons of quality did
repair to the Castle of Kilkenny, a seat very noble [and] excellently
furnished, where lodgings were provided for the most considerable.
There they found a spacious hall hung with large rich tapestry,

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and in it, besides many others elsewhere, four larger tables covered,
and within a little time furnished with thirty-five large silver
dishes at each table thrice over, the last course whereof was an
exquisite banquet, of all which noble treat, though I am no com-
petent judge, yet some persons of quality and experience protest
that in all their travayles they never saw greater plenty, variety
and order, all this being managed without any noise or confusion."
— " State Papers, Ireland," 324, 120.

Members of the Association interested in the Preservation
of the Memorials of the Dead in England should write to
Ealph Nevill, Esq., f.s.a., Castle Hill, Guildford, who is the
Honorary Secretary of the Society for recording churchyard
inscriptions in England.

It is with much regret that we have to state that no inscrip-
tions have been received from the counties of Cavan, Clare,
Gal way and Lei trim.

We would draw special attention to the appeal of our Editor
for more material ; and we trust that there will be a good
response : otherwise the Association will be obliged to continue
a yearly issue of the Journal instead of the half-yearly issue.
See notice facing page v, and also the Preface to the Journal
for 1906, vol. vi, No. 3, Part II.

We are glad to state that the Most Rev. N. Donnelly, d.d.,
m.r.i.a., Bishop of Canea, has very kindly consented to join
our Committee of Management ; and Mr. Peirce Gun Mahony,
M.R.I.A., Cork Herald, and Mr. Thomas U. Sadleir, m.a., m.r.s.a.i.,
have also joined our Committee. The thanks of the Associa-
tion are due to Mrs. and Miss Vigors, Mr. Thomas U. Sadleir,
the Rev. Walter M'Donald, Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i., and
Honorary Secretary of the Cork Historical and Archaeological
Society; Mr. Charles A. Bernau (Editor of the International
Genealogical Directory) ; the Rev. E. O'Leary, p.p. ; Mr. and
Mrs. Peirce Gun Mahony, Miss Hilda Wright, the Rev. R. S.
Maffett, Mrs. T. Long, Mr. J. R. Garstin, Miss Mary S.
Dyneley, Mr. James Buckley, the Rev. H. L. L. Denny,
Mr. J. R. Blake, Mr. Alfred Molony, Mr. Raymond Gorges,
Mr. Thomas Plunkett, m.r.i.a. ; the Rev. George Power, Mr.

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Eugene F. M'Pike, Colonel J. J. Lamprey, Mr. J. W. Kernohan,
m.a. ; Mr. J. D. Crimmins, Mr. J. D. Hackett, the Rev. J.
Meehan, c.c. ; Miss E. G. O'Mahony, Colonel J. Grove- White,
Mrs. Wheble, Captain G. S. Cary, r.i.c. ; Major Crookshank,
Captain Linn (New Zealand), Captain E. E. West, Mr. C. J.
Hobson (New York), Dr. Stanley Lane Poole, Mr. J, Mulhall,
m.r.i.a. ; the Archdeacon of Dromore, Mr. J. G. Cupples
(Boston, U.S.A.), Count de la Poer, Miss P. Knox, the Rev.
St. John Seymour, Miss Avis Salter, Miss Macintosh, Mr. James
Mills, i.s.o., m.r.i.x\. ; Mr. Alfred Stapleton, and especially to
our Honorary Editor, Lord Walter FitzGerald, m.r.i.a., and
to our Honorary Treasurer, Mr. E. R. M'Clintock Dix, m.r.i.a.,
who have both done much excellent and valuable work for our
Association in their respective departments. Nor must we
conclude this preface without mentioning the very valuable
assistance of Mr. Samuel Bolton, our Assistant Treasurer,
who has also done so much for our Association. We are
indebted to Messrs. Ponsonby & Gibbs for their care in the
printing of the Journal, and to Mr. Milford Lewis for his
reproductions of the different illustrations.

Written on behalf of the Committee by

Another New Member.

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CONTENTS OF THE JOURNAL FOR 1908.

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PAGE

Preface

Contents

... xxvii

List of Illustrations ...

. . . xxxiii

List of Subscribers ..

... XXXV

The Hon. Treasurer's Account for 1907 ...

xlii

Notes and Queries, &c.

... 496

Funeral Entries

... [47]

REPOETS FROM COUNTIES.

ANTRIM—

Clough Churchyard

... 233

Glenarm Churchyard

... 234

ARMAGH—

Killeavey Old Churchyard

... 235

Tanderagee Churchyard ...

... 236

CARLOW—

Hacketstown Churchyard

... 236

CAVAN— Nil.

CLARE— Nil.

CORK—

Aglishdrinagh Churchyard

... 238

Ballymartle Church

... 240

Ballynoe Churchyard

... 241

Ballyoughtera Churchyard

... 241

Ballysallagh Churchyard

... 244

Bohillane Churchyard

... 245

Donaghmore Churchyard ...

... 246

Clenor Churchyard

... 248

Garryvoe Churchyard

... 249

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CORK— Continued.

Ightermurragh Graveyard ... ... ... 251

Kilcrea Abbey ... ... ... ... ... 253

Kilcredan Churchyard ... ... ... ... 255

kllgullane churchyard ... ... ... ... 256

Kilmahon Churchyard ... ... ... ... 257

Kilronane Churchyard ... ... ... ... 258

Lislee Churchyard ... ... ... ... 260

Monanimy Churchyard ... ... ... ... 261

Mourne Abbey ... ... ... ... ... 261

Nohoval Churchyard ... ... ... ... 262

Rahan Old Churchyard ... ... ... ... 263

Templerobin Churchyard ... ... ... ... 263

Templeusque Churchyard ... ... ... ... 265

DONEGAL—

Ballyshannon, St. Anne's Church ... ... ... 267

Raphoe, the Bishop's Palace ... ... ... 268

DOWN —

Banbridge, Presbyterian Churchyard ... .. 270

Donaghadee Church and Burial-ground ... ... 271

Downpatrick Cathedral Burial-ground ... ... 287

Seapatrick Church ... ... ... ... 288

Tullymore Park Monument ... ... ... 289

DUBLIN—

Colmanstown Churchyard ... ... ... 289

Don abate Church and Burial-ground ... ... 292

Drimnagh (or the Bluebell) Churchyard ... ... 296

Dublin, Christ Church Cathedral ... ... ... 297

the Magdalen Asylum Chapel Plate ... 310

St. Ann's Church... ... ... ... 311

St. Kevin's Old Churchyard ... ... 312

St. Michael's Church ... ... 321

St. Michan's Churchyard ... ... ... 322

St. Werburgh's Church and Burial-ground . . . 324

Trinity College Chapel ... ... ... 326

,, Library ... ... ... 333

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O U B L I N — Continued.

Glassamucky, St. Anne's Churchyard (rede Kilsanctan)
Hollywood Churchyard ...

HOLMPATRICK CHURCHYARD ...

Kilgobbin Churchyard

Milverton, St. Movee's Churchyard

Monkstown Church

Old Graveyard

335
336
338
342
352
353
354

FERMANAGH—

Monea Churchyard

354

GALWAY— Nil.

KERRY—

Tralee Abbey ...
,, Parish Church
Parish Eegister

360
363

368

KILDARE—

Ballybracken (alias Fassagh-an-Earla)

Ballymore- Eustace Churchyard

Ballysax Churchyard

Carton, the Earl of Kildare's Stone Table, 1533

Knavenstown Churchyard

379

382
382
384
384

KILKENNY—

Donaghmore Churchyard ...

Gaulskill Churchyard

Kilkenny, St. Canice's Cathedral Burial-ground

385

KING'S COUNTY—

Ballyboy Churchyard
Birr Parish Church
Monasteroris Church Ruins

LEITRIM— Nil.

LIMERICK—

Kilfrush Private Cemetery
Knockainey Church

390
394
396

397
397

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PAGE

LONDONDERRY—

Ballyrashane Churchyard ... ... ... 398

Kilrea Churchyard ... ... ... ... 399

LONGFORD—

Abbeylara Churchyard ... ... ... ... 403

LOUTH—

Dromiskin, Kilsaran, Notices of ... ... ... 405

Manfieldstown ... ... ... ... ... 405

Stabanon, Notice of ... ... ... ... 415

MAYO—

HOLLYMOUNT CHURCHYARD ... ... ... ... 415

MEATH—

Athboy Churchyard ... ... ... ... 418

Eathmore Churchyard ... ... ... ... 424

Ratoath Churchyard ... ... ... ... 444

MONAGHAN—

Caldragh, Mahernakill, and Monaghan Church,

Notices of ... ... ... ... ... 444

QUEEN'S COUNTY-
BALL yadden Churchyard ... ... ... ...446

Maryborough, the Old Protestant Churchyard ... 447

,, the Ridge Burial-ground ... ... 451

ROSCOMMON—

Ardcarn Churchyard ... .. ... ... 453

Cam Churchyard ... ... ... ... 454

Drum Churchyard ... ... ... ... 454

SLIGO—

Aghanagh Churchyard ... ... ... ... 456

Drumcliff Churchyard ... ... ... ... 457

TIPPERARY—

Churches and Church Sites in the Barony of Eliogarty 458

Hore Abbey, Cashel ... ... ... ••• 466

Littletown Church ... ... ... ••• 467

Roscrea Churchyard ... ... ... ... 467

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TYRONE

Benburb Churchyard

...

... 470

Carland Presbyterian Church

...

... 472

WATERFORD—

Mothel Abbey ...

...

... 473

Templemichael Churchyard

... 473

WESTMEATH—

MULTIFARNHAM ABBEY

...

... 476

WEXFORD—

Wexford, St. Iberius' Church

...

... 476

WICKLOW—

Bray, St. Paul's Churchyard

...

... 480

DUNGANSTOWN CHURCHYARD

...

... 482

Kiltegan Churchyard

... 489

Newcastle Churchyard

...

... 49a

Powerscourt Churchyard ...

...

... 492

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. The Barnewall-Delahide Slab (1592), Donabate Church,

Co. Dublin ... ... ... ... ... 296

2. Inscription on a Mural Slab over Strongbow's Tomb,

Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin ... ... 299

3. The so-called Strongbow's Tomb ... ... ... 300

4. The Tomb of Kobert, 19th Earl of Kildare (1743), Christ

Church Cathedral ... ... ... ... 301

5. The Agard Mural Monument (1577), Christ Church

Cathedral ... ... ... ... ... 302

6. The Fourteenth-Century Lumbard Family Inscription in

Christ Church Cathedral ... ... ... 304

7. Sir Henry Sydney's Coat-of-Arms (1577), Christ Church

Cathedral ... .. ... ... ... 305

8. The Griffith Mural Monument (1632), Christ Church

Cathedral ... ... ... ... ... 306

9. The Browne -Staples Coat-of-Arms (1615), Christ Church

Cathedral ... ... ... ... ... 308

10. The Goff Arms (1607), Christ Church Cathedral ... 309

11. A peculiar form of the date 1544. Christ Church Cathedral 310

12. The Inscription on Prior Peter Mainn's Slab (1520),

Holmpatrick Churchyard ... ... ... 338

13. The Taylor Coat-of-Arms (1727), Kilgobbin Churchyard,

Co. Dublin ... ... ... ... ... 347

14. Old Sketch of Fragments of an Earl of Desmond's Tomb,

Sixteenth Century, Tralee Abbey ... ... 362

15. The Font in Tralee Church, dated 1623 ... ... 366

16. Manuscript Entries in the Tralee Parish Church Bible 374,375

17. The Earl of Kildare's Stone Table (1533), formerly in

Maynooth Castle ... ... ... ... 384

18. Cross, dated 1706, dug up in the Churchyard at Holly-

mount, Co. Mayo ... ... ... ... 415

19. Portion of the Lady's Effigy from the Plunkett Altar-

tomb, Rathmore Church, Co. Meath ... ... 425

20. Portion of the Knight's Effigy belonging to the Plunkett

Altar-tomb, Rathmore ... ... ... ... 426

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21. The sides of the Altar-tomb, and the inscribed Slab in

the Rathmore Church ruins ... ... ... 427

22. The Coats-of-Arms on the sides of the Plunkett Altar-

tomb, Rathmore ... ... ... ... 428

23. Fragments of the Inscription on the Plunkett Altar- tomb,

Rathmore ... ... ... ... ... 429

24. Inscription on the Alexander Plunkett Slab (1503), Rath-

more ... ... ... ... ... 432

25. Rubbing of the Christopher Plunkett Slab (1531), Rath-

more ... ... ... ... ... 435

26. Rubbing of the Inscription (1519) on the Mural Slab,

Rathmore ... ... ... ... ... 436

27. The Plunkett-Preston Cross (1519) in the Rathmore

Churchyard ... ... ... ... ... 437

28. Rubbing of the Inscription on the Plunkett-Preston Cross

Base ... ... ... ... ... 438

29. The Bligh-Fuller Coat-of-Arms and Crest (1666), Rath-

more ... ... ... ... ... 438

30. The MacDermott Mural Monument (1668), Ardcarn

Churchyard, Co. Roscommon ... ... ... 453

31. The Lyster Coat-of-Arms, Cam Churchyard, Co. Ros-

common ... ... ... ... ... 454

32. Drawing of the Delamar Tomb (1684) at Multifarnham,

Co. Westmeath ... ... ... ..476

33. The Duigenan Arms on a Slab (1799) at Newcastle

Churchyard, Co. Wicklow ... ... ... 491

34. An unidentified Coat-of-Arms on the McVeagh Mural

Monument (1794) in Athboy Church, Co. Meath ... 509

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COUNTY ANTRIM.

Clougli Churchyard.

[From J. G. Cupples, Boston, U.S.A.]

I am ready.

[Above a coat-of-arms.]

Erected to the memory of Mary Cupples, •

wife of Moses Cupples of Killyrae, who

died 19th June 1842, aged 84.

Also her nephew Paul Limerick

Major who died 11th February 1841 aged

51 years. And her grandchildren

Samuel and Mary Cupples who died in

infancy. Also her sons Moses Cupples

who died 12th December 1858 aged 65 years and

Henry Major Cupples who died 18th December

1865 aged 74 years, also his wife Margaret

Cupples who died 8th November 1896 aged 85

years.

11 1 am ready"

[Above a coat-of-arms]

To the memory of Samuel Cupples of

Killyrae who departed this life the 16th day of

October 1771 in the 73d year of his age.

This monument was erected by his nephew

Samuel Cupples.

Also his nephew Samuel Cupples who

departed this life 27th of May 1779 aged 47 years.

also his son Moses Cupples

who departed this life the 30th of October 1797

aged 43 years.

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Also his son Alexander Cupples who

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aged 27 years.

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£3= Relative position.

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also Jane Cupples nEE Smith

who dyed the 31st day of August

1742 aged 44 years.

Likewise Joseph Cupples the —

day of January 1748.

CUenarm Churchyard.

[From the " Ulster Journal of Archaeology," vol. xiii, p. 149.]

1 Mr. F. J. Bigger, in an article on the Rev. Hugh O'Donnell, p.p.,
describes how the first chapel in Belfast was erected by him, and
completed in May, 1784. Father O'Donnell died in 1814, and was
buried in the churchyard, beside the ruins of the old Franciscan
Friary at (iienarm. Mr. Bigger gives the inscription on the
O'Donnell headstone thus ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of Bernard O'Donnell
who Departed this Life 11 Feb. 1790 Aged 45
Years. Also the Body of Roger O'Donnell
who Departed this Life 31 July 1794 Aged
57 Years. Also the Body of his Spouse Elea-
nor O'Donnell Alias Magill who Departed this
life 17 July 1745 Aged 60 Years.
Also on the 1st Jan : 1814 the Body of
the Revd Hugh O'Donnell aged 75 yrs
who was Parish Priest
of Belfast during 44 years
Closed is the hand that often gave relief
jind cold the Heart that beat to each
Mans grief.

235 ARMAGH.

Also the Body of Hugh O'Donnell Jun1' died

14th July 1817 aged 18 years Also his

Father Rodger O'Donnell who died the

(? 10) of March 1820 aged 68 years.

Rosella O'donnell Wife to Roger

O'donnell who departed this life

[The remainder is under ground.]

' At the top of the stone are sculptured the O'Donnell crest and
coat-of-arms ; the latter is : — Or, issuing from the sinister side of
a shield an arm fessways vested azure, holding in the hand a passion
cross gules.

1 The crest is : — Two arms bent and counter-crossed, issuing from
a coronet ; one hand holds a heart, and the other a sword trans-
fixing a (?) boar's head.

1 Motto : — " In hoc signo vinces." '

COUNTY ARMAGH

Killeavey Old Churchyard.

[From Captain R. Linn, Christchurch, New Zealand.]

[O'Hanlon arms on top of headstone.]

This stone was erected by order of the

Late Mr Francis O'Hanlon of Exeter

To the memory of his Beloved father

Thomas O'Hanlon of Clentagora who

Departed this life on the 29 may A.D. 1828

aged 74 years, also to the memory of

His brother Mathew O'Hanlon who died

The first of August 1840 in the 38th year

of his age.

CARLO w. 236

Erected

By Jane O'Hanlon of Newry

In memory of her beloved husband

John O'Hanlon who departed this life

November 26. 1854. aged 56 years

Xanderagee Cliurcliyarcl.

[From J. G. Cupples, Boston, U.S.A.]

Here lyeth the body of Eleanor

Cupples, wife to William Cupples

of Mullahead, who died February

22, 1765, aged 45 years.

also Eleanor Cupples buried

March 8, 1807 aged 16 years.

< William was Son of Thomas Cupples (b. 1650, d. 1715) of
Scarvagh, Co. Down, and father of Rev. Snowden Cupples, d.d.
(b. 1750, d. 1835), Rector of the Cathedral of Down and Connor,
Lisburn, Co. Antrim, and Thomas Cupples, m.d., of Newry, Co.
Down (d. 1801).'

COUNTY CARLOW

Hacket§town Clmrcli.yartl.

[From C. M. Drury.]

Sacred to the memory of

Thos Hardy Esq

who was killed in action

when fighting for his King & Country

against the Rebels

at the Battle of Hacketstown

on the [25J of June [1798]

this monument is erected by his Sons

Lieut Colo1 Henry Hardy

& the Revd John Hardy

In respect to a beloved Fathers memory

June . . 18 . ,

Beneath this tomb lieth remains

Francis Hardy Esq

who died . . .

Henry Hardy Esqr

who died A.D. . . .

Grandfather and Father of the above named

Thos Hardy Esq1

237 CAVAN.

Here lyeth the Body of William
Saul who departed this life Janury

the 18th 1771 aged 70 yrs Also

his wife Jane Saul who Departed

this life June the 10th 1780 Agd 70 yr.

' The above is on an upright stone, in front of which is a flat
one, bearing the following ' : —

Underneath this Stone lie deposited the

Remains of William Saul who departed

this life on the 21st day of June 1815 in the

78th year of his age

1 There is a bridge — " Saulsford Bridge " — near Hacketstown.

This tomb is Erected by Thomas Darcy

of Knocknaboley in memory of his Father

Peter Darcy who departed this life March

the 15th 1827 aged 100 years also in memory

of his Wife Elizabeth Darcy who died 17th

January 1844 aged 80 years

Also in memory of the above named

Thomas Darcy who departed this life

April the 25th 1849 aged 85 years

His son Benjamin Darcy who departed this

life July the 20th 1851 aged 50 years. And of

his Grandson William Darcy who departed this

life September 19th 1860 aged 15 years.

Here Lieth the Body of
Thomas Eager Who De
parted this Life January

2d 1776 AGd 72 yrs

allso Elizabeth Eager

his Wife

Departed February the 4th 1752

AGd 31 yrs

COUNTY CAVAN

[Nil.]

CLARE — CORK. 238

COUNTY CLARE

[Nil.] '

COUNTY CORK.

Agrlisli<lrinagJi Churchy aril.

[From Colonel J. Grove-White.]

' Upright stone ' : —

Thy will be done

Blessed are

The Dead which

Die in the Lord.

This has been erected

To the memory of

Julia Franklin

Otherwise Marcer

Who died April 26th 1838.

Aged 80 years.

' Flat slab ' :—

' Upright stone ' : —

239 cork.

Upright stone ' : —

In memory | of Standish De Coursy | only son of |
Thomas W.Harrison M.D. | Born April 7th 1876 I Died
May 23rd 1876.

Marble cross ' : —

Upright stone ' : —

1 Upright stone ' : —

E.I.P.

The Ancestors of this family | are interred at St Mary's
Limerick I and at Buttevant Abbey, j

' Upright stone ' : —

Marie Patricia | infant daughter of Harold and Helen
Harold-Barry | Bally vonare Buttevant J Died 15th July
1904 | Aged 4 months.

1 The Castle Harrison vault was built by the Hon. William
Harrison, of Castle Harrison, who was known as the " Commis-
sioner," whose body was buried here. He was Commissioner of
Customs in Ireland about 1710. On the top of this vault is an
altar tomb to some member of the Harrison family ; but I cannot
read the inscription.

* I understand that this churchyard is the private property of
Colonel Harrison, of Castle Harrison. It is only a short distance
from Castle Harrison, and lies about three and a-half miles (south-
west by west) from Charleville.'

CORK. 240

ISall.yiiiai'tlc Clmrcli.

[From the Eev. William Ball-Wright, m.a.]

' In the new church ' : —

HEKE LYETH YE BODY OF WILLIAM MEADE.
ESQ11.. ELDEST SON OF SIR IOHN MEADE OF
BALLINTOBER KT. & BARNT., & OF HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH, LADY MEADE, DAUGHTER OF
PIERCE, LORD VISCOUNT IKERRYN. HE WAS
BORNE THE 18th OF 1UNE 1689. & DYED THE
5th OF IUNE 1702.

HERE LYETH ALSO YE BODY OF SIR IOHN
MEADE, KNT. & BARNT., FATHER OF YE
ABOVE NAMED WILLIAM MEADE, ESQR., WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN YE 63ED YEAR OF
HIS AGE, A.D. 1709.

In the chancel of the old church ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF ELLENOR MEADE
DAUGHTER TO ROBERT MEADE, ESQ*., WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE 17th NOVk. 1717.

' The Peerages state that Sir John Meade, Kt. and Bart., was
the eldest son of William Meade, of Ballintubber, County Cork, a
Lieut. -Colonel in the army, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Robert Travers, Kt.

' Sir John, of Ballintubber, was the ancestor of the Earls of
Clanwilliam. He was one of the most eminent lawyers of his
time. He was Judge of the Palatinate Court of Tipperary, and
Attorney- General to James, Duke of York.

4 In 1685 he was appointed by Commission, dated 14th July,
with Sir John Rogers, Kt., the King's Commissioners of Oyer and
Terminer. In the Parliament which met 7th May, 1689, he with
Joseph Coghlan, Esq., represented the University of Dublin, and
were the only Protestants in the House of Commons, of which he
was also a member in the reigns of Willliam III and Queen Anne,
and by the latter he was created a baronet in 1703. He married
1st, Mary, daughter and heir of James Coppinger ; she died with-
out issue. He married 2ndly, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of
Colonel Daniel Redman, of Ballyinch Castle, by whom he had one
daughter. He married 3rdly, in June, 1688, the Hon. Elizabeth
Butler, daughter of Pierce, 2nd Viscount Ikerrin, and by her, who
died in December, 1757, he had four sons and five daughters. Sir
John died on the 12th January, 1711 (according to Burke).

241 CORK.

Ballynoe.

[From the Rev. John Murphy, p.p., Conna.]

' In the graveyard attached to what is popularly known as the
Old Abbey, Ballynoe, but which was in reality a preceptory of the
Knights Templars, founded about 1302, and on the suppression of
that order, less than ten years later, handed over to the Knights
Hospitallers, are close together the graves of three notable ecclesi-
astics of the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, whose inscriptions, now in
part obliterated, are as follows' : —

In spe resurrectionis ad gloriam hie jacet Rev. Simon

Quinn, in Orrery natus qui cum laude renit

8 Decembris 1773. ^Etatis 77.

1 This Father Quinn was Parish Priest of Ballynoe at his death
in 1773.'

' Beside his grave is that of his nephew, a namesake, who was
Coadjutor Catholic Bishop of Cloyne and Ross from 1779 to 1783,
and had been Parish Priest of Castlelyons. He was living at
Ballynoe at the time of his death ' : —

Hie jacet .... Reverendissimus Simon Quinn, Coad-
jutor Epis. de Cloy et Ros necnon Reverendus David
Roche, per multos annos parochus de Rathe et de Conna.
In vita delenerunt et in morte non sunt separati.
Requiescant in pace.

' The third grave is that of a Dean of Cloyne, over which the
inscription runs ' : —

In spe resurrectionis ad gloriam hie jacet Gulielmus
Lonergan, Decanus Cloynensis que cum laude renit
unitas 12 Martie, 1791.

JBallyouslitei'a Clmrcli.yarrf.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.k.s.a.i.]

' This churchyard is situated in a very secluded part of the
Castlemartyr demesne, and, like all graveyards I have seen in private
grounds, such as is this one, is in the most deplorably derelict
condition, many of the graves being furthermore so much burrowed
by rabbits or other animals, as to make it dangerous to walk through
it. The walls of the old church still stand, its length being about
ninety feet, and divided by an archway into the chancel and nave,

cork. 242

with a very small and narrow lancet-window in the west end of the
nave. The day being dreadfully wet and gloomy, I was unable to
search for the old Geraldine tomb said to be here, though it was
probably that located in the south-east end of the church.

' It was rather pitiful to see the plain table-tomb of the last
proud Earl of Shannon almost sunk to a level with the ground, and
the inscription already somewhat difficult to decipher. It runs as
follows ' : —

' The son and successor of this Earl of Shannon, who died in
Wales on the 11th of December, 1906, aged forty-six, sold his
ancestral property the November previous to Lady Arnott, nee
FitzGerald ; and thus, after the lapse of 300 years, this fine property
is again owned by a Geraldine.'

' On another table-tomb is a very long inscription, beginning
thus ' :—

Here lieth the body of Mathew Bunbury | who depcl this
life the 11th day of August | 1786. He was perfected

(etc.).

' On another table-tomb within the old church, the first part of
the inscription is as follows ' : —

Here | lies the body of James Barry | with his son
James, the son died in September 1764 in the 28th year |
and the father died in the 64th year of his age

' The following are inscriptions on headstones within the old
church ' : —

In Memory of Elizabeth Carpineal | Born August 10th
1788, Died March 4th 1811.

In memory of | Frances Guisset who died 27th July
1803 | Aged 55 years.

Here lies interrd the body | of John Healy who died
Janry 21. 1798 aged 60 years.

243 cork.

1 Outside the old church are about forty, mostly moss-grown,
headstones, from which are taken the following inscriptions ' : —

' Beside this is another stone ' : —

Erected | by Mrs Mary Saul in memory of her | beloved
husband the late Mr James | Saul of Deerpark who died
March | 5th 1869 aged 90 years.

Erected to the memory of Michael Brien of | Lahard
for the Resurrection unto life | Eternal who depd this
Life the 10th of | August 1838 Aged 50 years | Jesus
Son of the Living God have mercy on his Soul.

This Stone was \ erected by Rich | ard Sullivan to the
memory of his sons John Sul | livan and Timothy | John
depd this life the 14th of May 1780 aged — years and
Timothy the 28th of Feby 1786 aged . . .
c Rest covered up.'

Erected by Denis | Murphy in memory of his and his
family Burying place, Intered here the 1st | Day of Dcr
1798 aged 98 years.

Erected by Johanna Boing j in memory of her
husband | Anthony Boing who died July 3, 1808 aged
72.

Think of Death and Fear the Lord | Erected to the
memory of John | Crowley who Departed this Life July
31st 1789 Aged | 44 years.

1 This last inscription appears as if it had been recut, or placed
over an older inscription.'

CORK. 244

' On a- small slab inserted near the chancel arch of the old
church, at the nave side, is inscribed ' : —

This is the burial place of | John Mountaine | and
Family, 1839.

1 Lewis's Dictionary states that Ballyoughtera Church was built
in 1549, and destroyed in the war of 1641.'

Ilall.t salla;; Bi i lnii<-li> anl (near Cliarleville).

[From James Buckley, Esq.]

Colir18 | Lemasne ( aged 68 yrs | 1795 K.I.P.

"+"

IH S
Here Lyeth ye Body | of Margaret Huerd | Alias ffittz
Gerald who | Departd this Life Febry I ye 3d 1737. 8 age
23 I Y.

I H S

Bridget Supple died in the y1' 1796 Agd 23 yls Erected
By her Sister Mary.

IHS

Here lies the Body of Cathrine Mills who Died 8br ye 26
1774 Aged 39 years.

IH S

Erected by Edmd Cops in Memory of his Father James
Cop8 Who Died Janly 1st 1797 Ag'd 103 yrs Also his
Moth1' Bridget Cops Alis Ryan who died Janry 12th 1792
Ag'd (Buried. )

Here Lies the Body | of Jane Sullivan who j Departed
this life | May ye 2cd 1772 | aged 57 years.

245 cork.

+
IH S
Here Lyeth ye Body | of John quin who | Departed This
Life | April ye 6th 1746 aged | 23 ys.

' Beside the stone erected to the memory of the famous poet,
Seaman Clapag, the following remarkable inscription occurs' : —

I-S-IHI-S-

HERE * LIES ' THE ' BO

DY ' OF ' DENNIS * GRA

DY * WHO * DEPARTED

THE ' 5th * OF * MAY * BEING

THE * 480th YEAR * OF

HIS ' AGE . 1722.

' N.B. — The inscription to John MacDonnell, as published in
vol. vi, p. 231, would be correct if the word " Anno " were inserted
before, and not after " 63°," in the last line but one.'

Boliillane Cliiii'diyai'tl.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

1 The little churchyard of Bohillane, or Boughellane, which is
only about 50 feet square, lies on the top of a hill about five miles
to the north-east of Cloyne, and possesses the rather unique
character of being walled-in by a stone wall. This wall was due
to a Protestant clergyman, as shown by the tablet inserted in the
pillar of the gateway leading into it on the roadside, there being
an unused space intervening between the outer gateway and the
churchyard proper. The inscription on the gateway is as follows : —
" The Rev. Win Chatterton | has caused this Churchyard of
Boughlaune to be enclosed at | his own expence | July 183j."
His good intentions have been baulked, no doubt, by the jerry-
builder he employed, as the wall is now broken down in two places.
The walls of the old church here can still be traced, being about
32 feet long by 12 wide, and less than 2 feet high, and running
from north to south. The graveyard is kept quite free from weeds.
There are only two modern headstones, and not more than fourteen
or fifteen in all. The following are the inscriptions on the older
ones ' : —

cork. 246

Erected by | John Daly I in memory of his wife Johanna
Guiry | who depd this life Sept. the 5th 1813 Aged 57

years. May she &c.

Here | lyeth the body of | William Kineley who died
January the 7, 1783 | Aged 27 years.

Erected by Patrick Burke of | Ballyhimikin in memory |
of his Father David Burke (Remainder covered up.)

Here | lies the Body of | Edmund Linahan | who de-
ceased March 14th 1769 | Aged 58 years

Erected | By Jeremiah 0 'Bryan in, Memory of his
Father John 0' Bryan who died the May | 1788 Aged
77 years. His Mother Margaret (Remainder covered
up.)

Donag*l*moi*e Churchyard.

[From Mr. James Buckley.]

in memoriam

here awaiting resurrection

lie the remains of

Jerh Mc Carthy

of coolmona

who died in 1800

and of his family

amongst them were

HIS BROTHER TlMY

247 cork.

HIS DESCENDANTS EdWD
JOHNA

Jerh Edwd Mc Carthy

and Kathe Buckley

R.I.P. me Fieri facit. r.t.c.b. 1880 (?)

' In raised capitals ' : —

1HS

Jeremiah Sheehan | Depd this Life | Sepr ye 6th 1789 |
Aged 64 Years | May he rest in Peace Amen

' Capitals ' : —

HERE LYETH THE | BODY OF PATRICK |
HEALY OF FORE | NUGHT WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE AUGUST Ist I 1791 AGED 50
YEAR8 I

Tlis Stone was Erected by Thorn8 Helen in Memory of
His Father John Helen who Depd Life May the 28 1792
Aged 70 years may he Rest in Peace amen.

cokk. 248

Clenor Cliureliyarcl.

(Continued from Vol. vi, p, 442.)
[From James Buckley, Esq. 1908.]

IHS

Here Lyeth the Body of Maurice Connor Who Died
February the 6th 1764 Aged 69 ye1'8

IHS

Here lieth the Body of Iohn Connor who Departed this
life Novbr 27th 1789 Aged 72 Years.

IHS

HERE LIES THE BODY

OF DAVID ROACH LATE

OF ANNIKISSY WHO

DIED 0CTBR 7th 1817 AG'D

62 YES ALSO HIS WIFE

MARY MADDEN WHO

DIED JULY 21st 1810 AG'D

42 YRS MAY THEIR SOULS

REST IN PEACE AMEN

This is y Burrying Place of Richard Drake & his Family
his Son John Dy'd April ye 27th 1750 Ag'd 27 year his
Daughter Mary Dy'd April ye 29 1750 Ag'd 21 year

A q\io-pc "oem c|\oc&j\e o|\pn

249 cork.

William Lean Erected | This Stone in Memory of | His
Wife Mary Lean j Deprd life Decbr 24th 1798 | Aged 56
Yr8 Requiesca1 | in Pace Amen

IHS

This is The Burying Place
of Timothy Finn For The
Vse of himself And
Family 1737.
Margaret Finn Here Doth Best
Till the Kesurrection of the BW
Her Soul Doth Soar the Milky way
Conueyed By Angels There to Stay
Till the Last trump Doth Sound &
Her Soul And Body Iones Agine
Made Pure And Fit For To Adore
Her Dear Redeemer Ever More

Mensal Slab ' :—

Ciarryvoe Churchyard.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

' This churchyard lies about three miles south-east of Bohillane,
and due north of Ballycotton Island. The old church walls are
nearly perfect, being about 30 feet long, by 14 feet wide, and about
10 feet high. Portion of the altar remains, over which was a small

CORK. 250

two-light lancet-window. To the right of the altar is a recess, and
at the left is a pedestal apparently for a statue. In the south wall
is the piscina, and near it a lancet-window ; whilst in the north
wall, near the altar, are another recess and a lancet-window. There
is also a small lancet-window in the west end ; and the doorway on
the south is still perfect. Within the old church are the following
inscriptions ' : —

Here lies the Body of | Daniel Culli | nane who Dece |
ased November the 17th 1777 | aged 67 years.

Erected | By Daniel Cullinane | in memory of his Son
Daniel | Cullinane who depd this Life August | 18th 1827
Aged 12 years May his soul rest in peace Amen

Here lieth the Body of Daniel Maguire who Depd this |
Life the 8th of March 1789 | Aged 23 Yrs.

+
IH S

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Erected by Mary Chamberlin alias Forist in memory of
her husband Jeremiah Chamberlin | who died Feb1' 1st
1846 aged 73 years. | & in memory of her children |
who died young all buried | beneath this stone and also
of her son Jas. Who died Capt. of a Ship | in New
Orleans deer. 2nd 1849 aged 32 yrs and her daughter
Elizabeth who died in New York deer 20th 1849 Aged
29 yrs. Eequiescat in pace.

Outside are the following ' : —

This Stone was erected by | Michael Higgins in memory
of his brother Will™ Higgins of Ballydaniel | who depd
this life Dec 3d 1800 | Aged 26 years | and also the
burial-place of his Father Kichd Higgins & grandchild
Mary Higgins Aged 2 years

Erected | by John and Thomas Griffin in memory of
their beloved | Father Thomas Griffin who depd this Life
March 1st 1826 Aged 82 years. May he rest in peace

251 CORK.

Erected | by Thomas Finn in memory | of his beloved
son Thomas | Finn who Depd this Life | Dec 2d 1828
aged 23 years. May he rest in peace

Here lyeth | Interred Wm Brown who Departed this Life
ye | 2 June 1751 aged 14 years Likewi | se ye Body of
Margaret Brown who Depd this Life ye 16 March, Aged
16 yrs 1751. The Lord have mercy on their souls

Erected | by Mary Homes | alias Kiniry in memory of
her husband James Homes of Loughane who depd this
life March 1, 1843 aged 70 years | Also her son John
died March 4, 1843 Aged 28 years.

Erected | By Daniel Kinniry in Memory of his Father
Thomas Kinniry | Who died October 13th 1812"Aged 75
years And also his | Mother Margaret Kinniry who
Died Nov. 7th 1812 Aged 73 years Also [Remainder
covered up.]

Erected by Thomas Kinniry And Mary Stanton his Wife
in memory of their Daughter Mary | Kinniry Who
died November 12th 1812 Aged 21 years. May she rest
in peace Amen

' In a field south of Garryvoe graveyard is the turret, about
twenty feet high, mentioned in " Lewis's Topographical Dictionary
of Ireland." '

lu literal m'ragli Grraveyard,

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

' This graveyard is about 3 miles south-east from Mogeely Rail-
way Station, and lies on a hill slope at the south side of the road.
It contains some large trees, but nothing is left of the old church,
nor does it seem to have anyone to look after it. The headstones

cork. 252

are mostly old, and their inscriptions hardly legible. There are a
few table-tombs, one bearing a Latin inscription no longer de-
cipherable. On another stone, laid flat on the ground, is the
following ' : —

Erected j By Michael Brien in memory of his Father |
William Brien who died March 20, 1839 | Aged 84
years. Also his brother Denis Died Decb. 12, 1831,
Aged 50 years.

Erected by Catherine Wall alias Flavin of Ballyshane
in | Memory of her Son | James Wall Who Depd this
life January 6th 1834 aged 31 years.

Here lies the Body of Jeremiah McCarthy who Died
January the 6th 1802 in the | 54 year of his life.

Here lyeth the Body of | Michael Cashman | who De-
parted this Life ye 25th Day of Februy Anno | Domin.
1744 Aged 24 years

253 cork.

Here lyeth the Body of dauid Hermes | sy who De-
parted this life April 1st 1761 | aged 39 years.

Erected | by Catherine | Long for the Burial place and
in memory of her Husband Peirce Butler who Departed
this | Life April the 17th 1795 | Aged 56 years.

Kllcrea Al»l>ej .

[From Canon J. O'Mahony, p.p.]

' Kilcrea Abbey, situate on the banks of the river Bride, Barony
of Muskerry, is about eleven miles west of Cork. It was founded
in 1465 by Cormac Mac Carthy (Laidir), Lord of Muskerry, and did
not become a general place of burial until it became a ruin, in the
Cromwellian period.

1 The founder's tomb is in the choir, and bears the following
inscription, legible now, with considerable difficulty ' : —

Hie jacet Cormacus, Alius Thaddaei. fil. Cormaci,
fil. Dermitii Magni Mac Carthy, Dnus De
Musgraigh Flayn, Ac istius Conventus
Primus Fundator. An. Dom. 1494.

' Translation ' : —

' Here lies Cormac, son of Teig, son of Cormac, son of
Dermod More McCarthy, Lord of Muskerry, and founder
of this Convent. 1494.'

ii.

" Tomb of the McCarthys of Ballineadig.

' On a broken slab which covered this tomb is the inscription ' : —

This is the burial-place of the MacCarthys of Ballineadig,
Was erected by Charles McCarthy and Callaghan
In memory of their father Timothy MacCarthy of Lyredane,
Grandson of Capt. Teig mac Owen McCarthy of Ballyneadig
died 176 [3] aged 49, ... .

cork. 254

the body of Mary O'Donoghue,

[Mac Car] thy, wife to the said Charles, the eldest

Daughter of Jeoffry O'Donoghue of the Glenn

County Kerry

xterior perfec]

. . . being married only 14 months, to add to the misfortune

of her [dis] consolate husband, left not a pie [dge]

behind of their mutual affection.

' Note on the above inscription. — The aforesaid Timothy had
by his will, November, 1763 (Record Office), disinherited Charles if
he should " at any time intermarry with any daughter of Eliza
O'Donoghue, widow of O'Donoghue, late of Kerry." '

1 Tomb of Arthur O'Leary, in the nave, by the south wall ' : —

Lo, Art O'Leary, generous young and brave
Slain in his bloom lies in this humble grave.
Died May 4th 1773, aged 26 years.

' Note. — Arthur O'Leary was a Catholic gentleman, of Carrig-
animmy, west of Macroom, who had been a captain in the Austrian
service. Gibson says (Hist, of Cork) : " O'Leary's horse had beaten
that of Mr. Morris, who revenged himself by demanding the winning
animal for five pounds, pleading the force of a penal statute against
Catholics. O'Leary indignantly refused, and was outlawed and
shot. Mr. Morris was, two months after, shot in Cork by O'Leary's
brother."

1 O'Leary's wife was the aunt of Daniel O'Connell. (See
Mrs. O'Connell's " Last Colonel of the Irish Brigade.") '

' The inscription on Arthur O'Leary's tomb I take from Gibson's
Hist, of Cork (pub. 1861), not being able to decipher it now.

IV.

' Tomb of the Hayes's, a Cork family.

' On the north side stands this tomb, which is the largest and
the finest in the abbey. Owing to the height of the inscription
from the ground, and owing to its being covered with vegetation,
it was impossible to decipher it.

1 Mrs. James Talbot Power, of Leopardstown Park, County
Dublin, is now the only representative of the Hayes family.'

1 By the east wall is a tomb bearing the inscription ' : —
The Burial Place of John Barry Murphy
of Coolmakee
Who died Oct 17th 1818.

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1 Note. — The slab bearing this inscription replaced, in 1818,
an older one, bearing the name of Dermod Eoe Murphy, 1710, who
in the Book of the Sales of Forfeited Estates, 1702-3, is described
as " Darby Murphy, owner of the townlands of Coolmakee, Innis-
keeraun (now Ryecourt), Knockshanavee, and Rathphelane and
Ballinguilla."

'J. O'M.'

Kilcretlan Churchyard.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.J

'About 5 miles from Mogeely Station, and 2 miles east of
Ightermurragh Graveyard, is Kilcredan Churchyard, on a hillside
rising from the highroad, having on its northern side a Protestant
church — a plain structure, not very old. For its size, this church-
yard is thickly studded with headstones, mostly old, and many
moss-grown, and little or no attention seems paid to it. The
following are typical inscriptions : —

4 Table-tomb ' : —

Here lyeth the Body of Mr William Heard who departed
this Life | at Ballycrinnan Mar 9 1792 aged 68 years

Erected by John Donovan of Boholan | in memory of
his Lamented Wife | Margaret Donovan alias Stafford |
who Depd this Life Sept1' 27, 1831. Aged 54 years

Lord have mercy on the | soul of Wm Motherway who
died June the 4th, 1793 Aged 22 years — also on the
soul of his Sister Catherine who died — 1794 [Re-
mainder under ground.]

Here lyeth the Body of | Mary Cashman who Departed
this Life I The 10th of May 1790 | in the 24th year of
her age.

Erected by Mary Boogany alias | Condon in memory of
her Father John Condon of | BallyKenealy who
Depd this Life | April 28th 1828 aged 87 years.

cork. 256

1 Table-tomb ' :—

Here lies the Body of | Michael Forster Late of Bally-
maloe | in whom were happily united those | various
qualities that rendered him | Respected as a Neighbour
and Friend ] He died October 19th 1818 in the 38th
year of his age. | May the Lord have mercy on his soul.
Amen.

Erected | By William Dunne of Ballybutler in memory
of his Beloved Mother Cathe Dunne alias Manning |
who depd this Life April 2nd 1847 aged 52 years.

Erected by John Motherway in memory of his beloved
father John Motherway | of Garryvoe I who departed
this life the 17th of March 1847 aged 62 years |
Also his Beloved Mother Mary Motherway alias
McCarthy | who died on the 9th of March 1847 aged
52 years.

Sacred to the memory of John Mahony who | departed
this Life March 2nd | 1792 aged 46 years Also of his
Grand Chil | dren. May he rest in peace

Erected by Edm(l Donovan of Shanagarry j in memory
of his Brothers James and Mich1 Donovan | Jas. died
August 15th 1839 aged 36 years Mich1 died Mar 17th
1840 aged 38 years.

ttilS «»I I a iM' Cliui'cli.yai'il.

[Continued from j). 11.)
TFrom Mr. James Buckley.]

IH S
Here Lyes ye Body of David Clancy who Dy'd aprill ye
23d 1754 ag'd 66 yrs His Wife Cathn Drake Dy'd March
ye 5th 1741t Ag. . . . ; . . [buried]

IH S

Here lieth the body of John Pigot, m.d., deceased in the
year 1816 May his soul rest in peace.

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IHS

Here Lieth The Body of Mary Pigott otherwise [N]agle
wife of Iohn Pigott m.d. Who departed life The 15th of
Feb1'-' 1788 Aged 38 Years A woman distinguished For
Piety Charity and other christian virtues May Her Soul
Rest In Peace.

IHS

+
IHS

Here Lieth the body of

David Richard Pigot, son of

John Pigot m.d. and of

Margaret Pigot his wife

for 25 Years Lord Chief Baron

of the Court of Exchequer

deceased Dec1' 218t 1873

aged 75 Years also

the body of Catherine Pigot

his wife daughter of

Walter Paye of Kilworth

deceased Dec1' 16th 1869

aged 70 Years

May their Souls rest in Peace

li i I in all on C]llll'Cll.yai'fl.

' This churchyard is close to the village of Shanagarry, about
4 miles south-east of the town of Cloyne, and, unlike Bohillane
and Garrivoe graveyards, it is full of headstones, nearly every one
of them much out of the perpendicular. In it stands a weather-
beaten Protestant church, still used, with quite an ancient look,,
though probably erected not earlier than the eighteenth century.

cork. 258

There are several table-tombs, one with a very long Latin
inscription which time did not permit me to copy, nor any of the
others, save the following ' : —

Hie Mathias est Daly | vir vitae integri | annis septua
ginta duobus plenus | morti succulent | ante XII Cal,
Feb MDCCCXXvi. Requiescat in pace.

On tablet inserted in the north wall is ' : —

In memory of | John Gaggin | who died January 1834
Aged 73 years | Also his Wife Jane | who died Oct
1840 Aged 80 years. Beneath also lie their children
and grand children

Here lieth the Body of | Rose Dea formerly of Shan-
garry | also her Father and Mother. May they rest in
peace.

This stone was erected | By Denis McCarthy in memory
of his Wife Elizabeth Cotter Daughter | of Margaret
Cotter. Died ye 25th of Nov1' 176j, aged 34 years.

Erected by John Sullivan of Ladysbridge in memory of
his beloved daughter Catherine | who depd this life 25th
June 1831 aged 17 years. May she rest in peace.

Erected | By | John Walsh in Memory of his wife Mary
Walsh | alias Connel who Died Nov 15th 1817 aged 55
years | Also his Two Sons John and Thomas | and Two
Daughters Margaret and Bridget. The said 4 Children
died Febry 24th 1820 May their souls rest in peace
Amen

Sacred | to the memory of Elizabeth Ronayne who died
6th October 1838 Aged 78 years. May she rest in peace

Kilronane Cliurcli.yaril.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

'Kilronane Churchyard, now better known as Ballylucra [?],
lies on the hillside, a short distance from the road leading north-
east from Riverstown village, and about 4 miles from Dunkettle
Railway Station. In it stands the Protestant Parish Church of

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Riverstown, a small, modern building, near which are several
large grave-plots, enclosed by tall iron railings. The number of
evergreen shrubs planted in this churchyard gives it a pleasanter
aspect than is usually the case with the graveyards about here.
Probably the most interesting inscription to be found in it is the
following on a table-tomb ' : —

Lord have mercy j on the Soul of James | Brenan who
departed | This life | June 29th | 1801 Aged 57 years

CORK. 260

Erected by | Johanna Eiordon of Brooklodge | in
memory of her beloved husband Michael Riordon | who
dep(l this life June 18th 1840 | Aged 60 years

Erected by Thos Broderick in memory of his Father and
Mother | Patrick and Bridget Broderick ] . He died
Augst 22nd 1849 aged 70 years | She died April 13th
1850 aged 68 years

JLislce C liiit'eli.i ard.

[By James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

' Lislee Churchyard lies about 3 miles to the south-west of
Courtmacsherry. If only a tithe of the care and attention bestowed
on the portion of this graveyard immediately adjoining the
Protestant Church, which stands in its midst, was extended to the
remaining part, it would not be the disgrace to Christianity or to
civilization it now forms, owing to the horrid crop of weeds and the
fragments of coffins which cover the graves in the older portion.
No other graveyard in the County Cork shows so painfully that
class distinction is what is most thought of in this churchyard.
The following are the oldest inscriptions legible in it ' : —

261 CORK.

Table-tomb ' : —

This Tomb was erected in | Memory of Captn Collin |
Campbell who departed this life the 1st Day of | August
1809 aged 52 years

This is | The Burying place | of James Griffin | and
Family | 1834.

This Stone was erected by Cornls | Collins to the
memory of | his father Timothy Collins | who departed
this life May 3rd 1790 Aged 73 years

Moiiuiiiiii.r Cluii*cli.yai'<l.

[From James Buckley.]
(Continued from vol. vii, p. 19.)

Mich1- Riely of Droumslig:o | Erected this in memory of
his | Father Daniel who died Augst | the 20th 1821 aged
75 ySR | also his Brother Denis who died Octbr ....
[Remainder buried.]

Hourne Al>l>ey.

[From James Buckley.]

(Continued from vol Hi, p. 415.)

' In the nave is a little quern, not previously referred to, which
measures 20 inches in diameter. It has a hole 2£ inches wide,
perforated through the centre, and another, but smaller one, near
the edge. The headstones here are not numerous.'

cork. 262

I.H.S

Heke lies the Body of | Edmd Barrett of Rahan | who
died July 27th 1790 | Aged 48 May he rest in | Peace
Amen

:%oliovul I'll urdiy aril.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

1 Nohoval Churchyard lies on the south side of Nohoval village,
about 3 miles from Ballyfeard. The Protestant Church, a plain,
but neat, modern edifice, stands in the south-west corner. The
graveyard is a small one, and the headstones few, and nearly all
recent. A large number of bodies recovered from the wreck of
the Killarney steamer that was lost in 1838 in Bennies Bay, a
couple of miles to the south-east of Nohoval, were buried in this
churchyard ; but no monument was placed over them to indicate
where their remains lie.

' Within a large railed-in space are two table-tombs, side by side,
inscribed as follows ' : —

The Burying Place | of the Bev. Achilles Daunt of
Newborough & his Family dated the 24th j Dec. 1704.

263 cork.

Rabun Old Cliui'cliyartl.

[From Mr. James Buckley.]

[Continued from vol. v, p. 330.)

' The ruins of the old church are almost level with the ground-
About 20 feet in length of the north wall shows. There are but
few headstones here.'

I.H.S.
David Flynn Depad | this life September | ye 16 1770
aged | 52 years

Ioseph OBrien Erected this in memory of his son
David who died Janiy the 28th 1791 Aged 19 yrs the
Burial Place of Ellen Roche & family.

I.H.S.

Mathew & Jeremiah Corbett erected this in memory of
their Father Cornel8 Who died a.d. 1775 aged 40 yr8 &
their Br Iohn who died a.d. 1787 aged 36 yn May they
rest in Peace amen.

I.H.S.
Michael Higgins departed this life April ye 26th 1775
Aged 24 Years.

Teniplerobin Cliurcliyai'd, near Queeiistown.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

Because he hoped I will deliver him. I will promote him
because he hath known my Name Sacred to the memory
of John Joseph Therry, Esq | Commissioner of Excise |
Who died on the 25th of May 1853 j Aged 86 years. His
cultivated mind and polished manner | Made him an
ornament to society | And his liberal disposition won the.
love | of all who came | within the circle | of his
influence.

cork. 264

' The table-tomb inscribed as above was covered with a growth
of ivy half a foot thick which had to be temporarily removed to
enable the inscription to be read. This would show that the
numerous similarly ivy-clad tombs in the next graveyard are at
least fifty years old.'

I.H.S.

Here lyeth the body | of John Barry who departed this
life | 24 May Anno Domini | 1776 aged 76 years.

Also to memory of Augustus Wm Barry | of Rosehill,
Ballinacurra I Eldest grandson of above | John
Barry | Lost at sea in the Madagascar 1852

I.H.S.

Erected by | John O'Healy In remembrance of his
affectionate Brother | Timothy O'Healy | Died April 2
1836 Aged 53 years Requiescant in pace Amen f This
stone is placed in the burial-place for the remains of his
affectionate wife & family.

' The above inscription shows that the "0" was one time
prefixed to this surname, though now universally omitted by
those who bear the Celtic name. It has been the present
writer's experience that a suggestion to resume the " 0 " where it
has been dropped, as above, is regarded as next to an insult,
though there are, of course, instances where it has been voluntarily
re-adopted.'

Mourn not for me, no sorrow make
But love my children for my sake.

1 Besides this being apparently the only headstone bearing a
rhymed inscription in Templerobin Churchyard, a sort of history
attaches to the grave which it marks. When it was being dug,

265 cork.

within the precincts of the old temple or church, the diggers
discovered, under a large flat stone, a box which they were convinced
contained something of value, yet they were so timorous over it that
they consigned it again to the earth without opening it. This
incident became known, and was referred to in a Paper on Temple-
robin Churchyard, published about twenty years ago. This Paper
having come into the hands of C. S. Leslie, Esq., Kemway, Aberdeen,
f.s.a., Scotland, he wrote to make inquiries as to whether the box
had ever since been unearthed ; and learning that this was not the
case, he generously offered to bear the expenses of excavating for it.
Authority for the excavating having been obtained, the excavations
were made early in March, 1907, but no trace of the box could be
found.'

1 John O'Keeffe, one time a famous actor and playwright, who
spent the last years of his life in Southampton, bereft of sight, lies
buried in the now disused graveyard off East Street, not far from
All Saints' Church, Southampton. He was born at Dublin on the
24th of June, 1747. He wrote upwards of fifty comedies and farces,
which were published in four volumes in 1798. He also wrote his
" Recollections," published in 1826, which still form interesting
reading. His poetical works, under the title of " O'Keeffe's Legacy
to his Daughter," were published in one volume: London, 1834.
A pamphlet giving a brief memoir of John O'Keeffe was published
by Mr. G. Thorne, of Southampton, not long since.'

Templeusque Cliurcliyartl.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.t.]

' Like all the other churchyards in the vicinity of Cork Harbour
which take their names from the ancient " Teampuls " or churches
which stood in their midst, Templeusque stands on a hill which
gradually rises from the north bank of the River Lee, from which
this churchyard lies about 7 miles to the north-west from Dunkettle
Station, and is the most remote, isolated, and lonely of them all.
There must have been quite a muscular type of Christians in the
days when these " Teampuls " were built, ready to face wind and
weather, up such very steep hills, in order to attend to their Sunday
worship ; for it seems difficult to suppose that the young or the feeble
could possibly attend them, especially in wintry weather, on account
of their distance and inaccessibility. Here one would expect to
find the ancient " Teampul " in an almost perfect condition; but
instead of that the modern rural vandal has not left a fragment of it

cork. 266

remain, and, no doubt, utilized its stones in repairing the neighbour-
ing ditches and roads. As is the case with Ballylucra Churchyard,
even the most recent headstones are so lichen-grown as to make
it very difficult to decipher them. There are only two table-
tombs in Templeusque Churchyard, on which are the following
inscriptions ' : —

I.H.S.

This Tomb Erected by | James Cronin | of Farran-
cleary Black | Pool Cork June th30 a.d. 1818

Here Lyeth the Body of William | Cahill Late of
Killicouch [?] who de | parted this Life The Thirtieth
Day of April and in the Year of our Lord | God 1780
and in the Eighty [Second | Year of his age j Here also
lye the Body of Joan Quin wife of John Cahill
[Remainder mostly illegible, ending with 1727.]

' On ordinary headstones are the following representative
inscriptions ' : —

Erected by | John Barthw & Mathw Cahill In Memory
of John Sin Barth | of Dunanough [?] | who died
Sepr 15 1843 Aged 27 years

ti,

267 DONEGAL.

In raised letters ' : —

COUNTY DONEGAL

Ifisill.* shannon *t. Anne's Clmrcli.

[From John Hewetson, Esq., London.]

1 At the east end, opposite to the entrance gate, are the following
inscriptions upon five memorial stones, taking them from left to
right, viz.

• Upon a recumbent stone ' : —

Here lyeth the body of

Coyne Reynolds

who departed this life

the 24th day of May 1839

aged 54 years.

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1 To the right of above, upon an altar tombstone ' : —

Sacred to the memory of

Ann Reynolds

Relict of Captn William Reynolds

and daughter of Colonel Thomas Wood, C.B.,

of the Bengal Engineers who departed

this life at Barryburn near Derry

on the 18th day of October 1836

aged 43 years.

1 The next, a flat one ' : —

HERE LYES JEAN

BANERMAN AL

IAS FORBES WHO

DYED SEPTEMBER

THE SEVENTH

1681 AGED 63

' Next to the last-named is a recumbent stone, showing in very
bold relief a carved golden eagle displayed, surmounted by an
esquire's helmet, and inscribed ' : —

Here lietli the Body of Mich1
Hewetson Esqre who departed

this Life Novr ye 2d 1753
aged 86 years.

' Near to and behind (west of) the above four tombstones is
another flat one with the following inscription ' : —

HERE LYES EDWARD
FORBES, MASTER OF
ARTS, IN BOTH THE
COLLEIGES (sic) OF ABER-
DEIN (sic) AND DUBLIN, OR-
DAINED DEACON
BY THE B. OF LONDON.
WHO DYED AUGUST 1711
IN THE 26 YEAR OF HIS '
AGE.

ftaphoe— Ruins of the llishop's Palace.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

' The palace was burnt down many years ago, it is said, by a
man who thought that he could obtain a lease of the demesne on

269 DONEGAL.

cheaper terms if there was no residence! Now only the walls
remain. The outer wall is embattled, and has some loopholes for
musketry. At each corner is a sort of square tower. On the
towers at each side of the front porch are shields of arms, as
follows : —

' Front of right-hand tower, quarterly one and four, on a bend
three buckles; two and three, a lion rampant; supporters, two
griffions ; an earl's coronet surmounts the coat, which is that of
Leslie, Earl of Rothes, and beneath is the motto, " Grip fast."
The carving of this coat is in a more ancient style than that of the
other coats subsequently described; and whereas they are cut in a
sort of Portland stone, it is in a sort of blue soap-stone. At the
base of this tower, near the ground, cut in a similar stone to the
arms above, is the following inscription ' : —

10= LESL/EVS EPS: RAPOT I MUM

POSVIT LAPIDEM 17 MAN 1636

SUPREMVM 19 AVG 1637

TRANSLAT SUff 5. .

' Translation ' : —

' John Leslie, Bishop of Raphoe, laid the foundation-stone
17 May, 1636, and the coping-stone 19 August, 1637, in the 5th year
of his translation ' [from the See of Orkney to that of Raphoe] .

1 At the side of this tower is the following coat : — Quarterly of
six— 1. A chevron between three lions' heads affronte. 2. A cross
degraded. 3. A cross patee. 4. On a pale a human figure (?).
5. A saltire charged with ... 6. A fesse dancettee. Supporters,
dexter, a griffron; sinister, a lion. Motto, "En Dieu est tout."
Surmounting arms a viscount's coronet. Crest defaced. On the
tower, to the left of the porch, in front, coat-of-arms, a chevron
between three . . . (?). Shield surmounted by a ducal (?) coronet,
and surrounded by the riband of some order (? Garter). Supporters,
bustards. Crest, a bustard (? or some other bird). Motto, defaced.

'On the side of this tower is the following: — Arms, a lion
rampant between three crosses fitchee, two in chief and one in
base impaled with a lion rampant. Supporters, lions. Crest, a
demi-lion rampant, holding in its paws a cross fitchee. Motto, "...
et fortitudinem."

' In the wall, behind the right-hand tower, is a low doorway,
with the following carved above it : — Arms, on a fesse three buckles
(Leslie), surmounted by a bishop's mitre. Motto beneath defaced.'

DOWN. 270

COUNTY DOWN.

fiaiibriilge. old Presbyterian Churchyard, Parish
of Seapatrick.

[From Captain E. Linn, Christchurch, New Zealand.]

Here Lieth the Body of

Eobert M'Night who
departed this Life 17th of
Jany. 1766 in the 59 year of his age.
also of Patience his
wife, 1st Nov. 1789 M 74, To
whose memory this monument
was erected by their only sur-
viving issue Sarah M°Creedy
wife of the Rev. Alexander
McCreedy vicar of Tullynakill

A MEMORIAL

Of the esteem and regard of the

Presbyterian Congregation of Banbridge,

To their late Pastor,

THE REV. NATHANIEL SHAW.

A man distinguished in public and private life, by an unbending

integrity of
principle, and an undeviating adherence to truth.
His house was the asylum of the unfortunate, and the seat of
unaffected hospitality.
Whilst his heart embraced the human kind, his particular friend-
ships
were warm, and generous, and active.
Convinced of the importance of Christianity he laboured in
its cause with ability, zeal and effect.
He died on the 3rd of July, in the year of Lord 1812, in the 53rd

year of his age
and 23ld of his ministry.

ERECTED

In memory of

The Bevd James Davis, m.a.

Late minister of the First Congregation

of Banbridge

Who died 21st July 1847, in the 65th year of

271 DOWN.

His age, and 34th of his ministry

Leaving in the hearts of all who knew him an

Abiding memory of his pure virtues as a man

And of his Eminence, Zeal, Faithfulness and

Ability as a minister of Christ.

They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament,

and they that turn many to righteousness

as the stars for ever and ever."

Likewise his wife Isabella, who died

13th May 1866, in the 84th year

of her age.

Here Lies the Body

of William Herron

Who departed this Life

In the year 1758

Doiias'hadee Church.

[From Francis C. Crossle, m.b., and Philip Crossle.]

1 Donaghadee Church anciently constituted part of the posses-
sions of the monks of Black Abbey, Newtownards, in the County
of Down. This connects the church with the monks of Bangor,
who did so much for the spread of Christianity, not only in Ireland
but in England and upon the Continent. If local tradition be of
any weight, Donaghadee is linked to the Church of the past by yet
more sacred ties. Within the bounds of the parish is Temple-
patrick, said to be a landing-place of St. Patrick, the Apostle of
Ireland, upon our soil. Most Irish antiquaries are agreed that
St. Patrick landed at Templepatrick, near to Donaghadee, in the
County Down ; and the fact that Portpatrick in Scotland is directly
opposite to Donaghadee is an argument for the honour which this
parish claims. The present church was rebuilt in 1626 by Hugh,
First Viscount Montgomery, stated as follows in the " Montgomery
Manuscripts" : — " The First Viscount Montgomery wholly repaired
the church of Greyabbey. Then his lordship built the great church
and bell-tower* in Donaghadee, near the mount and town, and
Portpatrick church also ; both of them large edifices, each having
lour gable-ends (for the figures of them are crosses), raised on new
grounds, and slated, now in good repair, as the rest are, apparent
to the view of all men."

* Mrs. Reilly's book — valuable from her connexion with Grey-
abbey — states that " the churches of Greyabbey and Comber were
repaired, and the church built at Donaghadee, in 1626"; and if

* The lower portion of the walls of the bell-tower is over six feet in
thickness for some fifteen feet high from the ground at the present date (1908).

down. 272

Hugh Viscount Montgomery were the founder, the above accounts
seem to be true, as he died in the year 1636.

1 The church, as it stood before the enlargement in 1881,
corresponds with the description given by Harris, in 1744, in his
" Antient and Present State of County Down," p. 66. He describes
the church of Donaghadee as " an old building," but " is in good
repair, and erected in the form of a cross, with narrow Gothic
arch windows.* At the west end of it there is a square steeple, not
so high as the church, and seems never to have been finished. The
church stands on an eminence at the north-west end of the town,
and may be seen in clear weather from Port Patrick in Scotland.
Very near the church stands the vicarage-house, where the
incumbent resides on his glebe."

' Mary Angelica, Countess of Mount Alexander, by her will,
bearing date 30th May, 1764, bequeathed £100 " to be laid out in
repairing the parish church of Donaghadee," and also " the clear
yearly sum of £120 a year, "of which £20 a year to be paid to a licensed
English schoolmaster, who shall be of the Protestant religion ; £30
a year to be laid out in clothing of thirty poor children ; £10 a year to
be divided into apprentice fees for such of the said children as shall
be apprenticed to Protestant tradesmen ; £50 to be divided, share
and share alike, to twenty-five poor housekeepers in Donaghadee ;
and the remaining £10 to be paid yearly to the officiating clergy-
man of Donaghadee for reading morning prayers on every
Wednesday and Friday throughout the year in the Parish Church
of Donaghadee. The above parochial school still flourishes (1901),
being now under the National Board, and is one of the best iu
Donaghadee.

' From the Vestry-book we find that in April, 1781, Daniel
Delacherois, Esquire, was permitted to erect two seats at the upper
end of the west aisle of the church for the use of himself and his
family, and to erect a gallery over said seats for the use of the
said scholars of the church, endowed by the late Countess of Mount
Alexander.

1 Dr. Willoughby Semphill, by his will, dated 25th August,
1783, and proved 17th October, 1785, bequeathed the annual sum
of £20, being the chief rent of old custom-house, Donaghadee, to
the vicar and churchwardens of the Parish of Donaghadee, for the
benefit of the poor of the parish. Captain Nicholas Delacherois
(late 9th Foot), of Cherryvalley, by will, proved 10th April, 1829,
also bequeathed £100, the interest of which, with the former
bequest, is (1908) still annually distributed by the rector among
the poor every Christmas.

* These windows are (1908) still in the church, the architecture being very
similar to that at Greyabbey, and they have still the original stained glass,
said to be over 500 years old.

273 down.

1 The Rev. Francis Edward Lascelles began to build a parsonage
house on the 29th of April, 1816, finished it, and went to reside
there on the 4th of May, 1818.

1 From the Vestry-book we find that on the 17th of April, 1827,
a sum of £58 9s. lOd. was spent in slating and repairing the roof
of the church ; also similar sums spent in the years 1828-'29-'30,
and '31 for the same purpose.

1 In 1830 the Lord Primate, Lord John George de la Poer
Beresford, gave the Rev. John Hill, vicar, the rectorial tithes,
and made him rector, as Mr. Hill gave up his right of presentation
to the newly formed Parish of Carrowdore, which had been part of
Donaghadee Parish.

1 Lewis, in his " Topographical Dictionary of Ireland," 1837,
states : " The living is a vicarage, in the Diocese of Down, and is
in the patronage of the Lord Primate. At its institution, it was
endowed with all the altarages, and one-third of the tithes of corn
and hay, and one-half of the townland of Mulletullenaghragh as a
glebe. The rectory is appropriate to the See of Armagh. The
tithes amount to £720, of which £480 is paid to the lessee of the
appropriate, and £240 to the Vicar."

1 In 1833 the lofty tower was completed at the western end of
the church, on the wall of the old existing tower, at the expense of
the late Daniel Delacherois, Esq., aided by £50 bequeathed for that
purpose by the late Captain Delacherois (9th Foot) of Cherryvale.
And from the Vestry -book we find that, on the 9th of April, 1833,
the Vestry express to Daniel Delacherois, Esq., their "grateful
sense of his liberality in having, almost at his own cost, and without
any charge to the parish, built a handsome and ornamental tower
to the church." This was the only part of the church built in
1833, and not the whole church, as stated by Knox.

1 It is also recorded in the Vestry-book on the 2nd April, I860,
that the Vestry record their "grateful sense of the untiring and
efficient aid, and of the liberal contributions in money, which their
Churchwarden, Mr. Daniel Delacherois of the Manor House, has
given in order to carry out in the best manner the recent improve-
ments and enlargements of the Parish Church."

' In 1877 a fine-toned bell, by the celebrated J. Murphy, of
Dublin, weighing almost one ton, was presented by Daniel Dela-
cherois, d.l., who also closed in the church-tower with windows and
louvres, and put in a new floor and staircases at a cost of over
£300.

' In 1878, shortly after the appointment of the present rector, and
for some years previously, the church was found to require enlarge-
ment and improvement, both as to the structure and re-seating.
This was happily effected in July, 1881 ; and when the church
was re-opened for service on the 3rd of that month, it presented a
greatly improved appearance. The Rev. R. H. Coote and the local

down. 274

proprietor, D. Deiacherois, Esq., with the help of many kind
friends, raised a sum of £1,460 (£100 grant from the Beresford
Fund), which was laid out according to the plans of Timothy Hevey,
architect, and, after his death, under the superintendence of J. H.
Fullerton, of Armagh. The cruciform shape has been retained,
while two sides of one aisle have been enlarged. Two rows of
columns of polished Newry granite support the arches of that aisle.
The capitals and bases are of Dungannon stone, and Dundonald
stone arches support the roof of the church. The ceiling is panelled
with pitch-pine, and neat benches replace the old box-pews. The
general style of the building is early English. From 90 to 100
additional sittings were obtained by the enlargement. The church
was re-opened by the late Right Rev. Robert Knox, Lord Bishop of
the Diocese (afterwards Primate of All Ireland), who preached on
the occasion.

' On the death of Mrs. Deiacherois on the 4fch December, 1891,
it was felt by many in the parish that some memorial should be
erected to her memory ; and this sentiment having been generally
expressed, a committee was formed on the 30th January, 1892, to
give it practical shape. After due consideration, the committee
resolved that the object could best be accomplished by erecting a
clock in the church tower. Accordingly, in June, 1892, the clock
was erected, and while being a suitable memorial to perpetuate the
memory of Mrs. Deiacherois, is a great boon to the town. The
striking of the hours, on the fine bell erected in the church tower
by Mr. Daniel Deiacherois, d.l., some years ago, is heard all
through the town, and in favourable weather for miles around.'

' These particulars are principally taken from Lavens M. Ewart's
" Handbook of the United Diocese of Down, Connor, andDromore,"
supplemented by notes from the authorities named.'

' The following books are kept in the safe of the parish
church ' : —

' Register of marriages, " presented to the Rev. John Hill,
Vicar, 1838, by Mrs. George Leslie," containing a record of
marriages solemnized in the church between the years 1775 and
1777.'

' The register book of the Parish of Donaghadee, Nicholas
Hamilton, Vicar, 1778, contains the following items of interest : —

* 6 April, 1779, Vestry granted 14s. 9d. to repair damages done
in the Barrack by Legerwood when out of his reason and confined
there. Also the sum of £2 5s. Od. to reimburse Mr. Galbraith for
his trouble and expense in making and putting up a Dial on the
South Gable of the Church.

' 13 April, 1784. The burying-ground enlarged at an expense
of £5 13s. 9d., and for a number of years subsequently similar small
sums were voted for the improvement of the Church Yard.

' 5 Sept., 1797. The sum of Sixpence per acre levied off the

275 down.

Landholders of the Parish to raise a fund sufficient to furnish sub-
stitutes for service in the militia.

' 25 March, 1799. Mr. Hutcheson awarded £2 16s. lO^d. for
money advanced by him for repairing the hearse.

' 20 April, 1802. £6 16s. 6d. devoted to the purchase of a new
hearse.

< 8 April, 1806. £1 19s. 3d. devoted to the erection of a shed
for the hearse.

' 19 April, 1808. £2 5s. 6d. devoted to repairing hearse &
procuring tackling and harness for it.

1 15 Nov., 1809. A large committee appointed to levy 5s. 5d.
per head from each man liable to service in the Militia.

1 This book also contains at the end a " Registry of Marriages,
Christenings & Burials in the Parish of Donaghadee, as came to
the knowledge of the Vicar the Revd Nicholas Hamilton, since
1st August, 1771," consisting of forty pages of parchment, closely
written, the last entry being dated 24th March, 1816.'

' The Register of Vestry Meetings, and of Burials, Baptisms,
and Marriages in the Parish of Donaghdee from 1816 to 1844,
contains the following items of interest ' : —

' List of Vicars of Donaghadee —

' The Rev. Mr. Babbington.
' The Rev. Mr. Nevin.

< The Rev. Peter Winder.

' The Rev. Nicholas Hamilton, 1770.

1 The Rev. Francis Hutcheson, d.d., 1787.

' The Rev. Francis Edward Lascelles appointed Vicar of
Donaghadee, June, 1814, on the vacancy occasioned by the death of
the late Vicar, the Rev. Francis Hutcheson, d.d.

1 The Rev William Boyd, in 1824, on the appointment of the
late Vicar to the Vicarage of Saint Andrew in the Barony of the
Ards, & County of Down.

' The Rev. John Hill, 1830.

'The Rev. Richard Henry Coote, a.b., t.c.d., 1877, the present
(1908) Incumbent.'

1 Succession of Presbyterian ministers in the meeting-house of
Donaghadee ' : —

' Rev. Mr. WTarnock.

' Rev. Mr. Adams.

' Rev, Mr. Goudy.

1 Rev. Mr. Knox.

1 Rev. Mr. Arnold.

< Rev. Mr. Skelly.

' Rev. Mr. M'Auley, 1822. A second meeting-house was built
in this year for Rev. Mr. Skelly.

down. 276

' Copy of a Letter received from Bishop Mant by the Revd F. E.
Lascelles on the Subject of the Donaghadee Charities.

' 20 August, 1817. An Address was presented by the Parish
to the Rev. Edward Hamilton, who for upwards of five years had
officiated as Curate of the Parish. The Vestry-book contains a
copy of the Address & Mr. Hamilton's Reply, the latter being dated
from Philipstown.

• 13 June, 1821. A Committee, previously appointed, present a
plan for superintending & regulating the begging Poor of the town
& parish, whereby they should be required to wear badges to be
provided for them at the expense of the Parish, & that they should
be permitted to beg in the town of Donaghadee on Saturday & in
the Country on Wednesday in each week & on no other days on
penalty of their badges being withdrawn & their being liable to be
punished as Vagrants. Printed notices to be posted up at the
several avenues to the town & in other conspicuous places
throughout the Parish to warn the persons so concerned.

• 20 April, 1824. A sum of 14s. 8d. voted for poisoning rats in
the Churchyard.'

' This book also contains ' : —

' Seventy-six pages of baptisms, amongst which are interspersed
occasional records of marriages, the earliest entry being 18th August,
1816, and the latest 14th December, 1845.

' Seventeen pages devoted to marriages alone, the earliest entry
being 11th October, 1824, and the last 10th September, 1844.

' Several other books of baptisms, marriages, and burials of a
more modern date.

' The following silver vessels are kept in the safe in the
church : —

' Silver cup, bearing an inscription as follows ' : —

The Communion Cup of Donoughodee Capn. Iohn
Montgomery and William Pinkstan Churchwardens
1695.

' But there are no other marks on the cup,'

• Silver cup bearing the following marks ' : —

I : Rofs. 1712.

Harp, crowned.

Date letter stands for 1739 (a black-letter T on a shield).

Maker's initials, D.R.

1 Flagon, bearing the following inscription and marks ' : —

DONAGHADEE CHURCH
1861.
H. W. & Co.

E. P.

Two crossed keys.

277 down.

Silver collection plate, bearing the following marks ' : —
Date, 17 : 3.
Harp, crowned.
Maker's initials, C. L.
Hibernia.

'Massive tomb or vault, surrounded by high railings, with
Nos. 1 and 2 tablets on the roof, and Nos. 3 and 4 slabs on the
ground, lying flat, in front of the vault ' : —

' 1. White Marble Slab ' :—

In Memory of

Louis William second son of Samuel Delacherois,

of Donaghadee,

born 13th may, 1858, died 12th june 1892.

< II. White Marble Slab ' :—

This Tablet and Cross are placed on this Vault Sept., 1892,

by Daniel Delacherois, Esq., d.l.

in affectionate remembrance of his father,

Samuel Louis Delacherois, late captain in the Antrim militia

born 15th april 1785. died 3rd jan., 1836.

and of his mother

Mary, daughter of John Kowland, Esq., of London.

born Sept., 1792. married 20th oct., 1820. died 28th april, 1874.

and of his three brothers and three sisters

Frances Mary, born 27th Oct., 1826. died in Dublin

10th March, 1838.

interred in mount jerome cemetery.

Mary born 17th dec, 1822. died 5th may, 1839.

Louis Lieut royal navy, born 25th oct., 1830. died 8th oct.,

1859, FROM hardships in the service of his country

during the crimean war.

Jane born 25th march, 1833. married William Young, Esq.,

of bally will will, co. down, 2nd feb., 1857.

DIED S.P. 21ST NOV., 1866.

Alexander born 4th dec, 1834. died 21st nov., 1873.

Nicholas of Bally willi am, co. down, j.p.

late lieut. 7th dragoon guards.

born 21st june, 1824. died s.p. 15th jan., 1874.

< III. Flat Painted Slab ' :—

Here Lieth the Body of

Mr. John Nevin of Craigboy, who died 19

November, 1778. Asfed 59 Years.

down. 278

And of his wife Elonor (sic) Nevin otherwi*e

McGown who died 23 August 1790 Aged

63 Years. Here Lieth the Body of

Benjamin Nevin late of Ballymackruife

'IV. Flat Painted Slab': —

HEBE LIETH THE BODY OF

DAVID NEVIN WHO DEPARTED

THIS LIFE APRILE THE 22nd

1779 AGED 68 YEARS

ALSO HIS DAUGHTER ELLINOR

NEVIN AGED 1 YEAR.

1 White Marble Slab, placed over door of vault, on the outside
of wall of north transept of the church ' : —

This Vault was enlarged

Daniel Delacherois, Esq., j.p.

of the Manor House, Donaghadee, a.d. 1868.

Within rest the Remains

Mary Crommelin, born died unmd Daniel Delacherois, Esq., j.p., d.l.

aged 80 born 1 dec. 1783, died 1 oct. 1850, unmd

Daniel Delacherois, Esq., j.p. Mary Delcherois, his sister

born 23 June, 1735, died 15 March, 1790 born 11 April, 1790, died 10 March 1854 unmd

Mary Delacherois, his wife Ellen daughter of George Leslie Esq &

born 17 died 10 Dec. 1837 wife of Daniel Delacherois, Esq., a.m., d.l., j.p

aged born 7th oct. 1827, she died 4lh dec. 1891.

Jane Hammond, widow (her sister) Edmund Bourjonval Delacherois, Esq.

born died 9 Nov. 1844. m.d., t.c.d. of Brighton, second son of Daniel

aged Delacherois, Esq., m. a., t.c.d., d.l., j.p. bokn 20ti

january, 1861. married 7th january 1893 and

died s.p. 1st june, 1901, at sandford near
Bristol from a carriage accident, aged 40.

Upright slate headstone' : —

279 down.

Upright slate headstone ' : —

4 Upright slate headstone ' : —

* Upright slate headstone ' : —

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

Upright freestone headstone ' : —

DOWN. 280

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here lieth : ye Body

of Margret Coreley : who Departed

this lif : July ye 25 J735 • Aged

48 years ^ Alfo Catrina Bell

who Died : Decbr. ye 22d. J735

Aged J7 years : wife & Daughte1'

to John Bell **•

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

' Upright freestone headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of | Ann Clark Wife to Will*
Veacock | Who Deptd. this Life June the 22d. | J79J
M 27 Yrs. Also her Husballd | Willm Veacock Mariner

who | Depd. this Life July the 28th | 1803 M 43 Yr3.

281 DOWN.

Upright slate headstone ' : —

ERE lieth ye body | of : jean fimpfon wife | to
james fimpson : who | Died . May ye 19th . 1751
AGed | 45 years^

Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lyeth ye Body of | Margrat Barkley wife of willm |
Adams who Dep : this Life | March ye 4th 1768 M 74
Years. | this is Andrew barkley's burying place.

Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here lyeth the Bodys' of | Margaret Meable and J |
ean Bailie Children to D- | avid Bailie late of
Miln If le.

Upright slate headstone' : —

ere lieth

[the Bod]y: of james barck

[ley] who Died : novbr. ye 2

. . . : Aged . 2 years^

[Also A]ndrew Barkley, who died

the 4th of Decr 1753 Aged 55

Years

Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of John Mc

Cartney, who Died Decbr the 28th 1800

M 82.

Here Lieth the Body of Iames

McCartney son of Io McCartney

of Beldyvester Who died

Jan. 30th 1775 Aged 31

down. 282

1 Upright freestone headstone ' : —

Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of Jane | Crooks otherwife
McGown | wife to Thomas Crooks who | Died April ye
8. J772 M 78 years.

Upright slate headstone ' : —

ere lieth ye body | of Margaret fulartoun who
died June ye . 26 . J734 . Aged | 3 . years ^

i Upright slate headstone ' : —

* Upright slate headstone ' : —

3 Years & 4 Months. | of his Son |

William Fullerton the 8th day of August |

—years.

Here Lieth the Body of | Samuel Atchison wh° | Deptd
this Life June ye | 2d 1792 Aged 83 years.

Upright freestone headstone in railed-in enclosure ' : —

283 down.

alias McKee, who died 3rd Sept., | 1890 in her 78th
year. | Also the above named John Fullerton who died
9th January | 1892 Aged 92 Years.

Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of | Janet Taylor Daughter | of
Nevin Taylor in Cr- | eighboy who Deptd this Life Feb.
the 27th 1766 | Aged 6 Years.

Upright freestone headstone ' : —

Here lyeth y body of
Patrick Hunter who died

SEPTEMBER Y J7T" 1723.
AGED 70 YEARS

ALSO HIS WIFE AGNES MOORE
e
DIED IULY Y J7™ J7JJ AGED 44
YEARS.

Also James Hunter departed this

life December the 10th 1761 aged

70 Years.

4 Upright slate headstone ' : —

4 Upright red freestone headstone ' : —

WHEN
ON THIS STONE

you cast an eye

RMEMBER [s£c] ON

MORTALITY AS J
AM NOW SO MUST

THOU BE THINK
O MAN THAT

THOU MUST DIE

Here lieth Ye

Body of david

Hanna who

DIED FEBRY Ye 3

J734 aged 24

YEARS.

down. 284

1 Upright slate headstone. ' : —

Here Lies the Bodys of | 4 Children of Nevin Tay- | lor
D. Dee 1784.

Upright freestone headstone ' : —

1 Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here lieth the body of | Jane Morison wife to j John

t [sic^\

ROBERSON WHO DIED I OcTR Y 28th 1763 AGED 53 I YEARS.

Flat slate slab ' : —

Flat slate slab ': —

285 down.

Febrv the 28th | 1810 M 27 Years. | Alfo his Father
Nathaniel Magee | who departed this life March 16th
1818 j aged 66 years. | Alfo his Wife Jane Magee who
Depd this Life Decr 19th 1819 aged. | 64 Years. In-
scribed by Catherine Jane Magee in memory of her
Father James Magee who died 21st | January 1861.
Also her mother Agnes Magee alias Campbell | who
died 1st June, 1861.

Upright slate headstone ' : —

This is William Daly5 Burring [sic] Plac ( And here Lieth
his Daughter Jean | who Departed this Life June the
6 j 1798, Aged 17 years Alfo here Lieth | his fon John,
Aged 4 years. Alfo his | Daughter Augnas \_sic~] Aged 2
Years | Alfo his Wife Mary Ronney, who | depth [sz'c]
this life June 25th 1804 M i 55 Years.

1 Upright slate headstone ' : —

e c

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body | of Martha Ridell Wife of | John
Campbell who dep: | this Life Feb1' ye 4th 1745 | Aged
42 years.

down. 286

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

' Upright sandstone headstone ' : —

Here lieth the body of | Jean McCollogh who died |
August 15th 1766 aged 30 Years I Also of .... of her
Children.

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of | John Kennedy, Who DepT this
Life March y6 3th [sic] J773 M 64 years.

287 down.

' Flat freestone slab ' : —

Flat slate slab ' : —

Here lies the Remains of | Bridget Mulhollan who
Depart'1 | this Life November the 20th | 1786 Aged 70
Years.

' Upright slate headstone ' :--

Here lieth the | Body of John | [name

illegible] who Departed this | life Septebr ye 10th1736 |
Aged 72 years Alfo his | W7ife Janet Ackin who died |
febry ye 13th 1721 Aged (J5 years.

(To be continued.)

Don iipatriol* Cathedral. Old €rravejard.

[From Major R. R. G. Crookshank.]

THE BURYING GROUND BELONGING TO THE j SAVAGES
FAMILY OF MONEYCARRAGH | ANNO DOMINI 1819.

1 Two large horizontal flat stones placed side by side, lying
north and south. Inscription on western stone at eastern edge,
south of Cathedral, west of graveyard.'

down. 288

' Upright stone, very rough, south of Cathedral, north of
St. Patrick's tomb, and close to it': —

Here | Lyeth ye Body of John Savage leat [sic] of |
Mahavaloon Who Departed ys Life Novr | ye 27 1774
MA 66 years.

Seapatrick Cliureli.

[From Captain Linn, f.r.s.a.i., Christ Church, New Zealand.]

' On a mural tablet ' : —

ERECTED

AS A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION

BY A BELOVED WIFE AND ONLY SISTER

TO THE MEMORY OF

JOHN WELSH, ESQR. J.P.

OF CHINATJLY IN THE COUNTY OF DOWN

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOV. XXV r MDCCCLIV

IN THE LXI YEAR OF HIS AGE.

ELIZABETH WELSH

WIFE OF THE ABOVE NAMED JOHN WELSH

DIED NOVEMBER 15th 1873

LEAVING THE RESIDUE OF HER PROPERTY

AMOUNTING TO £6434. 13. 6

TO THE CHURCH OF IRELAND.

On a tablet ' : —

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

CATHERINE

RELICT OF THE LATE JOHN KOBINSON, ESQ.,

POSSESSING A PECULIAR

CHEERFULNESS GREATNESS

AND STRENGTH OF MIND

A CONSTANT LOVELINESS OF

DISPOSITION AND EXTREME SYMPATHY

FOR THE TRIALS OF OTHERS.

Mrs ROBINSON EXHIBITED IN HER LIFE

THE HAPPINESS OF CHRISTIAN HOPE,

WITH THE BENEVOLENCE

OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY

AND DIED IN FAITH OF JESUS

ON 16til DAY OF JANUARY 1853.

AGED 65 YEARS.

Oh how I love Thy law. — Psa. cxix. 97.

289 DUBLIN.

Tiillymore Parle, near Id -yansforcl.

[From Captain G. S. Cary, r.i.c]

' Inscription on the monument on the lawn at Tullymore Park,
in front of the house : : —

This monument was placed here

By a fond and affectionate father

To the Memory

Of a beloved son,

The Honble James Bligh Jocelyn R.N.,*

Who on the 10th day of July, 1812,

In the 23d year of his age,

Departed this mortal life,

In consequence of an attack of asthma,

Occasioned by his professional exertions

In the Service

His King and Country.

COUNTY DUBLIN.

1 olniaifttioM ii Churchyard.

[From Mr. James Fowler.]

' This churchyard is situated near the Rathcoole gate of Athgoe
Park, some hundred yards from the barbican of Colmanstown Keep.
Near the latter is a large, grey boulder, beneath which tradition saith
there is treasure. To gain this one must go at midnight, but going-
is vain because the spectre of a murdered man, mounted upon a
white steed, drives off the treasure-seeker. Many years ago two of
Mr. Locke-O'Carroll's tenants had the hardihood to dig under the
stone. They found a secret passage, at the end of which they saw
some ancient holy vessels ; they feared to touch them. There seems
to be somewhat in this, as the road near the place sounds hollow
when a car is driven over it. The churchyard is encompassed by a
somewhat circular wall of little height. It is honeycombed with
rabbit burrows. Inside the wall round the graveyard are some
remains of a trench once encircling it. The ruins of the church,

* Second son of Robert, Second Earl of Roden.

DUBLIN. 290

marked " chapel " on the ordnance map, now exist only as founda-
tions. I copied all the inscriptions I could see, but others, including
a seventeenth-century tombstone, are said to exist beneath the earth
and weeds which overspread this graveyard like many another one
in Dublin.

' The inscriptions run as follow ' : —
' An upright stone ' :

RICHrd,

RINKEL

[Cherub]

+
IHS

This Itone was Erected
by Patrick Rinkle of the par-
ish of the parish Sagart
Heare Lieth the Body of his
Father Richard Rinkt.e who
Departed this Life Ma'ch the 25th

1743 Aged 68 Years

Heare also Lieth Margrt Rinkle

wife of the above

Richard aged 80 years

Also his Son edmend Rinkle [sic]

In hoc IHS Signo Yinces

[On Sun]

This Stone was Erected

by Peter Dunn in Memo17

of his Wife Bridget Dunn

who Departed this Life

March 18th 1766 aged 52 year*

And the Lord have mercy

on her Soul Amen i-j

IHS

This Stone and Burial place Belongeth to Patt Lynch
and His family (?) Here Lyeth the Body of Bridget
Matthew[s] Who Departed This Life December ye 21st
1762 [60 ?] Aged 22 years

291 DUBLIN.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

+
IHS

Chalice (on Sun) Chalice

Erected by John Wynne of Naas in memory of his
dearly beloved Wife Eliza Wynne who departed this life
on the 18th day of June 1869 Aged 60 years

The next stone has the same heading ' : —

Erected by Patrick Byrne of Windmill Hill in memory
of his beloved Brother Morgan who died 10th Sept 1864
Aged 78 years, also of his Sister Mary Byrne who died
29th March 1869 aged 60 years

Ecce Agnus Dei
(The Agnus Dei)

Erected by M18 Mary Byrne of Punchestown in memory
of her brother Henry &c &c 1851-1858

1 The next headstone is broken into three pieces, which are at
the distance of some yards from each other. The first, fitted into
the original socket, runs ' : —

Ecce Agnus Dei
Gloria in [an Agnus Dei] Excelsis Deo

Erected

M' Laurence McArdle of
Drumgunn
in memory of his . . .

' The second fragment runs ' : —

Wife Margaret

McArdle alias Byrne

who depd this life

4th of Octbr, 1858 aged 29

years

In thee 0 Lord has

She hoped let her

never be confounded

1 On the last fragment ' : —

Requiescat in Pace

DUBLIN. 292

IH S

This Stone was erected by M' Patrick Cantfield of
Dorset Street in the City of Dublin to the memory of
his dearly beloved Wife MrB Winfred Cantfield who
Departed this life February the 261h 1810 Aged 46 years.
Here also lieth the body of his dearly beloved Brother
Mr James Murphy who died 1778 aged 37 years and his
wife Catharine who died 1800 aged 42 years

' Over one of the doors of Athgoe Castle are two square slabs
with bevelled edges, the upper thus inscribed ' : —

+
I H S 1579

m X. Ik. H.

' This being greatly worn, a replica was set up underneath at
the close of last century, thus arranged ' : —

+
IH S

W. L. K. A.

' The initials are those of Walter Lock and Katharine Allen.'

Donabate C Imicli ami c 'luirchj ard

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' Four of the inscriptions from slabs and a mural monument in
the Protestant church have appeared on page 37, Vol. IV, of the
Journal. The first two, the Pryse and the Acheson slabs, now
lie in the vestry, while the third, the FitzSimons slab, is built into
the wall inside the church porch on the right hand side. A third
slab, now lying in the floor of the vestry, is thus incised ' : —

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF

CAPT IAMES CONRAN SON TO

WALTER CONRAN OF CUR-

OGH GENT. DECEASED THE 8th OF

FEBRY 1703.

1 At the foot of this slab are cut in relief a skull and cross-bones,
and below them, in incised lettering, memento mori.'

293

DUBLIN.

1 At the west end of the churchyard there are two large head-
stones built into mason work, now thickly covered with ivy. The
inscriptions are as follows ' : —

Pray for the

AN0

IHS

DOM

A skull,

souls of this

cross-bones

Fameley deceased

and coffin

This Stone was Erected by Mr
Andrew Cruce at Turvey Hill in
Memory of his Father Mr Patrick
Cruce who departed this Life the
13 day of February 1757 in the 58
year of his Age. Here lieth two
of his Daughters Elizabeth Cruce,

And Maryann Whelan alias Cr-
uce who departed this Life the 6xt
of Desbr 1761. Aged 21 years. Allso

James C. Son to the above P. C.

who Departed this Life January the

18th 1762 Aged 17 years.

I. H. S.

Here Lieth the Body of Mrs Mary

Whyte Wife of Mr Patrick Whyte

who departed this life 20th of Octr

1765 in the 51st year of her age

Here also Lieth Maria Whyte
Wife to Rob4 Whyte of Pill Lane
in the city of Dublin, who De-
parted this Life Universally
and Sencerely regretted the 23rd
October 1783 in the 32nd year of her
Age. Here Also Lieth 3 of her childre'

' Between these headstones and the path to the church porch
lies a flat slab of the eighteenth century, but of such a slaty nature
that the inscription has almost entirely flaked away ; about all that
is now decipherable is ' : —

I.H. S.

THIS STONE WAS ERECTED
BY [iANE ?] N IDS OF THE
CITY OF DUBLIN

[The remainder quite illegible.]

DUBLIN. 294

4 A flat slab now lying on the right-hand side of the path to the
church porch, now without a letter, owing to the rotten state of the
stone, formerly bore this inscription ' : —

of Kil- | ... in the County

1 There is lying under the present wooden floor of the nave a
slab bearing this inscription ' : —

I. H. S.

This Stone and Burial pla | ce Belongeth to Thomas |
Seagrave and his posterity. | Here lyeth 2 of his children.
1755.

' The two last given inscriptions were copied from a sheet of
paper in a frame in the vestry ' : —

' In the south-west corner of the burial-ground are two head
stones thus inscribed ' : —

I. H. S.
This Stone and Burying | Place belongeth to James |

r er

I.H. S.

This Stone was Erected [by]

James 0 'Bryan in Memo[ry of]

his Father James O'Bryan [and]

his Postarity [s*'c] who departe[d this"

Life December the 25th 178[- Aged]"

77 years

The rio-ht-hand side of the stone is broken off.'

295 DUBLIN.

' A mural monument built into the south wall inside the
church ' : —

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF

Col. HENRY CLERMONT COBBE, c.b.

h.m. 4TU "king's own" regiment

eldest son of

lieut. col. Thomas Alexander Cobbe, h.e.i.c.s.

BORN DECEMBER 20th 1811, DIED AUGUST 6th 1855
HIS REMAINS ARE BURIED ON CATHCARTS HILL

ON THE SHORE OF THE CRIMEA,

WHICH WITNESSED HIS UNWEARIED FORTITUDE

AND CHIVALROUS VALOUR

FROM THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA

TO THAT OF THE 18th OF JUNE 1855

WHEN HE COMMANDED THE LEFT ATTACK

OF THE BRITISH ARMY,

AND RECEIVED THE WOUNDS FROM WHICH HE DIED.

HIS MEMORY LIVES

IN THE HOUSE OF HIS FATHERS

OF WHICH HE WAS THE HONOUR

AND WHEREIN HE WAS BELOVED

AS A DEAR SON AND BROTHER.

T. Gaffin

Regent Str. London

' At the sides of this monument is the legend : " Moriens
Oano." '

' A very interesting late sixteenth-century Barnewall slab, un-
fortunately in a fractured and incomplete condition, is built into
the church porch opposite the Fitz Simons monument. It is of a
very unusual type, as an inscription in large capitals runs round
the edge, while the centre is occupied with inscriptions and two
coats-of-arms, running lengthways. The right-hand end of the slab
is broken off and lost. Along the left end are the letters ' : —

: I : N : + : R : I :

' At the top is the prayer ' : —

QVI : PASSVS : ES + PRO : NOBI[S :]

1 And the last two words are all that remain along the lower
<edge.'

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' In the left half of the slab is the following inscription ' : —

HEER • LIETHE * THE ' BODIES '

OF ' PATRICK * BARNEWAL * OF *

STAFFORDSTON * AND * HIS '

WYFE * BEIGNET * DELAHIDE *

DOVGHTIR ' TO * RICHARD *

DELAHYDE * OF * LOGHSHINE *

SOMTYME ' CHIEFE * IVST *

OF ' THE * COMON ' PLEAES * WHOE "

DIED ' THE * TWELTH ■ OF * IANVARY '

ANNO * DOMINI * 1592 ' WHOESE ■

SOWLESE ' G0[D * TAKE ' TO * HIS * m]eRCY *

' Then follows a shield bearing the Barnewall arms, viz.' : —

' " Ermine, a border engrailed gules " (with a crescent, denoting
a second son) ; and on either side of it the initials P and B.'

' Between the Barnewall shield and another are a cross and the
sentence in Latin ' : —

ESTO

MIHI ■ IESVS * AMEN

' Of the second shield a large portion is broken off ; it bears the

Delahide family arms, viz.': —

' " Barry of six argent and gules, a bend sable."

1 On the right-hand side of this shield is a cross, and above it

the lower portion of the initial B, the first letter of the wife's

Christian name.'

Di'imnag li. or the Bluebell Cliureliyard.

[From Captain G. S. Cary.]

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

I-H-S

Memento Morii
This Stone was erected by Bridget Keogh | in memory
of her beloved husband William | Keogh of Francis
Street in the city of Dublin | who departed this life on
the 9th day of | March 1825 aged 41 years. Also six |
children who died young. Here also | are interred the
remains of their much | esteemed son James Keogh who
departed | this life on the 17th day of Aug1 1828 j, aged
25 years.

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Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

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Memento I-H-S- Mori

Dublin : Christ Clm rcli Cathedral.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 Christ Church Cathedral was originally founded in honour of
the Trinity, by Sitric, the Danish King of Dublin, in 1038. The
name " Christ Church " is Danish, and was used to denote a head
church or cathedral. It was situated within the Danish fortifica-
tions, whereas the ancient parochial church of St. Patrick's stood
outside the walls of Dublin : the latter was constituted a prebendal
or collegiate church in 1190, and raised to the dignity of a cathedral
in 1219.

1 A compact and well-illustrated handbook on the history of
Christ Church Cathedral was written in 1901 by William Butler.

DUBLIN. 298

1 The present magnificent structure is mainly due to the muni-
ficence of Mr. Henry Roe, at whose sole cost the restoration was
carried out during the years 1871-78. At this time several thou-
sands of cartloads of debris, clay, and human remains were cleared
out of the crypt, and existing coffins were collected and built up in
an air-tight vault in the crypt.

' A small burial-ground existed till the time of the restoration
to the east of the old Chapter-house, the foundations of which were
only discovered when the restoration was complete.

' In 1878 the Rev. John Finlayson published a little book on the
monuments and mural tablets in the Cathedral ; but it is so full of
little errors in the spelling of the inscriptions that one's impression
is that he wrote them down from the reading out of an assistant.

' In this number of our Journal the older inscriptions inside
the Cathedral are given, two of which — those on the Kerdiffe slab
and the Wood slab, which both lie in the north transept — do not
appear in Canon Finlayson's little book.

'Ona future occasion we hope to give the inscriptions on the
more modern monuments, the majority of which were placed in the
crypt at the time of the restoration.'

The South Aisle.

' In the wall of the south aisle there are two inscriptions of the
sixteenth century, one on some stones arranged in a cross-shaped
framework, and the other on a mural slab.

' The inscription on the former is in large lightly incised capital
letters, with the exception of the D's, which are all of the Lombardic
type. It reads ' : —

THE : RIGIHT : HONORABL : T : ERL : OF :
SVSSEX : L : LEVTEA[T] : THIS • WAL • FEL •
DOWN • IN : AN : 1562 : + THE J BILDING :
OF J THIS J" WAL WAS : IN : AN : 1562

' This inscription is, of course, not in its original position.
There are two or three more lettered stones in the crypt exactly
similar to those in the above inscription; and one with the date
1580 on it (not 1180, as Canon Finlayson prints it).'

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DUBLIN.

' Close to the last given inscription is a mural slab (58 inches
long by 19 high) bearing an inscription in raised Eoman capitals,

The Inscription in the Wall near " Strongbow's " Tomb.
[From a photograph by W. Conneff, Verger.]

several of which are conjoined. In this case, too, all the D's are in
the Lombardic form. The inscription in seven lines reads ' : —

this : avncyent i monvment [ of \ rychard '. stra
ngbowe : called '. comes i strangvlensis | lord : of i
chepsto : and ; ogny i the : fyrst : and : princypall :

invader : of :
irland : 1169 : qvi : obiit : 1177 : the : monvment : was :

brocken i by '. the :
fall : of : the : roff : and i bodye : of : christes

chvrche : in : an0 : 1562 : and :
set : vp : agayne : at : the : chargys : of : the : right :

honorable '. sr : henri : sy
dney : knyght : of '. the i noble '. order : l : president :

of : walles : deputy : of : irland : 1570 :

* In last line Wales is spelt '
all the printed accounts have it.'

Walles," and not " Wailes," as

' Opposite to this mural slab, between the piers of the aisle, is
placed the effigy of a knight in excellent condition. It is popularly
known as " Strongbow's Tomb," but for three principal reasons it
cannot possibly be so. First, because Strongbow's tomb was

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300

smashed by the fall of the church, and this effigy is in splendid
preservation, with the exception of the features of the face ;
secondly, because the large rowels of the spurs prove it to beof a
later date by about 150 years ; and thirdly, because in the upper

The so-called Strongbow's Tomb.
[From a photograph by Mason, Dublin.]

portion of the shield there are three crosses crosslet, whereas
Strongbow's arms, as depicted on his seal, are "Or, three
chevronels gules, in chief a label of five points azure."

1 What is very probable is that when Strongbow's tomb was
destroyed in 1562, another was substituted for it by the Deputy,
Sir Henry Sydney, as it was customary in old bonds and leases to
insert a clause to the effect that the money payments were to be
made at Strongbow's tomb, and this practice continued down to the
time of the restoration of the cathedral in 1871.

' By the side of this effigy is another of very small dimensions,
as it measures 3 feet in length, and 16 inches in breadth. It
represents a youth to near the knees, and might easily be mistaken
for a female figure, but for traces of chain-mail at the sides of the
head. The folds in the chain-mail coat, too, look like a skirt.
The boy has his hands in front of him, apparently supporting his
protruding entrails, and this has given rise to the ancient tradition
that the little effigy represents Strongbow's son, whom he ran

To fare page 801.]

TOMB OF ROBERT FITZGERALD, 19th EARL OF KILDARE
(1743), IN CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN.

[This block has been lent by the Council of the County Kildare Archaeological Society.']

301 DUBLIN.

through with his sword for showing cowardice when attacked by the
Irish. If Strongbow had a son, as stated in the legend, he must
have been by a former wife, as Strongbow's wedding with Eva,
daughter of Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster, only took
place at Waterford in 1170, and by her he had an only child
Isabel.'

The South Transept.

' All the monuments in this Transept are mural ones, some six
in number, including the 19th Earl of Kildare's, which stands on
the pavement against the west wall, and was formerly on the north
side of the Communion Table. The inscription on this latter
monument reads as follows ' : —

1 Canon Finlayson, in his book on the Cathedral Monuments,

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302

states that there was formerly a brass plate in the FitzGerald
Family Pew, on which was inscribed : —

This Seate belongs to John,* Earl of Kildare, and his
family, for Ever ; being conveyed to him by the Deane
and Chapter of Christ Church, November 17th anno
Domini 1696.

1 Near the Kildare tomb is a mural monument in the south wall,

The Agard Mural Monument.
[From a photograph by W. Connejf, Verger."]

containing kneeling figures, with an inscription in two panels ; that
on the left hand side runs thus : —

HIC SITVS FKANCISCVS AGARD, ARMIGER, QVONDAM
COHORTIS EQVITVM IN SCOTIA SVB DOMINO SEIMOR DE SVDLEY
ANGLIC ADMIRALLIO PREFECTVS POSTEA COMITATVI WEXFORDI^E
PREPOSITVS IN BELLO CONTRA o'nEALVM CENTV EQVITVM
DVCTOR PROVINCE MOMONLE COMMISSARIVS PRIMARIVS
REGIONVM O'BREN ET o'TOLO SENESCHALLVS REGNI HIBER-
NICI PER ANNOS XXVI (REGNANTIBVS MARIA ET ELIZABETHJE)

* The 18th Earl, who died without surviving male issue in 1707, and was
succeeded by his cousin, the Kobert of the Monument.

303 DUBLIN.

CONSILIAKIVS PRVDENTISSIMVS. OBIIT XI OCTOBRIS 1577
€VM HENRICVS SIDNEIVS AMICVS EIVS LONGE
HONORATISSIMVS IAM SECVNDO ESSET HIBERNLE
PROREX VNAQ '. SEPELITVR VXOR EIVS CHARIS-
SIMA IACOBA DE LA BRETT CVM THOMA
FILIOLO.

4 Translation by Canon Finlayson ' : —

Here is buried Francis Agard, Esqr, at one time
commander of a troop of cavalry in Scotland, under
Lord Seymour of Sudley, Admiral of England, after-
wards appointed Seneschal of the County of Wexford
in the War against O'Neil. Leader of one hundred
horse ; Chief Commissioner of the Province of Munster ;
and Seneschal of the Countries of O'Byrne andO'Toole.
He was a most sagacious Councillor of the Kingdom of
Ireland for twenty-six years, during the reigns of Mary
and Elizabeth. He died on the 11th of October 1577
when his right honourable friend Henry Sydney was,
for the second time, Viceroy of Ireland. Together with
him is interred his very dear wife, Jacoba de la Brett,
with their infant son Thomas.

4 In the right-hand panel the following is inscribed ' : —

HERE LYETH ENTOMBED LADYE CECILIA HARRINGTON
DAVGHTER AND CO-HEYRE OF FRANCIS AGARD ESQVIER
MOST DEAR AND LOVINGE WYFE OF SYR HENRYE
HARRINGTON, KNIGHT, WITH WHOM WHEN SHE HAD
LYVED 7 YEARS MOST VERTVOVSLY, AND HAD BROVGHT
FORTH TWO SONNES, JAMES AND JOHN, SHE ENDED
THIS LIFE THE 8 OF SEPTEBER IN THE YEARE 1584.
FOR WHOSE MEMORE AND HER FATHERS', SYR HENRY
HARRINGTON, KNIGHT, HIR LOVING HVSBAND, AND
HIS SVCCESSOR IN OFFICE, ERECTED THIS MOMVMENT
ATT HIS OWNE CHARGES.

1 A small brass, also in the south wall, bears two coats-of-arms
-depicted in colours, and below them the following inscription ' : —

HEERE LIETH BVRIED THE SECOND AND THIRD

SONNES OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR ARTHVRE

GREY, KNIGHT OF THE ORDER, LORD GREY OF WILTON, AND OF

THE LADY JANA SIBILLA, HIS WIFE, WHYCH CHILDREN DYED IN THE

CASTEL OF DUBLIN, IN THE TIME OF HIS DEPVTACON HEERE.

' The two sons here mentioned are not given in Burke's
" Extinct Peerages." Sir Arthur was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in

DUBLIN. 304

1580; his death took place in 1593. His second wife was Jane
Sybilla, daughter of Sir Richard Morrison, and widow of Edward,
Lord Russell, eldest son of the second Earl of Bedford.

1 Under the arms is the motto : — " At vincet pauperiem virtus,"
i.e. " But merit will overcome poverty." On a stone tablet placed in
the wall over the brass is a repetition of this motto, with Sir Arthur
Grey's arms.

' The coat-of-arms built into the wall below the brass belong to
Sir Henry Sydney.

1 Alongside the Grey monument is a modern black and white
marble mural tablet erected to the memory of Surgeon John
Hamilton, who died on the 2nd November, 1875.

' Off of the south transept, on the east side, is a chapel known
as St. Laurence 0' Toole's Chapel ; it contains two effigy-bearing
slabs, and what is known as " The Lumbard Stone." This latter
is supposed to date from the fourteenth century. The inscription
is partly in Roman capitals and partly in Lombardic lettering, all
incised ; it runs thus in five lines ' : —

UONOiUM BHVOiOJIOTRM HIM©":
■OaPmMG.eiDFMGiRWe.PQRISi
DG-SGinT SHVWOVR^flSTVR iq ;

SR FGMflflTVTLI LINAOG MQSGT3TG
RGHVRVNTiGiai NTiJGJ i

* At the end of the first line two letters are chippea away ; and
in the name Peris at the end of the second line there is a chip
below the loop of the P, in which, with the aid of a light, a lower
loop, deeper than the chip, can be discerned. If this should be the
case, this surname ought to be read Beris.

' Several attempts at translating this Norman-French inscription
have been made, but none with which antiquarians are entirely
satisfied. Canon Finlayson renders it much as follows ' : —

John Lumbard, of the country of Parma, and Dame
Rame Peris (or Beris) of S* Salvador of Esturia, his
wife, and all their kin who died whilst in this land lie
here.

1 This slab measures 33 inches in length by 17 inches in height.'

305

DUBLIN.

The North Transept.
There are three mural monuments, and several slabs in the

floor.

The mural monuments are :

The Sydney Coat-of-Arms Mueal Slab.
[From a photograph by W. Conneff, Verger.']

' I. A stone bearing Sir Henry Sydney's arms, in a garter, with
supporters.

'II. A monument to James Hewitt, Viscount Lifford, which
bears the following inscription : —

Near this Place | are interred the Remains of James
Lord Vise. Lifford, | late Lord Chancellor of Ireland. |
The unanimous Sense of a Grateful Nation | is the best

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306

III. The Griffith monument which bears three shields with

The Griffith Mural Monument.
[From a photograph by W. Conneff, Verger].

307 DUBLIN.

coats-of-arms, all quartered, and below them the following inscription
in relief, in which many of the letters are conjoined ' : —

THE • ARMES ' OF ' EDWARD * GRIFITH * OF * PENRIN " IN * THE

COVNTE * OF * CARNARVON, ESQVIER, SONE * AND ' HEIR ' TO

SIR * WILLAM GRIFITH, KNIGHT, WHO * ARRIVID ' IN ■ THIS * LAN

D ' THE * 23 * DAI * OF * SEPTEMBER * AP ' HENRI ' [sic] 1631 * AND * DIED * IN

THE ' 12° ' OF * MARCH ' FOLLOWING * ONE * OF * THE * PREVY ■ CON

SAILEHER * AND ' CAPTENE * OF * 2 HONDRED * AND * FIFTI

FOOTEMEN * ERECTED * BY * SIR ' NICOLAS * BAGNOLL

KNIGHT * MARCHALL * OF ' THIS ' REALME * WHO * MARIED

ELIN * ONE * OF * HIS ' DAVGHTERS * AND • CO * HEIRS * AND

NOWE ' RENEVED * Bl * SR * HENRI * BAGNOL * KNIGHT * SONE * AND

HEIRE • TO ' THE ' SAID ' SIR ' NICOLAS * AND ' DAME • ELLEN.

' Of the flat slabs several are unfortunately in a very worn state.
One of them has the sunk outline, showing that at one time an
ecclesiastical brass was fixed to it. Another, a very large limestone
slab occupying the centre of the transept, has the emblems of the
four Evangelists cut in relief on the corners, and an illegible
inscription in lightly incised " black-lettering " running round the
edge, the centre portion being unsculptured.

' A slab near the doorway, facing east, is in good preservation,
and the inscription running round the edge (with an extra line on
the left side) is easily read as follows ' : —

HEARE ■ VNDER ■ LYETH ■ THE ■ BODY

OF ' RIGHARO ' BROWNE ■ SOVM - TIME - SHERIF -

OF ■ DVBLIN - WHO - DEPARTED ■ THIS
LYFE • THE ■ [illegible] • DAYE ■ OF ■ IVLY > an .
&m ■ 1615 ■ AND ■ HIS ■ WIFE ■ MARGRET ■ STAPLES ■

WHO ' CAVSED ■ [a hand] THIS
MONUMENT TO BE MADE ■ FOR ■ THEM ■ AND -
THEIRE • POSTERITIE •

' At the upper end of this slab is carved a cross on steps, and
below it is a shield bearing two coats-of-arms impaled, viz. : —

1 For Browne : — A two-headed eagle displayed.
' For Staples : — Three swords, converging at the hilts in the
centre of the shield.

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1 On the left-hand side of the shield are the initials R. B., and on
the right M. S. At the lower end of the slab is a heart bearing an

? ? I

■ ,. I- ...

The Browne and Staples Coat-of-Arms.
[From a rubbing by W. FitzG.']

I.H.S., and pierced with three nails, and below this device are a
skull and cross-bones with the words ecce and homo.'

1 Close to the Browne slab is another which had an inscription
running round the edge in Roman capitals, but it is now worn away,
except for a few of the letters.'

' A slab closely resembling the Browne slab in its design and
lettering lies at the opposite side of the transept. Only the lower

[To face 'page 309.

COAT-OF-ARMS ON EDWARD GOFF'S SLAB (1607), IN
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN.

[From a rubbing by Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

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DUBLIN.

portion is in a fair state, and what can be deciphered of the inscrip-
tion reads ' : —

MARGHANT ■ WHO ■ DEPARTED ■

THIS ■ LYFE ■ THE ■ 16 ■ DAY ■ OF

FEBRVARY- an ■ Dm ■ 16C071 ■ AND ■ HIS ■ WYFE ■

MARGERY

WHO ' CAVSED ' THIS ■ MONVMENT ■ TO • BE MADE ■

FOR

r &' At the lower end of the slab is a coat-of-arms impaled (the
right half being quite indistinguishable) ; on the left of the shield
are the initials E.G., which stand for Edward Goff, son of Patrick
Goff, Alderman of Dublin.

' The arms in the dexter half of the shield are : —

' " Azure, a chevron between two fleurs-de-lis in chief, and a lion
rampant in base, or," for Goff.

' There is also a motto commencing respice

' At the foot of the slab are a skull and cross-bones, and the
puzzling words homo and bvlla are plainly to be read.'

' Close to the wall, in which the Lifford Monument is built, are
two small slabs, one with lettering in relief, and the other incised.
The inscription on the former is easily read ' : —

HERE • LYETH ■ THE ■ BOGIE ■
OF ' WILLIAM ' WOOD ■ LA
TE ■ VERGER ■ OF " CHRIST ■
CHORCH [*] ■ WITH ■ HIS ■ FO
VRE ' DAVGHTERS - WHO
DEGESSED - IN - THE - YEARE
1650

1 Several of the letters are conjoined.'

' The other slab is of a bad quality, and consequently what is
given below was deciphered with very great difficulty ' : —

Here under lieth in-
terred the body of
Christopher Kerdiffe
Bachelour of Divinity
and Eector of Kilmore

and Tarah

sonn of Nicholas Kerd [iflfe]
Kings serjeant a[t . . .

who deceased

November ....

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'According to Canon Healy's "History of the Diocese of
Meath," Christopher Kerdiffe was Rector of Kilmore and Tara
from 1670 till (? his death in) 1675.'

' Neither of these two inscriptions is given in the Rev. John
Finlayson's " Monumental Inscriptions of Christ Church." '

4 Close to the door leading to the organ-loft is a fragment of a
limestone slab, on which is cut in relief the date

.^•'jCZ^^'Z^^^^- "'

T >-M*V .OH.,.. •

which stands for the year 1544. As can be seen in the rubbing,
of the two 8-like figures only a little more than half of each
is represented ; and, as the half of eight is four, these two half
eights stand for two fours (44). As far as I can remember, I
have never met with another example of this (easily misread)
method of figuring fours, though I know of one example in England
which occurs at the ancient (religious) Hospital of St. Cross, near
Winchester.

' This finishes the lettered monuments in the north transept.'

The Magdalen Asylum Chapel, rower Lee§on
Street.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

' Inscriptions on silver plate.

' On two medium-sized silver chalices and a paten ' : —

Dedicated to the Service of God in the Chapel of the
Magdalen Asylum in Leeson Street by Miss Marv Rvnd
Decr 25th 1768.

' Miss Rynd was sole daughter and heir of David Rynd, Esq.,
of Derryvullan and Drumloe, County Fermanagh ; she married in

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1769 Colonel Edward Denny, m.p., nephew of Lady Arabella
Denny, who founded the Magdalen Asylum in 1767.'

' On a chalice exactly matching those presented by Miss
Rynd ' : —

Dedicated to the service of God in the Chapel of the
Magdalen Asylum in Leeson Street by the Revd Dr
Hosea Guinness Aug* 29th 1829.

< On a large silver chalice and paten, a large and two small
alms-dishes, date about 1770 ' : —

Given by a Gentleman, unknown, to the Chapel of the
Asylum for Female Penitents in Leeson Street, Dublin,
through the hands of the Revd Dean Bayly.

8t. Anil's Parish Cliurcli.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

' In vol. iii, p. 446, of The Journal is a copy of the inscription
on the tomb of Helen Jane, daughter of Matthew Lyster, Esq., of
Newpark, County Roscommon, in which she is described in error
as: "Madame Helene de Brous." The inscription is " Madame
Helene de Brons." She was wife of the Vicomte de Brons.'

Inscriptions on some of the plate in St. Ann's Church.
A large silver chalice inscribed ' : —

FOR ST KEVINS

CHURCH DUBLIN

1710.

Large silver chalice inscribed ' : —

Deo et Eeclefise Sta5 Brigidas Revd0 Jacabo Duncan
Curato | Samuele Dopping Thoma Deane Armigeris
Guardianis I Anno Dom 1714

1 Two medium-sized silver chalices, each inscribed ' : —

Parish of Saint Anne.
Hon & Revd Jn° Pomeroy, Vicar.

1827.

DUBLIN. 312

St. Kevin's Old Churchyard.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

[Continued from p. 57.)

' Before commencing the second row I give the following in-
scriptions from a tall memorial to the Rev. J. Austin, s.j., at the
left-hand side as you enter the ground from Camden Row, which
is one of those held to be of interest in this churchyard.* The
monument is in the form of an obelisk (topped by a cross rising out
of a ball, instead of the ordinary apex) placed upon a square
pedestal. The panels of the latter were renewed some years ago
in limestone with the same inscriptions, I was told, carved on three
of the sides. The rest of the monument seemed to me to be of a
different stone ; and the memorial stands on three steps or bases of
granite, the lowest of which supports heavy railings. On the east
and west sides there are cherubs, in high relief, at the lowest part
of the obelisk portion of the memorial. The inscription is in block
capitals without any larger initials. There is a discrepancy
between the dates in the Latin and English inscriptions, as " III
Calendas Octobris " means " 29th September." On the side facing
the west is the following ' : —

VIRO REVERENDO

JOHANNI AUSTIN,

DUBLINIENSI

SOCIETATIS JESU, DUM FUIT SACERDOTI

IN VINEA DOMINI PER ANNOS 36,

PIO, DOCTO, INDEFESSO OPERARIO,

QUI

III CALENDAS OCTOBRIS, A.D. 1784,

^TATIS ANNO SEXTO ET SEXAGESTMO

VITAM

APOSTOLICIS, CONFECTAM LABORIBUS

CUM MORTE

IN CONSPECTU DOMINI PRETIOSA

COMMUTAVIT [,?]

* It seems that Archbishop O'Hurley, executed in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, was buried in St. Kevin's Church. (" Journal of the Cork Historical
and Archaeological Society," vol. xi, No. 67, pp. 112, 113. See also the
" Dictionary of National Biography.")

313 DUBLIN.

On the side facing the south

CIPPUM HUNC

MINISTRI FIDELIS RELIGIO NON IMMEMOR

VI IDUS DECEMBRIS, A.D. 1786

FLENS POSSUIT [sic].

DIVITES ADMONUIT

PAUPERES SUBLEVAVIT

JUVENTUTEM ERUDIVIT

ORPHANIS LOCO PARENTIS FUIT

DE OMNI HOMINUM GENERE

PRjECLARE MERUIT

OMNIBUS OMNIA FACTUS

OMNES CHRISTO LUCRIFACERET.

On the east side ' : —

A. M. D. G.

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
TO THE MEMORY OF

THE EEVD JOHN AUSTIN, S.J.

who departed this life

30th sept. 1784,

in the 66th year of his age.

E. I. P.

On the north side ' : —

THIS MONUMENT

WAS

RESTORED & RENOVATED

JANUARY 1900.

1 With respect to the " John Carmack of New Street " (Row I,
No. 19, page 51), it would be of interest to ascertain whether he
was connected with the owner of the garden mentioned in the fol-
lowing paragraph (page 402, vol. iv, of The Journal) : — " All the
ground lying south of Upper Kevin Street, as far as the present
South Circular Road, was at that time [Oliver Cromwell's] laid out
in vegetable gardens ; hence the minute books of the Dean and
Chapter [of St. Patrick's] contain several references to them as
such, viz.: — " Fernley's Gardens," the " Chancellor's Gardens,"
" Alderman Tighe's Orchard," "Mr. Kinshelagh's Garden," "Mr.
Ford's Garden," " Mr. John Cormack's Garden," &c.'

' Row II, No. 1. — This flat stone, lying close to the east ends of
Nos. 2 and 3 of Row I, is overgrown by the root shoots of a tree at

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the lower corner to the right hand. I had the earth removed from
this memorial, and then took the following inscription from it ' : —

This ftone and Burial Place Belongeth

to Willm Maple, Esqr and his posterity

Here Lieth the Body of Mary Maple Wife

to the above Willm who departed this

Life, Octr 15th 1749

Here also Lieth the Body of the above

William Maple of Worthey [sic] Memory

who departed this Life Janly 18th 1762,

Aged 104 years

Here also Lieth the Body of Mrs Frances

Potter Neice [sic] to the above Willm who

departed this Life March 21st 1771

Aged 59 years.

' No. 2. — Some 8 or 9 feet further on (towards the
north) is a headstone, the outer surface of which is flaking and
mouldering off. The surname may perhaps have been " Mechen."
This form does not occur in Mr. Matheson's " Varieties of Sur-
names in Ireland," but there are several names or variations
approaching to it, e.g., "M'Mechan," " Meehen," &c. I have
myself met with " Machen." The names of the children are
illegible, except perhaps (with considerable doubt) " (M)argaret."
Before this name, which (if correct) ends the fifth line, there is a
long downstroke and afterwards " n," and on the next line two
long and one short downstrokes before, apparently, the word
" died." These two lines are in italics. There is some ornamental
carving at the top of the stone : —

[T]his Ston[e] belongs to | [D]aniel [?] e [c] hen for
him | and his Posterity . here | Lie [4] of his Children

viz | |

di[ed] Anno : Do[m] | 1722

' No. 3 is a very fossiliferous headstone larger than No. 2, which
it touches. It has, in relief, an I H S, with cross above, within a
double pointed circle, round the upper part of which is " Gloria in
Excelsis Deo " in italics. It is very doubtful whether there was
ever an " 's " after " Stephen " ' :—

315 DUBLIN.

1 No. 4. — Some 15 feet further on there is a flat stone, the
right-hand corner of which (having doubtless on the first line the
Christian name of the deceased, and on the next "this Life ") is
gone. The stone is broken across from this corner to below the
inscription on the left hand, but has three rectangular cut spaces,
out of which the lead and iron, or more probably cement, may
perhaps have dropped on its being raised subsequently to its repair.
The first of these wholly or partly intersects the first three
lines of the inscription, and the second, the sixth, seventh, and
eighth lines, crossing the seventh between "years" and "also."
The stone is much sunk at the top, and the inscription was alto-
gether covered by earth and grass, which I had to get the caretaker
to remove to the depth of about seven inches at the left-hand
corner, and fifteen or sixteen at that to the right-hand. It would
be well to have this memorial repaired and placed level, if it can
be safely done. According to " Eecords of Anglo-Irish Families of
Ball " (from which the Kev. W. Ball Wright has kindly allowed me
to extract particulars as to these families), the Christian name of
the deceased was " Thomas," and he entered T.C.D. in 1714, at
the age of eighteen, having been educated at Carrickmacross
School ; but I do not find his name in Dr. Todd's " Catalogue of
Graduates." Mr. Ball Wright says he was a Counsellor of Law,
and married, firstly, a Miss Grace Acton, of West Aston, County
Wicklow, who died in 1732, and was buried at St. Bride's, Dublin.
Her eldest son, who inherited his father's property, married a
member of the Usher family. Some of the descendants of this
marriage lie at St. Kevin's, not far from this stone. Mr. Ball's
second wife, who is interred with her husband, had also several
•children. Her eldest son inherited her estate of Abbey lara, County
Longford, and, according to Mr. Wright's volume, was the father of
Thomas Ball, a Friendly Brother of St. Patrick, for the inscription
on whose tablet see page 533, vol. vi, of The Jouknal. The latter
was buried in the Cathedral, Mr. Wright says. The "Records"
(of which a second edition is about to be published) tell us that a
Thomas Ball, Captain in Fleetwood's Regiment of Horse, of a
Norfolk family (which obtained a grant of arms in a.d. 1200), came
over to Ireland with Oliver Cromwell, and that from him Thomas
Ball, of Creggan, County Armagh, whose epitaph I now give, was
descended: ' —

Here lyeth the Body of

Ball Efqr who departed

the 9th of Aug" 1742 Aged 44 [Y] ears,
as alio the Body of Mildred Ball
otherwife Johnfon his Wife, who
departed this Life 31[f]t of July 1763
aged 55 years, alio the Body of

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the Revd John Joh [n] fon, Brother of
the faid Mildred Ball who departed
this Life 26th of Octr 1771, Aged
Seventy one Years.

' No. 5. — Some 7 yards further on, and partly in front of No. 13
of Row I, is a granite headstone leaning backwards, and to the
right hand, which side of the inscription is largely illegible. The
surname is probably " Cavenagh," though its initial letter on the
eighth line first suggested "G," owing possibly to a mere indenta-
tion in the stone. The fifth line may perhaps have originally read
"nurseryman." Whether there are on the stone any more lines
than those given I am not aware ' : —

' No. 6. — About a couple of feet from the last memorial is a flat
stone, from the inscription on which the sod had to be removed by
the caretaker ' : —

' No 7. — A tall headstone of limestone on granite base, in front
of No. 22, Row I ' :—

317 DUBLIN.

' No. 8 is a flat stone about a foot and a half from No. 7. Much
of the lettering of the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth lines is
growing faint ' : —

' No. 9 is a flat stone touching the last, these two stones lying
four or five feet from the west end of the church porch. It is the
last memorial which belongs with certainty to this row (see below).
The lower perpendicular end of this large stone, which is completely
covered by the inscription, is uneven, but I think the memorial is
practically its original size. The lettering in the centre is indistinct,
and the first part of the inscription almost illegible. It is a pity
that these parts are not re-cut ; but this could only be done by a very
careful man, who was also provided with an exact copy of the
inscription, if such exists. On the fifth line there seems to be a
downstroke after "Children," which perhaps might be part of a
scroll ornament ; on the seventh an oblique stroke from left down
to right where we might expect the first letter of a "the" ; and

DUBLIN. 818

similarly at the beginning of the next line, which stroke in both
cases may be part of the " y " of " ye." In the twenty-third
line there is a downstroke between "e" and "a" in "Years,"
possibly that of the " r " by mistake. I should add that there is a
considerably greater space after "Children" and "Geo Beere "
(ninth line) than before these words ' : —

Beere who died | [ ] of lime 1777 aged [2 ?J9

1 [No. 10 ?]. — A small piece of stone has lain for many years on
No. 8, but where it originally came from, or whether any more of
the memorial is in existence, I am not aware. The inscription is
quite legible so far as the limits of the stone permit of it. The
beginnings of the extant lines are perfect, and very possibly there
was nothing further down on the stone. The surname unfortunately
is lost, as " Bryan " would seem to stand for the Christian name
of the deceased. The first of the three records of death evidently
was that of his wife. In the first line the "0" might have been
" 6 " or " 8." The lowest part of the " S " (probably the first letter
of September) is on a line with that of the " th " at the upper right
hand corner of " 27," and " ye 6[6 ?]," interpolated between the last

* This name disappears in "Wilson's Dublin Directory" after the year
1774.

319 DUBLIN.

two lines, has the " th " in a perpendicular line between the figure
in brackets and the S. There is at the edge of the stone what
might be the head of a " 1," on a line with " 27," just after the
second " th " ': —

[29. 1740 ?] as

theire Childre

Lyeth ye Body

named Brya[n]

dyed ye 27th S
ye 6[6 ?]th

1 Row III, No. 1. — This is a limestone slab on six granite sup-
ports in front of a small tree. It stands almost altogether south of
No. 1 of the previous row, and has two iron clamps, imbedded in
lead, across a crack extending from about the centre of the right-
hand side to beyond the centre of the foot of the stone. The
smaller piece of the slab was lying at the side of the memorial some
years ago, when it was replaced and secured ' : —

1 No. 2 is an altar-tomb, a couple of feet further on, and right
under the larger tree growing at the corner of the " Maple " stone
(How II, No. 1). There does not seem to have been any mark of
contraction over " qse," as there is over the "v" in the third

word '

Hie Jacet Revdus nuper

Jacobus Dickson

Hactenus per multos annos

Par: de Caftle mc adam [sic] Com: Wicklow

Rector Ccelebs pius Benevolus

DUBLIN.

320

Decefsit Die Oct: 18
Anno iEtatis 80. A.D 1779
Ejus Memories (sic) erexit hoc marmor
Steph: Dickson de Dublin Armig
Hie Jacet Idem Stephanus cui
Sine Macula Fides vitam Ornavit
Et Mortem coronavit. Obiit Sept0
Die Februarii 1817 iEtatis 87.
Et Chara [sic] Conjux Ejus Hannah qae [sic
Decefsit 10° Januarii A D 1818 ^Etatis
74 etiam Jacet hie cum Diversis

Liberorum

1 No. 3. — After a very considerable distance and about 6 feet
south of No. 5 of the previous row is a headstone ' : —

1 No. 4. — After a space of about 12 yards stands the memorial
to the parents of the poet Thomas Moore, for inscription on which
see p. 289, vol. vi.

' No. 5. — Some 12 feet further on, and about 5 in front of the
railing of No. 21, Row I, is a limestone headstone deeply sunk in
the earth, which covers the rest of the epitaph. For the inscription
on Dr. Martin's memorial in St. Patrick's, see p. 538, vol. vi, of
The Journal. This memorial possibly misled Archdeacon Cotton
into the idea that he was buried in the cathedral. The entry in
the " Fasti " concerning him under " Malahidert " [Mulhuddart]
is as follows : — " 1764. William Martin, d.d., formerly Fellow of
Trinity College, Dublin, and Professor of Hebrew ; installed
July 6th. He died on 19th May, 1787, and was buried in
St. Patrick's Cathedral."* The following is the inscription in
St. Kevin's churchyard ' : —

* Cotton (vol. v) states as follows in addition, but does not correct his
former error as to Dr. Martin's place of burial: — "Dr. Martin died on May 9
(not 19), aged 62, leaving an only son, who erected a tablet to his memory in
the north transept of St. Patrick's Church." [This memorial has " May 19th,
1787."]

321 DUBLIN.

Here Lieth the Body of the Revd
William Martin D,D. Rector of
Killifhandra [sic] and Prebendary of
S* Patricks Du[bl]in. Aged 62 [.]
Years 17[87. ?] he Ma[rri]ed Maria[,"

*t. Michael's Clmi'cli.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

Whitshed monument.
P. M. S.
Juxta sepultus jacet Gulielnius Whitshed, Armiger,
Thomae incliti non ita pridem juris consulti, films cele-
berrimus ; suis ornamento, patriae commodo natus. A
teneris annis spem bonam florentis astatis exeitavit,
indole admodum felici praeditus, optimis ornatus Uteris,
in Foro summa legum peritia inclaruit. Juris consul-
tus causas egit lucide, strenue, facunde, Senator prin-
cipe studuit simul et patriae, egregiis hisce dotibus sibi
conciliavit omnium bonorum vota, Georgii primi Regis
favorem, cui a secretioribus usque erat conciliis. In
Banco Regis dum primas tenebat, dein (ipso hoc orante)
summum in curia communium placitorum locum ob-
tinuit ; utramque provinciam per tredecim annos exor-
navit. Judex indefessus, perspicax, incorruptus.
Ita se gessit uti virum decet qui Supremum Judicium
et credit et sperat futurum.

Praematura morte abreptus, caelebs obiit quinqua-
genarius, 26 die Augusti 1727.

Translation by Rev. Canon Carmichael, ll.d.

Buried hard by lies William Whitshed, Gentleman,
the illustrious son of Thomas, not long ago a skilful
lawyer. Born an ornament to his own family, a help
to the state. From early years he encouraged a good
hope of a prosperous manhood. Very happily endowed
with the best legal knowledge he became famous in
Court in the highest skill of legal knowledge. As a
legal adviser he conducted his cases clearly, strenuously,
eloquently. He devoted himself to his duties as a
Senator, at the same time, and gained by his remark-
able gifts the regard of his own friends, and the suf-
frages of all honourable men, & the favour of King-
George the 1st, and was admitted to his most secret
counsels. Whilst he held first place in the King's

DUBLIN. 322

Bench, yet, at his own request, he obtained the fore-
most position in the Court of Common Pleas. He
adorned both offices for 13 years, an indefatigable,
clear-headed, & uncorrupt Judge. He so lived as a man
ought, who believed in a supreme judgment, & has a
hope for the future life. Snatched away by a prema-
ture death, he died a bachelor, aged 50, 26th day of
August 1727.

' William Whitshed was an eminent merchant in the early seven-
teenth century. His two sons took a house from the church-
wardens of St. Michael's, on Cork Hill, in 1676 — Thomas and
Samuel. Thomas became an eminent lawyer, and his son William
was Solicitor-General, 1709, Chief Justice of the King's Bench,
1714, and of Common Pleas in 1727, and died that year. He
rendered himself obnoxious by persecuting Swift's printers. Swift
then satirized the motto on his coach. On the death of Judge
Whitshed his property became vested in Admiral Sir James
Hawkins, k.c.b., second son of the Bishop of Baphoe, who having
received a bequest of it from James Whitshed, the last of the
family, obtained from the Irish Parliament, 1791, a private Act
authorizing him to assume the name, and quarter the arms with
his own.

' This monument was a mural slab in the vestibule of old
St. Michael's, which was pulled down. In a letter from the late
Sir F. Falkiner, he says : — "I think I have myself seen it in the
dilapidated space adjoining St. Audoen's churchyard. Whether it
is there still I do not know, but I do not think it has been
preserved."

' I have taken the inscription and the above particulars from
Gilbert's " History of Dublin," vol. i, p. 212.'

St. Miclian'* Clmi'cliyai'cl.

[From Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

' Near the entrance to the vaults, on the south side of the
church, a tombstone bearing the following inscription ' : —

The

Burial Ground for Rob. La we, Esq*

Of the City of Dublin and Cork

where nine of his children

Lyes buried and Margaret

The wife of George Lawe, Esq*

323 DUBLIN.

1 Over the inscription is the Lawe crest : a cock in a circle. Beside
this tombstone stands another similar one inscribed as follows ' : —

Also

Were interred here the remains
of his Eldest Son Rob* Lawe, Esq-

of Leixlip on the 18 Jan. 1826,

aged 80 years & his beloved wife

Elizabeth on the 3rd Dec. 1836,
aged 74 years & his Second son

Alexander on the 27 Jan. 1812,

aged 20 years. This memento of

affection for his beloved parents &

brother is recorded by his eldest son

Lieut Colonel Rob* Lawe, K.H.

' These Lawes belonged to the ancient Scottish house of Lawe,
of Lauriston. Grant, in his account of the Lawes, Marquises of
Lauriston, refers to the Lieutenant- Colonel (afterwards General)
Robert Lawe, k.h., mentioned in the foregoing epitaph as " perhaps
the last representative in the United Kingdom" of that ancient and
distinguished family. The first of the family to settle in Ireland
seems to have been the Rev. Robert Law, m.a., who was Rector of
Maherlin (including Moira) and Annahilt, County Down, about
1G73. He had, with other issue, a son, the Rev. John Law (or,
as he wrote himself, Lawe), who was Rector of Monaghan and
Tyholland, 1692-1716. He was designated Bishop of Meath in
1715-16, but died before he was consecrated, in or about May, 1715-
16. He married Dorothea, daughter of Anthony Wrightson,
Esq., of Maherlin, by whom he had four sons— George, who died
(apparently without issue) 1765, whose wife, Margaret Wrightson,
was buried at St. Michan's in 1772 ; Robert, Jeremiah, and John,
and two daughters, Rose and Elizabeth, who married . . . Davy.
The second son, Robert Lawe, was Barrackmaster- General of Ireland.
He died 1786, having married Martha Wrightson. They were both
buried in Leixlip Churchyard (see epitaph), having had with other
issue four sons and three daughters. Robert Lawe, of Robertsville,
Leixlip, the eldest son, was buried with Elizabeth, his wife, in St.
Michan's Churchyard, having had with other issue General Robert
Lawe, 71st Highlanders, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Order, a
distinguished Peninsular veteran. Alexander Lawe, second son,
was Barrackmaster of Cork, and Captain 11th Hussars. He was
buried in Leixlip Churchyard, having married Frances, daughter of
James Smith, Esq., of Courtown, County Kildare, and had issue.
James Lawe, another son, was Governor of Prince Edward's Island ;
and George, Store-Keeper at Harwich, married Mary Reed, and had
a son, Captain Robert Lawe, 10th Regiment of Foot. Of the
daughters, Margaret Lawe married, 14th July, 1782, at St. Michan's,

DUBLIN. 324

the Rev. Paul Limrick, d.d., of Scliull, County Cork,;c and had issue ;
Martha married William Burke, Esq. ; and Elizabeth Lawe married
(1784) Francis Battersby, Esq.'

m. Weilmi-gli's.

[From Captain E. E. West.]

' An armorial mural tablet in the north gallery of the church
boars the following ' : —

' Arms : " Argent, a fesse dancette sable, between three leopards
faces sable.'

' Crest : " Out of a ducal coronet a griffin's head."

' Motto : " Jour de ma vie."

In memory of Matthew West Esqr Alderman of the
City of Dublin who departed this life | the 15 of Novr
1820 aged 43 years | This tablet is erected by his afflicted
widow | as a frail memorial of her unperishable affection |
and an inadequate testimony of gratitude | for his
unaltered love during their happy union. | The recollec-
tion of his Christian virtues | will long be cherished

by his children
irreparable loss

and the many friends who mourn the
Of so much excellence.

' A plain upright stone bears the following inscription ' : —

Sacred
to the memory of
Emily Matilda the beloved wife of
Isaac Manders of Castle Size Co. Kildare, Esq1'*

Who departed this life on

the 12th April 1841, in the 28th year of her age

regretted by all who knew her

and whose patience and submission to the

will of God evinced her perfect faith

in her Redeemer.

' The adjoining stone bears this inscription ' : —

This Stone & Burial place belon | geth to Mr Matthew
West of the City i of Dublin, Gold-Smith. | Here lieth
the Body of Mls- Mary Ann West his Wife, who Departed'

this
Son

Life 21 Feb 1781, Aged 35 years | And also of her
Matthew West Esq1' | Alderman of the City of

Dublin | Ob. 15th Nov1- 1820, aged 43 years | A tender

* See Cork Archaeological Society's Journal, Autumn number, 1907-
'« Family of Limrick of Schull."

325 DUBLIN.

A horizontal stone bears the following ' : —

Here lieth the Body of Jofeph | Hutchefon aged 35
years. Died | May ye 10 1790

A flat stone bears the following ' : —

Underneath lie interr'd

W Dobbs Esqr [ died

of Dublin Surgn

Marg. Dobbs
his wife

W. Buxton Esqr
of Dublin Surgn

Peter Maturin Esq

Susanna Maturin
wife of said Peter
and youngest
Daughter of said
Wm Dobbs

28 Aug 1741

18th March 1762

}

29th Dec. 1783.

L1'

20 Dec 1799

(

18th Feb 1810

(

DUBLIN. 326

This Stone and Burial place | belongeth to Mr John
Cumin and his | Posterity

Here lieth the remains of | Benjamin Swan Esq1' of |
Merton in the Coy of Dublin | Who departed this life
the 18 day of April 1854 | aged 28 years

' The last two stones, I was informed by the sextoness, had
been removed from St. Bride's (recently demolished to make
room for the Guinness trust buildings).'

Trinity College Chapel.

[From Mrs. T. Long and Mr. Thomas U. Sadleir.]*

M. S.

Stephani Creaghe Sandes S.T.P.

Qui hujus collegii scholaris et socii muneribus egregie

Perfunctus ad episcopatum Laonensis primo deinde

Casseliensem Emelacensem Waterfordiensem et Lismorensem

Evocatus est

Mitis et constans sincerus et pius dignitatum

Munerumque ecclesiae dispensator integerrimus omnibus

Bonis dilectus vixit omnibus flebilis occidit nullis flebilior

Quam quibus cordi est haec universitas cujus commoda

Intentius semper perpendit sapienter auxit impavide defendit,

Custos pervigil nequid detrimenti caperet ne quovis bono

Careret dum vixit hue saepius redire et inra haec

Moenia quam diutissime moreri amavit moriens haud

Alicubi reliquias requiescere volvit

Vixit annos LXIV dies XXXVI excessit e vita id. Novembr

Anno sacro M.DCCC. XLII

Vidua et liberi titulum moerentes posuere.

' The above is on a white marble tablet, surmounted by a draped
urn, over all a mitre, and underneath arms of See impaling Sandes.
Inverted torches at sides on black background.'

Tkanslation.

Sacred to the memory of Stephen Creaghe Sandes,
Professor of Sacred Theology, who, having nobly dis-
charged the offices of Scholar and Fellow of this College,
was elected first to the Bishopric of Killaloe, and then to

* Within a few weeks of each other Mrs. Long and Mr. Sadleir each sent in
the inscriptions from the monuments in Trinity College Chapel. We have
selected Mr. Sadleir's manuscript of the inscriptions, and have added to them
translations (of all but two) which Mrs. Long had kindly contributed. [Editor.]

327 DUBLIN.

that of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore. Gentle
and firm in character, true-hearted and pious, he disposed
of ecclesiastical dignities and offices with absolute
honesty; in life he was beloved by all true men, in death
mourned by all, but by none more lamented than by
those who love this University, whose interests he always
carefully considered, wisely forwarded, and fearlessly
defended ; an ever-watchful guardian lest it should suffer
any loss or lack any advantage. As long as he lived he
loved to return hither again and again, and to remain as
long as possible within these walls. When dying he
desired that his remains should not rest elsewhere.
He lived 64 years, 36 days. He departed this life on the
13th November in the year of our Lord 1842.
His sorrowing widow and children erected this inscrip-
tion.

' Very large white marble tablet, with sarcophagus in relief,
draped, and above a palm tree. At top coat-of-arms, apparently
quarterly, but indistinct ' : —

M. S

Viri integerrimi Thomae Prior. S.T.P.

Olim in collegio SS. Trinitatis

Dubliniensi

In numerum discipp. scholar primum

Deinde sociorum juniorum electionem meriti

Quique in ordinem sociorum seniorum

Justo tempore

Quum fuerit jure co-optationis adscitus

Inter alia quam plurima

Gradus academici honestiora

Professoris litt. graec. regii

Praepositi demum vice extremam

Jam agens aetatem munera ex sequutus

Decessit P. M. annos duodeoctoginta natus

Fidei spei caritatis exemplar
Quern juvenum fovit plausu tua cura benigno

Fovisti et gremio blandus amicitiae

Te plorat venerandae senex tua funera fletu

Prosequitur fleutum quae comitata cohors

Dilectas sedes almae monumenta revisens

Heu quaero incassum vox silet ora rigent

Te cordis libertina mei raptum adque sepulcrum

Dimidivum sacro condidit atra solo

His saltern accumulem donis haec jura suprema

Triste ministerium dem cinerque tuo

DUBLIN. 328

Nec solius opus testantur corda dolentum

Laus amor officium testis et alma parens

Spesque adsunt hominumque faventia vota piorum

Intemerata adsunt munera digne fide

Natus est pridie kal. Octobr MD.CCLXV.

Obiit xvi kal. Oct. A.D. M.D. CCC XLIII

Honoris ornamentum

Eeverentiae pietatis officii ergo

Posuerunt filii i. et h. e. p.

Titulos condidit

Et ipse in coetu, academico

Quondam relatus.

I. K. B.

Translation.

Sacred to the memory of Thomas Prior, a most upright
man, Professor of Sacred Theology. In time past he
won his election to be included in the number of Scholars
first, and then of the Junior Fellows, and at the regular
time reached the rank of Senior Fellow, having been
admitted by the law of co-option. Among his other very
numerous distinctions of academic rank, he held the
office of Kegius Professor of Greek Literature, and finally
of Vice-Provost at the very end of his life. He died at
the age of 78. He was a pattern of Faith, Hope, and
Love.

The youth, whom thy care has cherished with kindly
applause, and whom thou hast nursed on the bosom of
friendship, bewails thee, reverend old man, and mourning
follows thy funeral train, which a band of mourners has
attended.

When I revisit the beloved abodes, the monuments of
my university, alas ! in vain I seek thee, thy voice is
silent, thy features cold and stiff. Black death has
snatched thee to the tomb, and laid thee away — the half
of my heart — in the sacred earth. Nor do the hearts of
the mourners alone witness to thy work ; praise, love,
duty are witness and thy kindly parent. Hopes attend
thee, and the protecting prayers of the pious, and pure
gifts worthy of Faith. He was born on the 30th Sept.,
1765 A.D., and died on the 16th Oct., 1843.
Because of reverence, piety and duty, his sons I. and
H. E. P. [?John and Hugh E. Prior] erected this
ornament to his honour. The inscriptions were written
by one who was once reckoned a member of the staff of
the University.

I.K.B.

329 DUBLIN.

' White marble tablet, surmounted by an urn draped, on black
marble background ' : —

Revd Samuel Johanni McClean. A.M.

Huj usque collegii socio

Patrono tutor amico alumni haud ingrati

Natus M.D.CCCII

In sociorum numerum electus MDCCCXXIX

Obiit MDCCCXXXV

Translation.
To the Rev. Samuel John M'Clean, A.M., Fellow, patron,
tutor, and friend of this College. His not ungrateful
pupils erected this. Born 1802, elected amongst the
number of Fellows 1829, died 1835.

' Circular white marble tablet, with inscription on scroll round

edge, and coat-of-arms (Wray) impaling in chief a stag's head

erased between two annulets. Motto : Et juste et Vrai ' : —

Henricus Wray Sacrae theologiae

Professor, hujus collegii socius et

Vice-praepositus.

Obiit iv die Novembris MD CCC XLVII.

Moerens vidua titulum posuit

Translation.
To Henry Wray, Professor of Sacred Theology, fellow
and vice-provost of this College, died the 4th day of
November 1847, his grieving widow set up this inscrip-
tion.

' White marble tablet, on black background, surmounted by
mitre in relief, and beneath arms of See of Cork impaling Kyle,
three candlesticks, and motto, " Tibi Soli " ':

Juxta hoc marmor

Sepultus est

Samuel Kyle S.T.P.
Hujus coll. olim alumnus discipulus socius
Praepositus

Qui in sedem episcopalem Corcagiensem
Et Rossensem et deinde Clonensem evectus
Clero suo amicisque
Desideratissimus obiit
Episcopatus sui anno XVIII
Aetatis LXXVIII
XIII Kal. Jun. MDCCCXLVIII

DUBLIN. 330

Translation.

Near this marble is buried Samuel Kyle S.T.P. formerly
pupil, scholar, fellow, and Provost of this College,
who was raised to the bishoprick of Cork and Ross and
then to that of Cloyne. Beloved by his clergy and
friends, he died, after being bishop 18 years, and in
the 78th year of his age, on the 20th May, 1848.

M.S.

Georgii Hall S.T.P.

Hujusce collegii
Scholaris socii et demum praepositus
Qui A.D. MDCCCXI

Ad episcopatum Dromorensem consecratus
Mense novembris ejusdem anni
Supremum obiit diem
In toto fere scientiarum orbe
Civis summe peritus
In litteris idem judicii limati et jubacti
Suavissimi in eo mores
Necnon in provincia academica ordinanda
Severitas exempli singularis

Nee dubium
Quin si deus opt. max. vitae spatium dedisset
Tarn fidelem cum praesulem
Ecclesia habuisset
Quam custodem disciplinae vigilem
Fantorem que studiorum benignissumum
Multos per annos academia agnoverat
Vixit annos LVIII mens VI
Hanc tabellam Margarita Stock
In avunculi memoriam posuit.

' This is on a large white marble tablet, with black background ;
beneath coat-of-arms. See of Dromore impaling, for Hall, a
chevron between three lions rampant, in chief three roses, sur-
mounted by mitre in relief.'

Translation.

Sacred to the Memory of George Hall, Professor of
Sacred Theology, Scholar, Fellow, and finally Provost
of this College, who in 1811 A.D. having been conse-
crated to the Bishoprick of Dromore died in the month of
November of that same year.

He was deeply learned in almost the universal range of
scientific knowledge ; a man of accurate and refined

331 DUBLIN.

judgment in literary matters. His character was most
lovable ; moreover he showed a remarkable strictness in
his arrangements within his Academical Province, and
there is no doubt that if Almighty God had granted him
a long life, the Church would have had in him as faith-
ful a president, as the University had recognized him to
be for many years a watchful guardian of discipline, and
a kind promoter of learning.
He lived 58 years and 6 months.

Margaret Stack erected this monument to the memory
of her uncle.

' White marble tablet with coat-of-arms at base. Arms of See
impaling Elrington (a fesse between six storks) ' : —

a >^: o

Thomae Elrington S. T. P.
Hujusce collegii scholari socio praeposito
Qui per annos fere XLIII
Muneribus academicis in exemplum perfunctus

Ad episcopatum
Limericensem primo deinde Leighlinensem et Fernensem

Evocatus est

Verae religionis
Cultor si quis alius sanctus et sincerus
Ecclesiae anglo-hibernicae
Cui vel ultimo spiritu prodesse conatus est
Custos pervigil vindex impavidus

Excessit e vita IIII idus Jul. an. sacr. M DCCC XXXV
Vixit annos LXXIIII mens VII dies XXIII
Quo sit honore habitus ut testarentur
Amici aere collato praemia theologici certaminis
Juventuti academicae
Nomine praesulis desideratissimi quotarmis proponenda

Instituerunt

Translation.

To Thomas Elrington, S. T. P., Scholar, Fellow and
Provost of this College, who after having performed the
duties of the University in an exemplary manner for
nearly forty-three years, was called first to the bishop-
rick of Limerick, and then to that of Leighlin and
Ferns. He was, if ever there was, a holy and sincere
worshipper of the true religion of the Anglo-Irish

DUBLIN. 332

church, who even at his last breath attempted to do
good. A guardian and protector ever watchful and
without fear; he died 10th July in the year of our
Lord 1835 ; he lived seventy-four years, seven months,
twenty-three days. His grieving son set up this. To
witness in what honour he was held by his friends,
money having been collected, prizes for a theological
contest were instituted to be laid before the youth of
the University every year in the name of the beloved
bishop.

' Large marble tablet, with medallion portrait in relief, and
coat- of- arms ' —

' A lion rampant regardant with cross fitchee on canton,
and motto — " Vitam impendere vero" ' : —

M. S.

Bartholomaei Lloyd S. T. P.

Scholaris socii professoris muneribus

Egregie perfuncti

De academia

Doctrina exemplo scriptis

Optime meriti

Quo demum praeposito

Auctis scholorarum studhs

Nomini nostro dignitas nova accrevit

Cui vigil cura et exant lauti labores

Plura in dies conanti

Nunquam vires animi aut moram suavitatem ademere

VixitannosP.M. LXVII

Decess. VIII Kal. Decemb. an. M. DCCC XXXVII

Socii et professores hujus collegii

Moerentes titutum posuere

Majora merito

Translation.

Sacred to the memory of Bartholomew Lloyd, Scholar,
Fellow, Professor, who having performed his duties
with ability, and having deserved well from his uni-
versity by his teaching, example, and writings, and who
at length became provost ; the studies of the schools
having been increased, fresh dignity was added to our
name.
In his watchful diligence and the labours undertaken,

333 DUBLIN.

as he attempted more from day to day, yet the strength
of his mind or the pleasantness of his manners never
left him. He lived sixty-seven years. He died 24th
November in the year 1837.

The Fellows and Professors of this College lamenting
him set up this inscription.

Oval monument of white marble ' : —

Ut singularem qua bonas literas literatosque omnes
per totam vitae decursum est prosecutus charitatem
signaret reliquias suas in cellula huic vestibulo
supposita condi voluit amplissimus praesul Gulielmus
Newcome D.D. Archiepiscopus Armachanus ; Coll. Hertford
apud Oxienses cujus per novennium negocia Vice-Praeses
feliciter administravit. Ab Hiberniae pro Rege
illust. comite de Hertford ad dignitatem evocatus
episcopalem sedem obtinuit ; Dromorensem, Feb.
1766 ; Ossoriensem, Ap. 1775 ; Waterford et Lismore, Oct.
1779 ; Ardmach totiusque ecclesiae Hibernicae
Primatum, Mense Januario 1795. Natus Abingdonae
in Com. Oxon, April 19, 1729. Educatus in Coll.
Pembroch, Oxon. Decessit Dubline, Jan. 11. 1800.
Pietatem summe venerandi antiscitis vitae
morumque sanctitatem aetas in qua vixit
agnovit, ingenium scripta declarant.

« In Hall of Library, T.C.D.

1 Large marble monument with seated effigy in relief : —

M. S.

Reverendissimi • Johannis Brinkley • S. T. P.
Episcopi • Clonensis
Dudum • in • Collegio SS. Trinitatis Dubliniensi
Astronomiae ■ professoris • laudatissimi
Hoc * signum • honoris ■ ergo • constituerunt
Socii • Academici • clerici • dioecesis • aliique • complures
Voluntate • et ■ officiis * devincti
Obiit * a. s. mdcccxxxv • aetatis • lxx
Redux ' ad ■ astra • lumen • abiit • ingeni
At -#ne • reposcas • nimio ■ amore ■ percitiis
Fata • obsequutum • sospice ■ huic ■ scientia
Victrix • sepulchri • stabit ■ integrum • decus
Neu • fletus • adsit • morte • cariturus ■ viget

DUBLIN. 334

Superstitum • cui • vita • adest • praeconiis
Musarum • in • adytis ■ cuique ■ monimentum nitet
Caelesti • in • arce ; siderum • vagans • jubar

Ex. soc. Coll. Dub.

' There are two white marble tablets, on slate background^
placed on either side of the door, bearing the names of those
Provosts and Fellows who are buried in the vaults under the
chapel.

< On tablet to left ' :—

Eichardus Murray. S. T. P.

praep. 1795. obiit a.d. 1799.
Gulielmus Newcome. S. T. P.

Archiep. Armagh, obiit a.d. 1800.
Matthaeus Young. S. T. P.

ep. Clonfert. 1799. obiit a.d. 1800.
Johannes Brinkley S. T. P.

ep. Cluan3 obiit a.d. 1835.
Thomas Elrington. S. T. P.

Praep. 1811. ep. Ferns 1822. obiit a.d. 1835.
Georgius Hall. S. T. P.

Praep. 1806. ep. Drumor8 1811. obiit 1811.
Johannes Law. S. T. P.

ep. elphin8 obiit a.d. 1810.

On tablet to right ' : —

Franciscus Sadleir. S. T. P.

Praep. 1837. Obiit a.d. 1851.
Eicardus Macdonnell. S. T. P.

Praep. 1851. Obiit a.d. 1867.
Carolus G. Wall. S. T. P.

Vice-praep. Obiit a.d. 1862.
Samuel Kyle S. T. P.

Praep. 1820. ep. Corcen8 1831. obiit a.d. 1848.
Henricus Wray S. T. P.

Vice-praep. 1843. obiit a.d. 1847.
Thomas Prior S. T. P.

Vice-praep. 1840. obiit a.d. 1843.
Stephanus Sandes. S. T. P.

ep. Cassel8 obiit a.d. 1842.
Franciscus Hodgkinson ll.d.

Vice-praep. obiit a.d. 1840.
Bartholomaeus Lloyd S. T. P.

Praep. 1831. obiit a.d. 1835.

335 DUBLIN.

CMassamiicky, St. Ann's* Churchyard, Parish of
Tallagrnt.

[From Capt. G. S. Cary, e.i.c]

I. H. S.

This Stone erected by James Kinny in Memory of his
father and mother, Edward & Luecy Kinny & their
posterity November the 12th 1791.

I. H. S.

This stone and burial place belongeth to Walter Lawler
& his posterity, March 2, 1795.

I. H. S.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Memento Mori.

This Stone was erected to the Memory of Margareth
Collins who departed this life the 23rd of Octr 1806,
aged 68 years.

I. H. S. ;,

Sacred to the memory of John Doyle, who died 29th
Aug* 1824, Aged 42 years, and of his wife Judith, who
died 13th of Octr 1833 aged 52 years This Monument
is erected by their Grateful and loving Son Joseph
Doyle V.S. 16 Westland Row, desirous also of perpetu-
ating the memory of his beloved Son Benjamin Doyle
who died 8th Jany- 1837 aged 14 months.

*Note. — This old Churchyard is the "Cill Easpuig Sanctain" (= the
Church of Bishop Sanctain) mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters,
under the year a.d. 952. St. Ann had nothing whatever to do with this
place ; and it was only in ignorance that a name similar in sound to the Celtic
saint's name has been adopted by English-speakers.

DUBLIN. 336

I. M. S.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Erected by William Jones in Memory of his father
Mathew Jones who died 17th Jany 1834, aged 64 years
& Mother Anne Jones died 18th May 1822 aged 40 years
& Sisters Mary died 8th June 1817 aged 19 years, Julia
died 12th Novr 1821 aged 23 years & Brothers Andrew
died Octr 4th 1839 aged 30 years. Thomas died 28th
July 1844 aged 38 years.

I. H. S.

This burial place belongeth to John Fulam and his
posterity, who lived in New Street, hear lieth the
body of the above who departed this life December the
26th 1750 aged 48 years, Here lieth also five of his
children. This stone beeing erected by his loving wife
Catherine Fulam in memory . . .

[Rest of stone buried.]

I. H. S.

This Stone erected by the widow McMahon in Memory
of her Affectionate Husband Matthew M°Mahon who
departed this life the 10th of April 1794. aged 41 yrs.
and also here lieth 10 of his children.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Memento I.H.S. Mori.

This stone erected by Mary Devine in Memory of her
beloved Husband Andrew Devine late of Ballymees who
departed this life the 3d of May 1808 aged 56 years,
here also lieth the remains of his father and mother
John and Anne Devine.

Holly wootl Churchyard— Church of" St. Canice.

[From James R. Fowler.]

* Dalton and Lewis speak of the Holy Well (and Church) as
dedicated to a St. Kennett. The Ordnance Survey marks the
Holy Well as St. Kenny's. I was puzzled over this, and got some

337 DUBLIN.

of the country people to pronounce the name for me, and found it
to be what is written above. For description of Church, see
Dr. Walsh's " Fingal."

'Lewis says: "On levelling a hill near the ruins of the old
church in 1833, several urns containing ashes were found about
6 feet below the surface." '

AN-DO- 1'Ssfc 1762

I. H. S.

DUBLIN. 338

lloliii|»;ttri<-k Cliurcliyarcl.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' By far the most ancient slab in this churchyard is one dated
1520, which was erected to the memory of a Prior of the House of
the Blessed Virgin Mary of Holmpatrick (removed from the island
of Inis Patrick to the mainland, between the years 1213 and 1228,
by Henry, Archbishop of Dublin). The Prior thus commemorated
was named Peter Manne, or Mainn.

* A rubbing of the inscription was taken in April, 1907, and
forwarded to the Rev. William Carrigan, c.c. (author of the History
of the Diocese of Ossory), for inspection. To him all the credit
is due of reading this hitherto unpublished and undescribed
inscription.

1 Father Carrigan renders it thus (contractions expanded) : —

f£tc tawt petnxz tmixm oltm
prior fjtttus tromu$, cuius anunae
projptctetut4 iieus, qui oMit anno
rf)ri$tn mfrxx.

' He adds that the surname Mainn is doubtful : probably it was
originally " Manne"; but the right-hand stroke at the top of the
" e " is worn off on the slab, so that it now looks like Mainn or
Manni.

' This slab measures 73 inches in length, 21 inches at the upper
end, and 19 inches at the lower end in breadth. The inscription
runs down the whole length of a plain cross, which alone ornaments
the slab. It was probably discovered by Mr. T. U. Steele in July,
1893, when he caused the Delahide sixteenth-century slab to be
raised to the surface (see Journal, vol. ii., p. 295) ; but he does not
mention it. These two slabs lie alongside one another.

' Mr. Garstin, f.s.a., has kindly supplied me with the following
remarks on the inscription : —

' " Though this inscription is tolerably clear, the lettering and
abbreviations are peculiar. The words are not divided, and the
letters ' i ' are undotted, which makes it hard to decipher, and
consequently I have not succeeded in reading it ; but I accept the
Rev. William Carrigan's reading as given above. In English it
means : ' Here lies Peter Mainn (or Manne), formerly Prior of this
House, on whose soul God have mercy. He died in the year of
Christ 1520.

' " The only capital letter in the inscription is the initial H.

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' " The date is not, as usual, A.D., but A.C. The symbol for
1 Christi ' corresponds to the x of the Greek alphabet ; the ' Ch ' or
1 Chi ' of the Greek for Christ (as in Xmas for Christmas) is unusual
in Irish inscriptions. The ' i ' of its termination, as well as the
final * o ' in ' millesimo,' &c, is represented by a square dot or
top, and other similar marks are used for abbreviations or stops, as
at the end.

' " The date is certainly 1520, but expressed with \)c (— five
hundreds), instead of the 6 or D, more usual in later times. It
fixes this as one of the earliest inscriptions now extant in Ireland.

' " When John D'Alton wrote his History of the County
Dublin, in 1838, he described the Delahoyde inscription of 1587 and
a few others, and added the following, which doubtless relates to the
stone now being discussed, and which proves his conjecture to be
correct. He says : —

' " There is likewise a very old stone, with a now unintel-
ligible inscription, sculptured in alto relievo on the shaft of
a cross that extends over its whole length, possibly designed
to commemorate some lordly prior of this House.' "

1 " Holmpatrick was one of the Irish religious houses suppressed
in 1537, previous to the general dissolution. Only five years pre-
viously, in 1532, the Prior had been summoned by the King to
attend a hosting on the hill of Owenstown, in right of the Manor of
Hacketstown, adjacent.

' " Isaac Butler, in his Journal of 1744, barely mentions Holm-
patrick, and gives no inscription from it."

' In a County Dublin Exchequer Inquisition [No. 33 (118) of
Henry VIII] , taken in Dublin on the Wednesday following the
Feast of Dom. in Albis H. VIII 30° (i.e. of Whit Sunday, 1538), to
ascertain what were the possessions of the late Priory of Holm-
patrick, it was found that it owned, held tenements in, or received
tythes from :

• " Holmpatrick, Newgrange, Saddleston, Mollaghomyn,
Hayston, Balrodery, Hacketston, Therleston, Pieriston,
Loghbraghe, Barnegeraghe, Baltrastyn, Mylwardeston,
Layn, Swords, and Skerries."

* The Inquisition also mentions the following succession of
Priors in connection with leases granted by the Priory :

John Dwen (died).
Peter Manne (died in 1520).
William Cantwell (resigned).
Philip Core (who surrendered the Priory to
the Crown on the 8th May, 1537).

' This proves that Archdall, in his " Monasticon Hibernicum,'r
was wrong in stating that Peter Manne was the last Prior.'

DUBLIN. 340

1 Scattered through the burial-ground are headstones bearing
the following inscriptions ' : —

Here under lyeth | the Body oe Ann Grif | fen wefe
[sic] of Philip Grif | fen who departed this | life the
9th of April 1792

+
IHS
This Stone Was Erected By | Francis Doyle. Here
Lyeth ye Body of Elizabeth | Doyle who departed this |
Life May ye 11th 1755 Aged 29 years

This Stone was Erected by | Richard Darin*. Here
lieth | the Body of Margaret | Dollehide who Departed
this Life July the 4th 1755 | Aged 58 years & 6 of his
Children

+
IHS

Here vnder ly | eth the body of J Iames Roney who
dyed November the | 21st 1737 aged 57 | years IHS

IHS

Here lyeth the | body of Hugh | Daly who dyed
May the 2nd 1733 I aged 54 years.

* On a more modern headstone near this one the name appears as
Derham."

341 DUBLIN.

1 On a narrow flat slab, of old appearance, bearing a plain
Latin cross in relief down the middle, with a hammer and two
leaves of foliage on one side of the shaft, and a pincers on the
opposite side, all in relief, is the following incised inscription cut on
top and extending on to the cross ' : —

This Stone

belongs to

Rich: Tool &

his

Posterity.

' The latter word is cut on the arms of the cross, and at its base
is cut the date 1719.'

' Not far from the last-mentioned tombstone, but more to the
south, is a flat slab on which is inscribed ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of the
Reverend Mr. Anthony Tanner
who departed this Life the 7th
of May 1741. Aged 49 years

The Hussey Inscription.
[From J. R. Garstin.]

1 This large graveyard contains a vast number of monuments,
and, as befits a place which is said to have belonged in early times
to cross-lands of the county, and, perhaps, on account of the
admirable stone supplied by the neighbouring quarries, it has many
monumental crosses of large dimensions and varying artistic merit.
They are, however, comparatively modern.

' D' Alton in his " History of the County Dublin," published in
1838, mentions the Hussey Tombstone of 1577 as the oldest ; but as
he does not give the inscription, nor does Mr. Steele in his
contribution to the "Journal " (vol. ii, 1893, pp. 294-6), the following
may be worth reading : —

' The stone is a large table-tomb, which has lately been reset on
four new square-carved pedestals, and surrounded by a dwarf-stone
border. At the head of this is the ancient inscription, which
occupies but a small place. It has lately been recut, and it now
runs as follows ' : —

HIC JACET ELIZABETH

FINGLAS QUONDAM

UXOR THOM^ HUSSEI

DE HOLMPATRLCK GENEROSI

QUE OBIIT XXVII DIE

NOVEMBRIS A.D. 1577

QUIVIS AIF PPCIELUR DES

DUBLIN. 342

' To the left of the inscription are the arms of Hussey, impaling
Finglas, and with the initials t, h, and e above.

'The stonecutter has almost "improved" out of existence the
original of the last line, which doubtless embodied the usual prayer.
The lady belonged to a family of which Chief Baron Finglas, of
Wespalstown, near this, was head.

' A more modern inscription on the same slab, under the above,
commemorates Christopher Grimes and his wife, and, lower down,
a family named Knight, who presumably represented the Hussey
first named.'

Kilgoblbiii (i.e. tlie Cliui'cli of St. €rOl>1>aii).

[From Peirce Gun Mahony, m.r.i.a., Cork Herald of Arms.]

' The ruined Church of Kilgobbin is in the Parish of Kilgobbin
and Half Barony of Rathdown, and is about six miles from Dublin,
on the road to Bray. The parochial returns in the Public Record
Office date from 1780 to 1782.

' Those interested in the ecclesiastical history of the parish
should read "The History of the County of Dublin" (vol. iii,
p. 65) by Francis Elrington Ball, m.r.i.a.

' The churchyard is very well kept, and would be a good example
for many others.

' Near the entrance of the churchyard there is the following
inscription' : —

The Family . Vault . of

John . Richardson .

Kilgobbin

In the church there are the following inscriptions ' : —
Here lieth the Remains of M1'. Tho8. | Gillagham who
Died Octor 19th 1780 | Aged 72 Years.

Sacred to the Memory of

the Reverend Henry Kearney a.m.

For 36 Years Rector of Kilternan Parish

who died the 6th day of June 1855 in the 72nd year of his Age

a devoted soldier of Jesus Christ

when few were on the Lords side

he contended boldly against error

A faithful Shepherd of his masters fold

he fed his flock in Heavenly pastures

And while thus walking in the fear of God

he won the respect and Love of men

Underneath also rests the remains of his Wife

Mrs Elizabeth Kearney
who departed this life the 15th day of May 1884

343 DUBLIN.

* In the church are the following ' : —

Here Rests

the Mortel [sic] Remains of

Ellen Letitia

second Daughter of

Emanuel James Bayly

of this Parish Esquire and

Margaret Eleanor his Wife

Born January 18th 1837

Died June 9th 1853

Here also is interred

William Bernard Bayly

an Infant Child of the above Parents

Born March 5th 1842

Died August 6th 1842

Also Alice Isabel Smith

Who Died August 12 1877

Aged 8 months

Emanuel James Bayly
Born March 16th 1810
Died March 25th 1887

On a cross in the church is the following ' : —

On a slab underneath the cross ' : —

Here also are interred the remains of Joseph Strong
Esq. | of Glenamuck, Golden Ball | who died on the 8th
November 1853 Aged 76 Years. | Also of Anne Gregg
daughter of above and Wife of | Robert Gregg Esq. of
5 Upper Rutland S* Dublin who | died on the 15th
January 1866 aged 54 years also Rob* J | Gregg who
died on 6th January 1865 Aged 25 Years & I Charles Y.
Gregg who died on 30th May | 1853 Aged 2 Months | &
15 days both sons of above Robert & Anne Gregg

On another slab ' : —

DUBLIN. 3 14

' In the churchyard are the following inscriptions ' : —
This Stone and Burial Place
Belongeth to Mr Jeffery [sic] Davis

and his Posterity.

Here Lyeth the Body of the above

said Mr* Jeffrey [sic] Davis who

Departed this Life the 3d Day of Mr-

1740 in the 54th Year of his Age

Also James Moore Davis of Murphystown Esq-

who died 30th Nov. 1800 Aged 43 years.

Also John Davis of Murphystown E8q*

who died 1802 Aged 84 years.

Also Richard Davis of Tibradden Esq- who

died Nov. 1809 Aged 84 years.

Also George Davis Great grandson of the

above named Richard Davis who died 31st

May 1849 Aged 29 years.

Also Richard Davis of Dublin E8q- who died

5th Jan. 1856 Aged 63 years. He was

grandson of the above named John Davis

and father of the above named George Davis.

Also Richard Lionel son of the last named

Richard Davis who died 19th Oct. 1857 Aged 35 years.

Also Eliza wife of the last named Richard Davis
and grand daughter of the first named Richard Davis
She departed this life the 8th Feb. 1880 aged 84 years.

Under this Stone lie the remains of | Mr. David
Bleakley I who died the 21st November 1817 | aged 70
years.

This Stone [and] | Burial Place | Belongeth to
Maguire And His family | He was interred |

of Janry. 1734.

Note. — Morgan Maguire, of Murphystown, in the County of
Dublin, in his will dated 30th day of December, 1734 (proved
January 1734 ?) mentions his eldest son Christopher Maguire, and
also his son Bryan Maguire. Proved in the Prerogative Court.

345 DUBLIN.

This Stone belongs to Mr Rob* | Price of Dublin Under
which | is interred four of his children | 1765. | Also
M>. Catherine Duff his daughter.

This Stone was Erected | By Isaac Burgess of Mill
town For him and his post- | erity March ye 20th 1734
Here lieth Six of his chil | dren.

This Burial place belongeth to Mr. William

Harkness I of the City of Dublin Merchant |

Here lieth the body of his Mother | Mrs. Margaret

Harkness | Who departed this life the 15th Sept1" 1794 |

Aged 84 Years.

Also his Son Rob Harkness who died young

Also his daughter Isabella | who died 10 May 1802

his daughter Mary Anne | who died November 1813 |

his wife who died 3rd June 1815

Mr. William Harkness himself | who died in the 74th

Year of his Age | on the 12th October 1817.

Also Mrs. Sarah Anne Harkness | who died October

24th 1901 | Widow of the Rev. William Harkness.

A A ■

DUBLIN. 346

Here is interred the remains of | John Taylor | of the
City of Dublin Esq1" | who died the 12th of April 1825
aged 76

Also Sussanna Eliza Taylor | Who died January 1837
Aged 25 | and Sackville John Taylor | Who died
28 August 1850 Aged 41

Here also lies the remains of | Catherine Taylor (Born
Chudleigh) I Widow of Major Sackville Brownlow
Taylor | Who departed this life June 18th 1875, Aged
95 Years.

Catherine Taylor was Mother of the | above Susan
Eliza Taylor and Sackville John Taylor.
[7 lines of texts.]

' On the same stone is the following ' : —

Anna Maria Loyd | Widow of Bartholomew G. Loyd,
Q.C. | Major Sackville Brownlow Taylor | Born 25*'
January 1818 died 20th July 1904.

Sacred to the Memory of j MRS Elizabeth Hutchison

who Departed[ This Life the 25th Day of January 1832 |

Aged 72 Years

Also her son Bedmond Morris Hutchison | Who

departed this life the 31st Day of January 1838 | Aged

48 Years | And His Two Infant Children

This Tablet is Erected | in Memory of a Beloved

Husband by his Sorrowing | and Bereaved Widow. |

This Stone & Burial Place belongs to James Lea |
of Grafton Street in the City of Dublin Merch'
Here lieth the remains of Said James Lea | who
departed this Life the 16th Day of July 1771 | in the
30th. Year of his Age.

Edith Lea his Wife who departed this Life the | 21st Day
of May 1781 in the 39th. year of her age

Note from Parochial Returns ' : —

John Lea a Citizen of Dublin was buried 10th. April
1785.

347

DUBLIN.

Robertus Young Prior | Died 1832

Here also is buried | Rev. Hugb Edward Prior Rector of

Clonmel | who died 15 September 1856 aged 50 Years.

Also the Memory of | John Hutchingson Esq \ of
71 Harcourt Street Dublin | Who died in Paris 7tb July
1838 | whose remains are interred in this vault.
To the Memory of | Elizabeth second Wife of j John
Hutchison Esq16 | 71 Harcourt Street Dublin j Who
died 25 of August 1850.

[From a Sketch by Mrs. Peirce G. Mahony.]

Here lyeth the Body Of Me Tho

mas Taylor of Harrold Grange

Who departed this life the 22d of

November 1727.
Underneath lieth the remains of
Samuel Taylor Esqr who departed

DUBLIN. 348

this life the 2d of April 1818. Aged 79 Years

& six months, leaving only one daughter

married to the Revd Doctor Vesey of the

City of Dublin.

Mrs Anna Taylor who departed this life

Feby 22nd 1825 Aged 66 Years

Daughter of John Eastwood Esqre of

Castletown County Louth. Wife of

Mathew Beresford Taylor Esq1'

who died the 8th of March 1828

Aged 74 years.

Mrs Isabella Taylor

who departed this life 1st March 1830

daughter of Sir Barry Colles Meridyth Bart.

Wife of John Keatinge Taylor Esqr.

Aged 56 Years.

Cap4 8th Hussars who died 3rd Mar. 1836 Aged 52 Years

His Widow Mary daughter of Wm Poole of Bally roan Esq.

died 28th Jan 1892

Isabella their eldest child died 1834 Aged 2 years.

' The above-named Thomas Taylor in his will, dated
3rd September, 1727, mentions his sons John, Thomas, Samuel,
and Jonathan, and his daughters Mary Gray, wife of Joseph
Gray ; Hannah Bignall, wife of Edward Bignall ; Mrs. Clarke,
and Mrs. Lester, wife of John Lester; and his wife, Mary Taylor.

' Will proved in the Principal Begistry of the Diocese of Dublin,
May, 1728.

'For further particulars see the "History of the County of
Dublin," Part III, page 61, by Francis Elrington Ball, m.r.i.a.'

[Crest : An arm embowed, holding a sword.]

This Stone belongs to Mr Jonath Taylor

of Brides Alley Brewer. Here lies Interrd

his Wife Mrs Hannah Taylor who depar

ted this life the 18th of March 1741 Aged

Said Jonathan Taylor with his sons Bobert

and Samuel and his daughter Esther Taylor

are interred here likewise Anthony Rebecca

and John the infant children of Wm & Ednah

Davis granddaughter of the above named

Hannah and Jonathan Taylor,
also William Davis her husband who died

349 DUBLIN.

4th Feb. 1815 aged 44 years also their son

Thomas Davis aged 19 years who died

29th Novr 1828 also Martha wife of their son

Wm Davis of the Ballast Office Dublin who

departed this life 1st May 1854 aged 47 Years

and the said Wm Davis of the Ballast Office

Dublin who died on the 25th of June 1854 Aged

47 Years.

Here also lieth the mortal remains of the

above named Ednah Davis who departed

this life on the 3rd of July 1856 aged 80 Years

[Crest : A demi lion rampant.]

I.H.S.

Here Lyeth the | Body of John Ryan | Who died
June ye 6 | 1737 Aged 64 Years

DUBLIN. 350

Here lie the Bodies

of John Deaken Genn [sic] Died in 1721 Aged 69

Ellen Deaken his wife Died in 1725 Aged 73

Willm Deaken Genn [sic'] their son Died in 1743 [or 1745] Aged 49

Ruth Deaken his wife Died in 1777 Aged 82

Colonel John Deaken died 10th day of July 1793

Aged 72

Died August the 11th 1818 Miss
Christian Deaken Aged 92 years
Died November the 16th 1819 Miss
Mary Ann Jacob Aged 63 years
Died October the 6th 1821 Major
Patrick Jacob Aged 75 years
Late of His Majesty's 95 Reg* of Foot
He terminated an honourable life

tii

This Stone was erected by | John Rooney to the memory

of his | beloved Father and Mother who | departed this

life the former and latter [s*V]

Also in memory of his dearly beloved | Wife Catherine

Rooney who departed | this life on the 29th day of

August | 1826 Aged 33 Years.

Here also lieth interred the remains | of two of their

Children who died young

351 DUBLIN.

This Stone was Erected for John Trumble | of Woodside

and his Posterity

Here Lieth the body of Sarah Trumble | his wife who

departed this life the 23d | day of August 1804 Aged 72

Years.

Here also Lieth the body of the above | named John

Trumble who departed | this life the 6th day of Octobr

[sic] Aged 76 Years | and also of Elizabeth Trumble

his | daughter in law who departed this life | the 20th of

June 1807 Aged 28 Years

flere also Lieth her son John Beaty | Trumble who

departed this life the 20th | of April 1808 Aged 10 months |

Likewise the body of Wilm Trumble | son of the above

John Trumble who | Departed this life March 2nd 1809

Aged 44

This Stone was Erected in memory | of Mr Robert

Callaghan late of | Kilgobbin Farmer who Lieth here |

interred and Departed this life | Aged 42 Years.

Here also lieth the remains of Andrew | Shea who died

the 27th of March 1792 | Aged 24 Years.

Here lieth the remains of Mr John Shea | who died the

27th of April 1802 | Aged 69 Years.

Here lieth also his Daughter Mrs Bridget Cole who died

the 19th of April 1806 | Aged 44 Years.

Mr Rob* Shea son of the above John Shea | died 10th

Feb 1819 Aged 61 Years

Mrs Marg4 Shea wife of John Shea died | 6th Jan 1822

Aged 81 Years

Miss Jane Shea daughter of Wm Shea died | 22nd May

1822 Aged 12 Years.

DUBLIN. 352

Here Lyeth the Body | of Muril Burn who de | parted
this life May | 1761 aged years | also his Wife

Margaret | who died 1771 aged | 75 years.

ftlilvertoii— St. Movec's Churchyard. Parish of
Holmpa trick.

[From Mr. J. R. Fowler.]

' This is situated on the roadside some miles from Balrothery.
It is raised some six feet above the road, and is entered by a stile.
The foundations of the little church which once stood in the centre
are briar-choked. There are but few inscriptions. They are as
follows ' : —

This Stone Belongs to Charles | Fitzpatrick and Martha
his wife I Underneath is Interred two of her I Children

' Next to the memory of — Duff, of Milverton, 1837, inscription
ends up ' : —

' There are only three other tombs

Halpin 1800

Allen of Hampton 1858

Duff 1864-1889

353 DUBLIN.

1 A holy well, renowned in the neighbourhood for its curative
power, is not far from the churchyard. It is built with uncemented
stone, has steps leading down to it, and is of large size. It is
dedicated to St. Movee, and its water is an excellent cure for
toothache.'

[Note. — In the Inquisitions " Milverton " is written " Myl-
wardstown." The St. Movee by whom the church was founded
may be the St. Mobhe, of Glasnevin, venerated on the 12th of
October. — Editor.]

Moiikstown Parish Clmi'cli.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

'In the north transept a white marble tablet bears the following
inscription ' : —

1 On the wall of the south transept is a white marble monument;,
consisting of a central panel, carved with a classical female figure
kneeling beneath a cypress-tree, and weeping over a funeral urn.
Surmounting the panel the Day Arms and Crest, and beneath it
the following inscription ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of

Robert Day Esquire,

late Second Justice of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland.

He was third son of Revd John Day of Lohercannon in the Co. of Kerry

and of Lucy his wife daughter of Maurice FitzGerald, Knight of Kerry.

He died 8th Feb^ 1841. in the 95th year of his age.

He was an eloquent Advocate, an able Lawyer

And a just and merciful Judge.
His affectionate widow erected this Monument

As a slight tribute to his many virtues,

And in hope of his resurrection to eternal life

through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 The above Hon. Robert Day was M.P. for Ardfert in the
Irish Parliament ; a Judge of the King's Bench, 1798-1818. He
was Henry Grattan's life-long and most intimate friend, and was

FERMANAGH. 354

frequently the medium of communication between Grattan and the
Prime Minister, William, Earl of Shelbourne, First Marquess of
Lansdowne, who, a native of the same county, was Day's familiar
friend.

' Day married, 14th August, 1774, Mary, daughter of John
Potts, Esq., of London, by whom he had an only child, Elizabeth,
who married, 26th May, 1795, Sir Edward Denny, Bart., of Tralee
Castle, and died in 1828. Judge Day resided for many years
previous to his death at Loughlinstown House, Co. Dublin.

Ol«l monK stern ■■ Graveyard.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

' On a large flat tombstone the following inscription ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of

Mary Day the wife of Robert Day, Esq.,

late one of the Judges of the King's Bench.

She died the 18th day of April 1823, aged 76 years,

loved, honoured and lamented

As a pattern of purity benevolence and truth.

Beneath this Stone are

likewise deposited the remains of the above mentioned

Robert Day Esq.

He died February 8th, 1841, in the 95th year of his age.

A Monument has been erected to his memory

within the Church of this parish.

Here also lieth the Body of

Mary, relict of the above named Robert Day,

Daughter of Bart: Fitzgerald, Esq., m.d.

Who died at Malvern June 11th, a.d. 1849.

COUNTY FERMANAGH.

?loii«»u i luireliyanl.

[From the Rev. W. B. Steele.]
[Continued from /;. 93.)

Here lieth the body of Thos. Houden who departed
this life Nov. 1749 aged 95 years. Also his wife Joan
Houden departed March 1755 aged 82 years. This
stone is erected by James Houden in memory of his
daughter Mary who departed the 10th August 1765 aged
13 years.

355 FERMANAGH.

Here lieth the body of Jean Petterson wife to Robt
Petterson who departed this life April the 15th 1754
aged 72 years.

' There is a coat-of-arms at the head of this stone bearing three
martlets. Crest : a martlet ' : —

Here lyeth the body of Walter Stinson who departed
this life December the 8 : 1762 aged 61 years. Eobert
Stinson died March 1799 aged 61 years.

I. H. S.
Erected by Patrick Flanagan in memory of his father
Cormuck who depd. this life August 16th 1766 aged 50
years.

I. H. S.
Here lyeth the body of Rose McCanna who died May
the 29th 1766 aged 26 years.

' The beginning of this inscription is illegible ' : —

Also Margaret Rankin mother to ye above named
George who departed this life September ye 10th 1767
aged 66 years. Here lyeth the body of George Rankin
who departed this life April ye 2nd 1786 aged 72 years.

1 There is a pair of inverted compasses at the head of this
inscription ' : —

Here lyeth the body of Charles Swindel who depd. this
life in August 1770 aged 45 years.

Here lies the body of James Moffin who departed this
life April ye 5th 1772 aged 76 years and 3 of his
children.

Here lieth the body of David Wilkin who depd this life
April the 16th 1773 aged 96 years. Also James Wilkin
who departed this life Fabuary the 14th 1795 aged 45

years.

FERMANAGH. 356

Here lieth the body of Jane Davis who departed this
life April the 9th 1773 aged 54 yrs.

' There is more of this inscription underground ' :—

I.H. S
Erected by Elinor McManus in memry of Felix
McManus who depd this life Decr. ye 6th 1775 aged 66
yrs also of Mary McMantjs who died July ye 17th 1787.

1 The beginning of this inscription is illegible' : —

. . . Falles in memory of his wife Christian Ellet
who departed this life June the 22nd 1777 aged 42
years.

Here lyeth ye body of Elinr. Cunningham who depd this
life Mar ye 25th 1778 aged 24 yrs.

Erected by James Feir in memry of his father
Alexander Feir who depd. this life August 6th 1778
aged 66 years.

Underneath lie the bodies of Alexr Weir Esqr. and
Barbara his wife, the latter died in April 1779 the
former in Octobr. 1784. In vite virtute valuerunt.
In morte lugentur Also here rest the remains of
Robert Weir Esq. J. P. Lieu1, in the Fermanagh Militia
the eldest son of John Weir Esq. of Craig Hall who
died December 6th A.D. 1857 aged 35 years. Also the
remains of Caroline Mary Eelict of John Weir Esq. of
Craig Hall who died July 29th 1885 aged 85 years
To die is gain

' Several words in this inscription are illegible ' : —

. . . Jas . . . David Hamilton in memory of their
father Richd. Hamilton who . . . 1780 aged 74 years.

Here lyeth the body of James Falles who depa this life
Jan. 4th 1780 aged 84 years.

Here lyeth ye body of Thomas Watson who departed
this life March the lltu 1781 aged 86 years.

357 FERMANAGH.

Here lyeth the body of Thomas Sinklar who depd. this
life March the 17th 1783.

Erected by Willm Cathcart in memry of his wife Ealce
Cathcart who depd. this life Marc, ye 14th 1785 aged
21 yrs.

Erected by Luke Doyle of Enniskillen in memory of
his wife Margaret Doyle who departed this life May
the 14th 1788 aged 42 years. Also their son Francis
Doyle who departed this life Sepbr. the 24* l 1809 aged
26 years. Here lieth the body of Luke Doyle that
erected this stone who departed this life March 13th
1812.

Erecd. by Frs Maginnis in memory of his father Patt
Maginnis who depd this life June 26th 1788 aged 59 y18.

I. H. S.

Erected by Patrick Lean in memory of his father
Patrick who depd. this life Augst. 14th 1788 aged 86
years.

Erected by James Spence in memory of his daughter
Mary who depd. this life June ye 21st 178- aged 18
years.

This stone was erected by the children of Geo. Irwin
late of Derrygore as a tribute to his memory who
departed this life 14th of September 1791 aged 73 years.
Also of Acheson Irwin grandson of the above who died
Oct. 29th 1855 in his 59th year.

Here lieth the body of John Cathcart who depd this
life August the 22nd 1793 aged 52 yrs.

Here lyeth the body of George Howden who departed
this life 1794 aged 36 years. Also James Howden who
departed this life 1796 aged 28 yrs.

FERMANAGH. 358

Here lyeth the body of Mary Robinson who departed
this life May the 27th 1795 aged 67 yrs. Sacred to the
memory of James Robinson who departed this life
August 20th 1816 aged 61 years. This tomb was erected
by his son Archibald Robinson.

Erected by Hugh Bothwell in memory of his father
Edward Bothwell of Portmush who depd this life . . .
the 12th in the year of our Lord 1796. Also his two
Sons William and James who depd Dec. the 12th 1801
aged 42 years and Dec. the 26th 1802 aged 40 years.

Erected by Js Drennan in memory of his son Oliver
Drennan who departed this life May 10th 1796 aged 22
years.

Erected by Robert Scott in memory of his father
James Scott who departed this life October 22nd 1798
aged 69 years.

' The following five inscriptions are undated, but they appear to
be older than the year 1800 ' —

Erected by James Gardiner in memory of his familys.

IH S
Erected by William Maxwell in memory of his two
sons Patrick and William.

This was done by Isac Wood of ... in memory of
his father Thomas Wood who departed . . .

[The rest of this inscription is illegible. There is a coat-of-arms
at the top bearing a boar's head and a tree. Crest — an arm holding
a dagger.]

Erected by Noble Cunningham in memory of his father
Michael Cunningham who depd this life March ye . . .

[The rest of this inscription is underground.]

Here lyeth the body of Alexander Fair.

359 FERMANAGH.

Erected by Eobert Huston in memory of his father
James Huston who depd this life March the 16th 1800
aged 65 years. Also his wife Mary Huston who depd
this life Nov. the 23rd 1830 aged 73 years.

Here lieth the body of James Kerr who departed this
life September the 22nd 1801 aged 59 years.

Erected by David Porteus in memory of his brother
Thomas Porteus who deceased July the 4th 1801 aged
54 yrs. Also his wife Anne Porteus who deceased
February the 13th 1804 aged 48 yrs.

Here lieth the body of John Acheson who deceased
Sept. the 30th 1801 aged 76 years.

+
IH S

Erecd by John Cosgrove in memory of his wife Elen
Cosgrove alias Keon who depd this life June 15th 1801
aged 37 yrs.

Here lieth the body of Elizabeth Lane who deceased
Sept. the 4th 1805, aged 70 years.

Erected to the memory of Mary Buchanan who died the
27th of April 1809 aged 84 years. Here lies the body of
Ann McDonald who died March 6th 1837 aged 87 years.

Here lieth the body of John Scott who depd this life
December 15th 1810 aged 55 years.

This stone was erected by John Balfour in memory of
his father Gabriel Balfour who departed this life July
the 29th 1811.

Sacred to the memory of Sidney Maguire who depd this
life Dec. 20th 1812.

Erected by David Acheson in memory of Elizabeth
Acheson who depd this life Oct. 21st 1812 aged 40 years.
Also Susan Acheson who depd this life Jany 14th 1843
aged 12 years. Also Henry Acheson who depd this life
May 23rd 1844 aged 31 yrs. And also his father Henry
Acheson who depd this life May 12th 1833 aged 100 years.

GALWAY — KERRY. 360

COUNTY GALWAY.

[Ml.]

COUNTY KERRY.

Tralee Abbey.

[From the Kev. H. L. L. Denny.]

' This monastery of the Dominican Order was founded by
Sir John FitzGerald, " of Callan," for Friars Preachers, about the
same time that he built the strong castle of Tralee. And so, as the
castle became for himself and his descendants their chief place of
residence, the abbey was made their place of sepulchre. In 1260
the Geraldines, with Sir William Denny, Lord Justice [Lord
Lieutenant] of Ireland, and a large force, marched against the
MacCarthys. A great battle took place at Callan, in Limerick,
wherein the English were defeated, and Sir John FitzGerald and
Maurice his son were slain, and being brought to Tralee were
buried there. On the day that the fatal news of the battle reached
Tralee, whilst all was terror and confusion, there was seen on a
turret of the castle a large ape carrying in his arms the infant heir
of the House of Geraldine. However, after bearing him round the
battlements, the ape brought the child down uninjured, and laid him
in the cradle, whence he had taken him, to live to be the greatest
man in the kingdom — Thomas FitzGerald, surnamed " An Appah,"
ancestor of the almost regal Houses of Desmond and Kildare. The
foundation of Tralee Abbey is placed by some in the year 1243,
and by others in 1260. Allemande, in his "Monastic History,"
says : " At Tralee there is a Convent of Jacobins [the preaching
friars of St. Dominic were so called] , founded in the year 1243 by
the Geraldines."

' In 1587 Queen Elizabeth granted the Tralee portion of the
Desmond Estates to Sir Edward Denny, Knt. Bant., Groom of
Her Majesty's Privy Chamber, and Governor of Kerry and Desmond,
for his services in the Irish and Spanish Wars. The grant included
the " site of the dissolved friary of Tralee, with the appurtenances "
in County Kerry, and the advowsons of the livings belonging to it,
with the impropriate Rectory of Ballynahaglish (Churchill).

' By an Indenture made May 10th, 1627, Sir Edward Denny,
grandson of the above Sir Edward, " granted to the Provost and
Burgesses of Tralee the circuit and liberty of the abbey, and all
privileged places in the said Borough," on condition that he should
always appoint a town clerk, and he and his heirs to have all the
profits of the same.

361 KERRY.

' In 1756, when Smith wrote his " History of Kerry," and
Burgh, the learned author of the " Hibernica Dominicana,"
visited the site, nothing remained of the abbey but the report that it
" formerly had a fair steeple." and a few vaults still standing, with
some tombstones built into the walls of the adjoining houses.

1 Archdeacon Rowan, writing in 1854, mentions that he
remembered having seen in Tralee capitals of delicately carved
cloister-pillars, of what seemed to him to have been early English
style of architecture. There are now preserved in the garden of
the Dominican Priory in Day Place, Tralee, many carved stones
and capitals of pillars, which are believed to have formed part of
the ancient abbey.

1 The following is a list, compiled by Archdeacon Rowan, from
Burgh and other authorities, of some of the principal members of
the Desmond family buried in Tralee Abbey ' : —

A List of the Geraldines and Earls of Desmond interred in

Tralee.

' I. A.D. 1261. John (of Callan), slain at Callan, near Kenmare,
in battle with the MacCarties ; buried in the north side.

1 II. 1261. Maurice FitzGerald, slain at same place, and same
time buried with him.

1 III. 1296. Thomas FitzGerald (An Appah), ancestor of the
Houses of Kildare and Desmond ; buried in the middle of the
choir.

' IV. 1355. Maurice (1st Earl of Desmond), the first on whom
this title was conferred by King Edward, 27 August, 1329 ; who,
dying at Dublin, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was brought to the
Church of Tralee.— Burgh, " Hib. Dom."

' V. 1358. Maurice (2nd Earl), his eldest son and successor,
dying suddenly at Castlemain, was buried in the same place. —
Burgh.

■ VI. 1520. Maurice (10th Earl), called the warlike, died at
Tralee.

< VII. 1529. James (11th Earl) died at Dingell, 18th January,
1529.

' VIII. 1535. James (13th Earl) slain at Rathkeale in the
County of Limerick by Maurice- Dubh-Mac-an-Earla, or Maurice the
murderer.

'IX. 1536. John (14th Earl), an aged man, and a religious
brother of the convent of Tralee when his son, Maurice-Dubh,
killed his grand-nephew James, the 13th Earl, whereupon he
succeeded to the title, but going the way of all flesh, about
Christmas Day, 1536, was buried in the same church.

' X. 1558. John (15th Earl) buried in the same place.'

B B

KERRY. 362

1 Burgh, recording his own personal observations of the state of
the ruins of Tralee Abbey in the year 1756, adds : —

'"Although the Dominican Church and Convent of Tralee is
now nearly levelled to the ground, still on the site, or in the streets
running in different directions from it, many sepulchral stones are
yet to be seen, in particular one, showing the effigies of two infant
twins, traditionally said to be children of a Geraldyn Lord."

' Archdeacon Rowan has recorded that once, whilst examining
records in the Manuscript Department of the British Museum, he
discovered amongst the leaves of a volume entitled " Funeral
Certificates of Ireland" (additional MSS. 4,820) a small, rude
sketch on a loose bit of paper of this identical monument
mentioned by Burgh, with the following note written on it : —

' " The above is found on two monuments of the FitzGeralds —
sometime Earl of Desmond — lately dug out of the rubbage of
Traly Abbey, by Eobert Downinge, Deputy to Sir Richard Carney,
Knight, Ulster King at Arms."

1 This sketch showed, in addition to the figures of the two
children by Burgh, which appear under ornamented canopies, the
figure of a woman with a large cross on the breast, and holding an
open book in the left hand. Also there are shown three heraldic
shields, two of which bear rude representations of the Desmond
Arms ; while the third appears to be that of the Butler family.
A few half-defaced letters read thus ' : —

G. res* ZEbomas.

1 This would appear to identify the monument with Thomas,
12th Earl of Desmond, who died a.d. 1524, who was married to
Elinor Butler, the daughter of Edmund, Lord Dunboyne, and of
Sheelah McCarthy, daughter of Cormac (Laidir) Muskerry. In
Lodge's " Peerage," Thomas, 12th Earl, is said to have been buried
at Youghal ; and if this be correct, the monument would probably
belong to his infant sons and his Countess. All his children
predeceased him, and he was succeeded by his grandson James as
13th Earl.

' One tombstone from the old Dominican Church, or graveyard,
was built into the lower part of a wall at the side of the door of a
house at the north end of Abbey Street, Tralee.

1 The following is an exact copy of the inscription as it appeared
in 1847, and for some twenty years afterwards, except that the
curious contractions in many of the words are represented with full
letters ' : —

Here leyeth the Bodd . .

of David Roche Esqe Co . .

nceller att law who

deceased the 13 day of

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by Robert!

>lGnafyn7,ejhflrctanJ..tfi>

OLD SKETCHES OF THE FRAGMENTS OF A

FITZGERALD, EARL OF DESMOND, TOMB,

FORMERLY IN TRALEE ABBEY.

[The photograph of the manuscript in the British Museum has been

obtained for the Jouenal by Mr. Peirce G. Mahony, Cork

Herald of Arms."]

363 KERRY.

Avgvst Anno Domini
1686 and the Body of
His davghter Mary dec
eased in the year 1685.

1 Burgh saw this tombstone in 1754, and concluded from it
that the abbey was yet standing in the reign of James II. '

Tralee I»arisli Cliui'cli.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

1 A foundation of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John, a branch
of the great hospital at Awney in County Limerick, existed in
Tralee in very early times. Kerry tradition asserts that the old
parish church, which was called Teampull a Solais — "the Church
of the Lights," from the custom of keeping a light burning to guide
travellers — was dedicated to St. John. It is fairly certain that it
was part of the foundation of the Knights of St. John.

'A list of the year 1291 mentions the "Ecclesia de Tragly."
This old church, having been destroyed in the Elizabethan wars,
when the last Earl of Desmond was attainted, a new one was
erected on or beside its site in (it is said) the year 1587, when the
Dennys succeeded the Desmonds as owners of Tralee. This was
again destroyed in the rebellion of 1641, rebuilt about ten years
later, and demolished once more in 1691 by the Jacobite troops.
The present church, or rather its nucleus, was probably erected in
or about the year 1700. In the middle of the eighteenth century,
when Smith wrote his " History of Kerry," it was " a small, plain,
oblong building." Within living memory it had galleries all
round ; and in the chancel (now the north transept) four square
pews, two on the ground-floor — Denny and Bateman — and two —
Blennerhassett and Chute — in the galleries, with fire-places, and
curtained all aound. These old pews were taken away about 1840;
and at this time the coloured windows of the old chancel (now
the north transept) were placed there by the Denny family.
Subsequently there were erected five coloured windows along the
south wall : — (1) Crosbie, of Ardfert, with arms and inscription
(this was taken down when the present organ was erected) ; (2)
Blennerhassett, with arms and inscription ; (3) Spring, with arms
and inscription ; (4) Denny, with arms and inscription — " Presented
by Anthony Denny, rector, and his brothers Henry and William,
1855 " ; (5) Rowan, with arms and inscription (since taken down).
There were afterwards two large stained -glass windows put up at
the back of the present galleries, with the arms of Marshal and
Hurly. These were destroyed by a storm, and now only the Hurly
arms remain. The present cruciform church was formed by making

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a chancel in the centre of the south wall, and extending the then
north transept. Successive demolitions, restorations, and " improve-
ments " have eliminated practically every trace of antiquity from
the church. There are no really old monuments visible anywhere.

'The gasaliers were presented in memory of the Venerable Arthur
Blennerhassett Rowan, d.d., Archdeacon of Ardfsrt (only son of
William Rowan, Esq., b.l., Provost of Tralee, and of Letitia, his
wife, daughter of Sir Barry Denny, Bart.), born 1800, died 1861.

' There is a window erected in memory of Arthur Edward Denny
Rowan, son of Archdeacon Rowan, by his Masonic brethren, in
1870.

1 A brass tablet in the chancel records that the front portion
of the organ was erected by Francis M'Gillycuddy Denny as a
memorial to his father, the Venerable Anthony Denny, m.a., born
in Tralee Castle, 1st July, 1807 ; Rector of Tralee, 1831-1861 ;
Archdeacon of Ardfert and Rector of Kilgobbin, 1861-1885 ; died
1890.'

Monuments in the Old Chancel, Present North Transept,
and Baptistery.

' North wall. Coat-of-arms : Azure,
divided by a fesse indented argent. Crest :
tion ' : —

three cherubs argent,
a cherub ; and inscrip-

In Memory of Elizabeth Banks

Edye the beloved wife of

Capt. Adolphus George Edye

who departed this life

at Ballyard, Tralee

Co. Kerry

Nov. 4, 1857

aged 37.

c Urn, with Denny crest, coat-of-arms, and motto in white
marble on black ground, and on tablet beneath ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of

Rev. Maynard Denny

Rector of the Parish of

Ballynahaglish.

He departed this life

27th of June 1812

Aged 63 years

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' Caen stone shrine, on black marble background, inscription on
white marble slab ' : —

In memory of Marianne Arabella

Denny dearly beloved daughter of

William Denny, Esq. who died at

Ballyseedy on the 6th of September

1866, aged 20 years.

' On the south wall. Caen-stone shrine, shield charged with a
lion rampant ' : —

In memory of Major General

John Day Stokes

Col of 47ti; M. N. I.

who died at Lassinagh

on the 11th Dec. 1862

in the 60th year of

his age.

Tablet' :-

Sacred to the memory
of
Francis Spring
Capt. in the 24th Kegt.
who died on the 8th July
1857 of wounds received
the previous day whilst gallantly
leading his men in an engage-
ment against the Mutineers of
the Bengal Army at Jelum.
This tablet is erected by his
brother officers as a mark of
esteem & regard.

On the end wall, caen-stone shrine ' : —

In memory of Marianne the beloved wife of Wm Denny,
Esq., D.L. who died at S* Ann's Hill, Blarney, on the
10th of March, 1861, and of their two sons William
John Capt in H.M. 71st Keg* who died at Queenstown
on the 13th of January 1860, and Edward, C. E., who
died in India on the 1st of April of the same year while
superintending works on the Bombay and Baroda
Kailway.

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* In the old chancel stands the most ancient object in Tralee
Church. This is the grey marble font, presented by John Curlestone,
Provost of Tralee, who was one of the burgesses nominated by the
Crown in the original Charter making Tralee a borough in 1613-14.
It consists of an octagonal bowl, standing upon a spirally fluted
pillar, and it bears upon two of the sides of the bowl the foJ lowing
inscription: — " J. C. Pvost. Anno Dni 1623." The church was
twice burned over this font.

' The tiled pavement of the old chancel is a memorial to Sir
Edward Denny, Bart., of Tralee Castle, and Elizabeth, his wife,
only child of the Hon. Kobert Day, who are buried in the church-
yard of Powick, Worcestershire, in which parish was their English
residence, Kingsend House. Around the edge of the pavement runs
the following inscription : — " Anthony Denny, Rector, and his
brothers Robert and Henry to their Father and Mother."

1 Beneath this, the old chancel, is the Denny family vault. The
entrance to it is beneath what was the south wall, outside, and
is marked by a large tablet in the wall bearing the following
inscription ' : —

' The following are the principal members of the Denny family
known or believed to have been interred in this vault : —

' Sir Arthur Denny, of Carrignafely Manor, and Tralee Castle
(eldest son and heir of Sir Edward Denny, Knt. Bant., m.p.,
Gentleman of Queen Elizabeth's Privy Chamber, Governor of Kerry
and Desmond, &c, and of Margaret his wife, daughter of Pierce
Edgcumbe, of Mount Edgcumbe, in Cornwall, Esq., m.p., and some-
time Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth) ; born 1584, died at
Carrignafely, near Tralee, 4th July 1619 ; and

1 Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Miles, and sister of Sir
Anthony Forest, m.p., of Moreborne, Hunts, who married secondly
Sir Thomas Harris, of Cornworthy, Devon.

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FONT IN TRALEE CHURCH.

[From a photograph supplied by the Rev, H. L. L. Denny.]

367 KERKY.

' Their only son, Sir Edward Denny, of Tralee Castle, baptized
at Bishop's Stortford, Herts, 30th July, 1605 ; head of the family on
the death, without male issue, of his father's first cousin, Sir Edward
Denny, Baron Denny de Waltham and Earl of Norwich, in 1637 ;
m.p. County Kerry, 1639 ; Governor of the Fortress of Castle Maine,
1641 ; Commanded for King Charles under Ormond in Ireland in
the civil war, and is stated to have died at Ballynaulart, County
Kerry, 1st May, 1646 ; and his wife, Hon. Ruth, daughter of Sir
Thomas Roper, Baron of Bantry and Viscount Baltinglass.

4 Their eldest son Sir Arthur Denny of Tralee Castle, born
21st September, 1629; m.a., t.c.d., m.p. County Kerry, 1661, one of
the Council of Munster, said to have died at Ballynaulart, County
Kerry, 1st April, 1673;

1 And his wife, Lady Ellen Barry, daughter of David, Viscount
Buttevant, and Earl of Barrymore ;

[And also, perhaps, Sir Arthur's brother, Captain Edward
Denny, of Castle Lyons, County Cork, and his wife, Lady Catherine
Barry, daughter of the Earl of Barrymore aforesaid.]

1 Colonel Edward Denny, of Tralee Castle (eldest son of Sir
Arthur), born 10th February, 1652 ; m.p. County Kerry 1692-99,
Provost of the Borough of Tralee, &c. ; died 1712 ;

* And his wife, Mary, daughter, and eventually (in her issue)
co-heir of Sir Boyle Maynard, m.p., of Curryglass, County Cork.

' Colonel Edward Denny, of Tralee Castle (eldest son of Colonel
Edward), born 1676 ; m.p. County Kerry 1703-14 ; m.p. Askeaton,
County Limerick, 1715-27 ; Provost of the Borough of Tralee, &c,
died 1727 ;

1 And his wife, Lady Letitia Coningsby, daughter and co-heir of
Sir Thomas Coningsby, Baron Clanbrassil, and Earl of Coningsby,
who died about 1749.

1 Colonel Arthur Denny, of Tralee Castle (eldest son of Colonel
Edward and Lady Letitia), born 1704; m.p. County Kerry, 1727-42;
Provost of the Borough of Tralee, &c, died 8th August, 1742 ;

1 And his wife, Lady Arabella FitzMaurice, daughter of
Thomas, 21st Baron and 1st Earl of Kerry, who died 18th March,
1792, aged 84.

' Sir Thomas Denny, of Tralee Castle (brother of Colonel Arthur),
Deputy-Governor of Kerry 1745, and Colonel of the Independent
Regiment of Dragoons, raised in Kerry in that year, Provost of the
Borough of Tralee, &c, died 3rd April, 1761 ;

' And Agnes, his wife, daughter of Colonel John Blennerhassett,
m.p., of Ballyseedy, who died 1779.

1 The Rev. Barry Denny, of Bally velly (brother of Sir Thomas),
Treasurer of Ardfert Cathedral, Provost of the Borough of Tralee,
j. p., died September, 1751 :

' And Jane, his wife, daughter and co-heir of the Rev. Maurice
O'Connor '(by Anne, his wife, daughter and heir of Barry Denny,
Esq., m.p., of Castle Lyons).

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1 Their son, Sir Barry Denny, Bart., of Tralee Castle, Colonel
of the Tralee Corps Irish Volunteers 1782 ; Major Kerry Militia ;
m.p. County Kerry 1769-76, 1783-90, 1790-94 ; Provost of the
Borough of Tralee, &c, died on Easter Sunday, May, 1794 ;

1 And Jane, his wife, younger daughter and co-heir of Sir
Thomas Denny, born 28th August, 1758 ; died 30th October, 1811 ;

4 And their son, Sir Barry Denny, Bart., of Tralee Castle, m.p.
County Kerry and High Sheriff, 1794, Major, Kerry Militia ; killed
in a duel 20th October, 1794, when about to be raised to the
Peerage with the title of Baron Dunmore.'

Tralee JParisli Registers.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

1 The following are particulars of the earlier Parish Registers now
remaining in Tralee Church, from which a number of leaves and
portions of leaves are missing.

Baptisms.
2 July, 1771—18 July, 1790 ;
5 Sept., 1791—11 April, 1793;

26 April, 1794—12 May, 1800 ;

27 April, 1801—22 May, 1802 ;
24 Nov., 1805—26 Oct., 1811.

Marriages.
18 Sept., 1796—4 Feb., 1802 ;
8 April, 1806—24 Sept., 1810 ;
Nov., 1817.

v\Zl Of the Registers of Burials for this period only a few
fragments remain, containing the following records ' : —

Burials.

1805. Nov. Darby Dowd, parish clerk of Tralee, buried in

the Churchyard of Tralee, aged 76 years.

1806. 10th Jan. Christronia Alton, of Tralee, in the Churchyard

of Tralee.
16th Feb. Joseph Jeffcott, of Tralee, in the Churchyard of

Tralee, aged 82 years.
3rd April. Elizabeth Thomson, wife of John Thomson,

buried in Tralee Churchyard, aged 40 years.
13th June. Mary Deane, widow of Sergeant Deane, 9th

Dragoons, buried in Tralee Churchyard, aged

60 years.
16th June. Anne Alton, buried in Tralee Churchyard,

aged 60 years.

369 KERRY.

1806. 20th July. William, son of Edmund and Honora Hudson,

in Tralee Churchyard, aged 1 1 months.

1807. 2nd Feb. Anne, daughter of Joseph & Mary Jeficott, town

of Tralee, 2 years.

1808. 17th Jan. Thomas Day, of the Town of Tralee, buried in

the Churchyard of Tralee, aged 76 years.
27th Jan. The Revd. Edward Day, ll.d., Vicar General of
the United Dioceses of Ardfert & Aghadoe,
and Archdeacon of Ardfert, buried in his family
vault in the Churchyard of Tralee, aged 69
years.
2nd December. Rev. Edward Day of Beaufort, Rector of
the Union of Kiltalla, aged 32 years, buried in
the family vault in the Churchyard of Tralee.
1812. 29th June. The Rev. Maynard Denny, of Church Hill,
Rector of Valentia, & Vicar of the Union of
Ballinahaglish, aged 63 years, interred in the
Churchyard of Tralee.

James Day, Rector.

'The following is a collection of various documentary records
connected with the Church and Parish of Tralee, arranged
chronologically.

' Extracts from an old manuscript-volume, half diary, half
register, commonly known as the "Denny Family Diary." It
commences with the following entries, written by Sir Edward
Denny (grandson of Sir Edward the grantee of Tralee and the
Seignory of Dennyvale in 1587) in a fine clear hand ' : —

11 1 was marry ed in Roper's Rest House to Ruth Roper in Lent
being . . . 1625."

* Ruth Roper was eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Roper, Baron
of Bantry and Viscount Baltinglass, by Anne Harrington, his wife,
Sir Philip Sidney's cousin.

1 Roper's Rest House was the Dublin residence of Lord
Baltinglass. Part of it still remains, and is inhabited. It stands
on a road close to the Wellington Barracks, South Circular Road,
which was known until recently as " Roper's Rest," but is now
called " Donore " or " Greenville Avenue." '

"I finished this Great Castle and came with my mother to
live in itt upon the 22 of December 1627."

'The Great Castle of Tralee, chief seat of the Earls of
Desmond, had been dismantled in the Elizabethan wars, and was
now restored.'

"Margarett Denny was borne the 25th of March 1627, being
Wensday, and died the thursday sevennight after Witsunday being
. . . [blank] . . . early in ye morning, her Godmothers were ye

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Ladye honnor fitzmorris and my mother the Lady harris, Sir
Valentine Browne her Godfather."

1 Honora Fitzmaurice was wife of the 19th Lord Kerry, and
daughter of Sir John FitzGerald of Cloyne. She had, with other
issue, a daughter Margaret, wife of Christopher Roper, Lord
Teynham, and a son, father of the 1st Earl of Kerry. Sir
Valentine Browne was the ancestor of the Earls of Kenmare.'

" Monday the 21st of September 1629 betwene 11 and 12 o'clock
in the day Arthur Denny was borne, his Godfather was Donogh
O'brian, deputy for the Lord President Sr. W. St. Leger, and David
Earle of Barrymore who was here, his Godmother was my
Mother."

1 Arthur Denny, afterwards Sir Arthur, of Tralee Castle.

' Donogh O'Brian was grandson of the 1st Earl of Thomond,
and ancestor* of the present Lord Inchiquin.'

" The 20th of Nov 1629 my wyfe and I began housekeeping
in this greate castle."

" Ye 25th of March 1630 I began first to read Chapters after
dinner and supper."

"Monday the 15th of November 1630 Ed Denny was borne
between six and seven att night ; his Godfathers were William
Stere, Lorde Bishop of Kerry and Sr Cha. Harris, K*, his
Godmother Mrs. Joane [? Susan] Crosby."

1 This child became afterwards Captain Edward Denny, of
Castle Lyons, County Cork. Sir Charles Harris was grandson of
Sir Thomas Harris, Sir Edward Denny's Stepfather. Joane
Crosby was the younger daughter of Colonel David Crosbie, of
Ardfert. She married Gerard Ryeves.'

"Ye 20th of Aprill 1632 being friday, betweene six and seven of
the clock in the morning, Anthony Denny was borne, Godfathers
Mr. Robert Blennerhassett and Ensigne John Wise, Godmother
Mrs. Ann Baden."

• The child's Godmother was wife of the Dean of Ardfert.'

" Ann Denny was borne uponn Sunday night att one of ye
clocke, the 28th Aprill 1633, her Godmothers Mrs. 'Hassett for the
Lady Baltinglas, and Mrs. Stere the Bishop of Kerry's wife ; her
Godfather Sr Walter Crosby."

1 Mrs. 'Hassett was Avice Conway, wife of Robert Blennerhassett,
m.p., Tralee, 1634. Sir Walter Crosby was the eldest son of
Bishop Crosbie, and ancestors of the Crosbies, Baronets.'

" Thomas Denny was borne upon Wednesday morning betwene
nine and tenn o'clock ye 16th of July 1634 att Roper's Rest House,
Dublin, his Godfathers the Lo Viscount Baltinglass and Sir Charles
Coote, ye Lady tresham his Godmother."

' Sir Charles Coote was the 1st Baronet, ancestor of the Earls
of Mountrath. Lady Tresham was probably a niece or sister of
Lord Baltinglass.'

371 KERRY.

" The 23d of July 1633, ye Lord Viscount wentwort arrived in
Irland to govern ye Kingdom e as Deputy. Many men feare."

" Elizabeth Denny was borne uponn thursday, early in the
morning, about six o'clocke, ye 25th of february 1635, her God-
mother my mother and my Cossen Martha 'Hassett, her Godfather
Mr Edmund Harrys."

1 This child lived to marry in 1654 John Blennerhasset of
Ballyseedy. Martha 'Hassett, was wife of John Blennerhassett of
Ballyseedy, and daughter of George Lynne of Louthwick Hall,
Northants. by Isabella Forest, his wife, sister of Elizabeth (Forest)
Lady Denny.'

"Lucius Denny was borne uponn Wenesday, at break of day,
being the 21st of June 1637, his godfathers weare the Dean Gray
and Mr thomas Denny, his godmother Mis Vockly."

I Thomas Denny was the child's gran'uncle being sixth son of Sir
Edward Denny, Knt. Bant., who was younger son of the R* Hon.
Sir Anthony Denny, one of King Henry VIII's executors, and one
of the Guardians of King Edward VI. Mrs. Vauclier was probably
wife of Capt. Edward Vauclier, an officer of Huguenot descent
serving in the English army in Ireland, who settled in Kerry.'

II William Denny was borne on teusday morning, the 11th of
September 1638, his Godfathers William S* Leger and Anthony
Stoughton Esq, the Dean's wife Mrs Grey his Godmother."

1 William St Leger was son of Sir Warham S1 Leger, the brother
officer of Raleigh, Gilbert, and Sir Edward Denny in the Elizabethan
wars, and Grandfather of the 1st Viscount Doneraile.'

"Ruth Denny was borne on Munday the 13th of September
between six and seven o'clock in the morning, 1641, her God-
mother my sister Mary Roper and Mrs Barbara West [?] and
Sr Philip Percivall."

• Sir Philip Perceval, an eminent politican, &c, was ancestor
of the Earl of Egmont.'

1 This is the last entry by Sir Edward Denny, the civil war and
the Irish rebellion having broken out within a couple of months
after he made it.'

' Written on a page of the " Family Diary," in a seventeenth-
century hand ' : —

"34. Item, at the instance, humble suite and earnest desire of
the general assemblie of the confederate Roman Catholiques, It
is concluded, awarded and agreed upon, that the Roman Catholique
Regular Clergie of this Kingdome behaving themselves conformably
to these articles of peace shall not be molested in the possessions
wch at present they have of monasteries belonging to any Roman
Catholique wth in the said Kingdome, untill setlem1 by parliament,
and the said Clergie shall not be molested in the enjoying of such
possessions as hitherto since the wars they enjoyed for theire
. . . livelyhood from the said Roman Catholiques, and the

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scites [?] and premises [?] hereby intended are declared to be the
body of the Abbey and garden, and orchard of such Abbey if any
there bee, and what else is contained wth in the walls, meares or . . .
that doth just by the walls there of and noe more."

" Copia vera exam : ex origin : coram nobis
Anth. Stoughton.
James Nagle.
Thomas Parkes.
Dan. Moriarty."

Bate probably 1642.

' Extract from the MS. autobiography of the Rev. Devereux
Spratt (son of the Eev. Thomas Spratt, of Stratton-on-the- Fosse,
County Somerset, and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of the Rev.
Robert Cooke, of the Island, Kerry), who was tutor to Sir Edward
Denny's sons at Tralee ' : —

"In February 1641, it [the rebellion] reached us [in Tralee],
the whole country being up in rebellion, and the two companies
besieging us in two castles, when I saw the miserable destruction of
120 men, women, and children, by sword and famine and many
diseases, among whom fell my mother Elizabeth and my youngest
brother Joseph, both of whom lie interred there."

' Sir Thomas Harris of Cornworthy, Devon, Sir Edward Denny's
stepfather, who commanded the garrison of Tralee, also died during
the Siege and was buried there, about May or June, 1641/2.'

'The "Family Diary" continued by Sir Arthur Denny, eldest
son and heir of Sir Edward and Hon. Ruth ' : —

" The end of one Generation and ye Begining of an other. I
was marryed upon ye 9th of September, 1651, unto ye Lady Ellen
Barry, daughter to ye Earl of Barrymore : Arthur Denny."

' The Earl of Barrymore was David, Viscount Buttevant,
premier Viscount of Ireland, created Earl of Barrymore in 1627,
whose wife was Lady Alice Boyle, daughter of the 1st, "the great,"
Earl of Cork.'

" I beganne to keep howse in this greate Castle of Traly,
upon Thursday Novembr . . . 1658."

"Edward Denny was borne att Castlelyons, upon the 10th of
Febr 1652, between eleaven and twelve in the morninge, his
Godmother ye Lady Broghill, his Godfathers the Earle of Corke and
Sr Percy Smyth."

* Castle Lyons was the mansion of the Earls of Barrymore in
Cork. Lady Broghill was Lady Margaret Howard, daughter of the
2nd Earl of Suffolk, who married Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill
(afterwards Earl of Orrery), fifth son of the 1st Earl of Cork, and

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granduncle of Edward Denny (afterwards Colonel Edward, of Tralee
Castle), for whom his wife stood sponsor. The Earl of Cork,
Richard, 2nd Earl, created Earl of Burlington in England.'

I Sir Percy Smyth, of Ballynytray, County Waterford, nephew
maternally of the 1st Earl of Cork.'

" Arthur Denny was borne att Castlelyones the 2 of January, att
2 of ye clock, on Wensdaye morneinge, 1660, his Godmother was
Martha Countess of Barrymore, his Godfathers, Francis Lord
Viscount Shannon and John Jephsonn of Moyallow, Esq-"

' Martha Countess of Barrymore, wife of Richard, 2nd Earl, and
daughter of Henry Lawrence, Esq. Viscount Shannon, son of the
1st Earl of Cork.'

II William Denny was borne att Traly, January 16th 1663, his
Godfather was William, Lord Baron of Kerry, and John Blenner-
hasset, Esq- the sonne of Robert and Mrs- Honora Stoughton,
& my sister Elizabeth Hasset his Godmothers."

1 William, Lord Kerry, the 20th Baron. Robert Blennerhassett,
of Littur, younger brother of the owner of Ballyseedy. Honora
Stoughton, granddaugnter maternally of Dermot, 5th Lord
Inchiquin.'

" Ellen Denny was borne att Traly, Aprill 3d 1665, her God-
fathers were my brother Lucius Denny and my cosen Francis Lynne,
her Godmothers Mrs Isabella Vaucklier and Mrs Joan Commyns."

' This child was afterwards wife of William Carrigue, Esq., of
Glandine, County Kerry.'

* This was the last entry made by Sir Arthur Denny. His
eldest son, Colonel Edward Denny, made no entries in the old
diary.'

' Record from the notebook of Provost Samuel Winters (MS. F.
6. 3. T.C.D. Library) of persons whom he baptized in Tralee when
visiting the College Estates in Kerry in 1655 ' : —

Eliz: Syllevan — July 8
Mary Nicolls— July 8
Ed. Smith— June 25th
Mary Tuff— June 27th

-Tralee

' Extract from the will of Sir Arthur Denny, above mentioned,
who died 1st April, 1672-3, dated 19th May, 1671 ' :—

" My body to be buried in ye church of Tralee (in y* vault
wherein lyeth ye body of my dearly beloved late wife ye Lady Ellen
Denny)."

' Extract from the will of Elizabeth Blennerhassett, nee Denny,
of Tralee, dated 2nd November, 1689, proved 22nd May, 1696 ':—

" My body to be buried in Traly Church, near my brother
William Denny."

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1 Extract from the Tralee Church, or " Denny," Bible. This
Bible is in black-letter, and bears the date 1640. Up to some years
ago it had still attached to it steel plaques with holes pierced
in them, through which a chain was passed to fasten the volume to
the reading-desk in the aisle. But the old binding having dropped
to pieces, the book was re-bound previous to its being restored to
the church to which it originally belonged by the late Sir Edward
Denny, Bart. "It is possible," said Miss Hickson, the well-known
antiquary, " that this is the only one of the English Bibles printed
before 1641, and used in the country churches of Munster, which
escaped destruction in that calamitous year." '

■ On a blank page at the commencement of the New Testament
are the following entries ' : —

"1686. The 7th of January died in Traly that worthy and
ingenuous Gentleman, Arthur Blennerhassett, Esq- of Ballyseedy,
one of his Majesties Justices of the peace, and was buried at Bally
Carthy, being the parish church where that family are interred,
to the great grief of all who knew him, being a gentleman of
exquisite parts."

' The subject of this record was the eldest son of John Blenner-
hassett and Elizabeth Denny, his wife. He married in 1677 Anne,
daughter of Sir Boyle Maynard, and died without issue.'

" Tralee Church Bible
The 20 of May 1689
being then put in to
the custody of W. S."

" The 2d of Septem1 1691, the mansion house the castell of
Tralee, the seat of that Worthy and constant and Loyal gentleman
^Edward Denny, Esq1- was burnd by Coll: Ruth, by order of S1' James
Cotter Knight, who was then Govor of this county Kerry, after he
had received a good Summe from Madam Denny to save it, and
engaged his hand and faith to the performance, butt not like a
gentleman broke his engagement."

" This Bible was preserved by the care of W. S. all the time of
the ware more espesely when the towne was burnd in August and
September in the yeare 91 : given under my hand this 19th Octor
1691 in Tralee in the County Kerry."

" The distroers are distroyd

and I am preserved

soe

they that sowe in tears shall

reap in joye. psal. 125-6.

By Will : Stamford "

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375 KERRY.

' William Stamford was the Rector of Tralee.

'Madam Denny above mentioned was Mary, daughter of Sir
Boyle Maynard.'

' On a blank page opposite the first psalm (the large initial
letter " B " of which contains within it, probably in compliment to
the great Lord Burghley, a Cecil coat-of-arms — quarterly, 1 and 4,
Cecil ; 2, Caerlion ; 3, Wallcott) ' :—

" 1700. The 3d of Octob: came to Tralee the . . . Madam
Liticia Denny, the doughter of the Right Honble Thomas Lord
Coningsbee. She made hir entry with divers gentillmen of qualety,
and about 200 horse of the tennaunts, and Shee and hir husbund
received with much joye in the Castill of Tralee by the father Coll:
Edward Denny, and the mother Madam Denny and by all the noble
relations."

"The 8th of June 1701. The young Lady Leticia Denny was
brought to bed of a doughter, aboute one of the clocke in the
morning being Sunday, and that afternoon christened by Dean
John Richards, named Fransis Lusia. Godfathers : Thomas Lord
Coningsbee, presented by Mr Barry Denny, Coll. Edward Denny.
Godmothers : The Lady Wharton ; presented by yonge M" Mary
Denny, the Lady Coningsbee, by Mrs Ursulia Coningsbee."

1 This child afterwards became wife of Arthur, second brother of
John Blennerhassett, of Ballyseedy, and died without issue. Barry
Denny, of Castle Lyons, County Cork, m.p., Colonel Edward Denny's
first cousin. Lady Wharton, Lord Coningsby's first cousin, wife of
Thomas, Marquess of Wharton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mary
Denny, the child's aunt, afterwards wife of Thomas Crosbie, of
Ballyheigue. Lady Coningsby, the Earl of Coningsby's second
wife, nee Lady Frances Jones, also Colonel Denny's cousin. Ursula
Coningsby, Lord Coningsby's first cousin, afterwards wife of Barry
Maynard.'

' Entries upon a sheet of parchment, the only remaining
fragment of the old Parish Registers of Tralee, which are said to
have been lost in 1798. Most, if not all, of these entries are in the
handwriting of Colonel Edward Denny who married Mary Maynard.'

1 On the front side of the sheet, which was evidently the first
page of a book ' : —

Edvardus Denny Armiger Gardianus

Ecclesiae Traleensis

Hunc librum In usum dictae Ecclesiae

Donavit 3° die Decembris

Anno Dom: 1702.

' The lower portion of the page on this side is much injured by
damp. There is some almost illegible writing on it, most of which

KERRY.

376

appears to be only scribbling. The following alone can be
deciphered ' : —

To The Right Honble To the Honble

Lord Coningsby Lord Barron of

. . . t Ho . . . Kerry & Lixnaw
. . . London.

. . . Kenmare John Richard

Kerry, Ireland. of Traley . . .

I On the other side ' : —

Christnings, 1701, 1702.

" William the son of Mr Francis Maynard and Amy his wife
was baptized the 26 of Jan 1702."

II Lucy Frances Denny daughter of Edward Denny, EBq-> and
Lcetitia his wife was baptizd June the Eighth 1701."

" Edward son of Edward Denny, E811- and Lcetitia was baptizd
December the thirteenth 1702."

" Arthur son of Edward Denny, Esq> and Lcetitia his wife was
baptizd April 29 1704."

' This child was afterwards Colonel Arthur Denny, husband of
the celebrated Lady Arabella Denny.'

" Elizabeth daughter of Mr Tho: Blenerhasset and Jane his wife
was baptizd."

" John son of Thomas Blenerhasset and Jane his wife was
baptizd."

" John son of Robert Rome and Anne his wife was baptiz'd
Nov: 20 1703."

" Edward the son of Thomas Cranfield was baptized the 21 of
Nov. 1703."

1 The " Family Diary " continued by Sir Thomas Denny, son of
Colonel Edward and Lady Letitia ' : —

" I was married the 13 of 9ber> 1740 to my Cousin Miss Agnes
Blennerhasset daughter of John Blennerhassett of Ballyshedee.

Tho Denny."

' Agnes Blennerhassett was the eldest daughter of Colonel
John Blennerhassett, m.p., " Father" of the Irish House of Commons,
by Jane, his wife, daughter of Colonel Edward Denny and Mary,
his wife, nee Maynard.'

"I had a son born ye 10 of 7ber 1741, called Thomas
Conningesby, he died at about three weeks old."

" My second son Anthony Arthur was born y6 16th of 7ber,
1742, at three a clock in the afternoon ; his godfathers William
Earl of Kerry and my cousin Thomas Lord Southwell, his god-
mother Lady Arabella Denny my sister-in-law."

377 KERRY.

I Lord Kerry, the 2nd Earl, Lady Arabella Denny's brother.
Lord Southwell 3rd Baron and 1st Viscount, grandson of the first
Baron, by Lady Meliora Coningsby, his wife, Lady Letitia Denny's
sister.'

" My daughter Lcetitia Denny was born ye 6th of October
1743— three."

' This child, eventually co-heir to her father, married in 1758
Colonel Rowland Bateman, m.p., of Oak Park, near Tralee.'

" My third son William Denny was born ye 23rd of January
1744 at Prospect Hall."

' Prospect Hall stood on the shore of the Lower Lake,
Killarney.'

II My fourth son Thomas was born ye 25th of June 1746 at
Prospect Hall."

1 My fifth son Thomas was born att prospect Hall, ye 6th of
July at one a clock in ye morning 1747-seven ; his Godfathers the
Lord Kenmare, and Rowland Beateman, Esqr., his Godmothers my
cousin Helena Hedges Aires and my Aunt Maynard."

'Helen, daughter of Edward Herbert, of Kilcow, and his wife
Frances, daughter of Nicholas, Viscount Kenmare, married Richard
Hedges Eyre, Esq., of Macroom Castle (grandson maternally of
Edward Eyre, of Galway, by Jane, his wife, daughter of Sir William
Maynard, Bart.), and had, with other issue, two daughters, Frances,
mother of the 1st Earl of Bantry, and Helena, who married
Rev. George Mansell, Dean of Leighlin. The latter must be the
lady named in the entry here.'

" My daughter Jane Denny was born ye 28th of August, on
Sunday morn at eight a clock, 1748 ; her Godfathers Sir Mau
Crosbie K* and my father-in-law, her Godmothers my sisters Denny
andPonsonby."

' This child became eventually co-heir to her father, and married
her cousin, Sir Barry Denny, Bart. Sir Maurice Crosbie, created,
in 1758, Baron Branden, was husband of Lady Elizabeth Anne
FitzMaurice, Lady Arabella Denny's sister.'

" My daughter Mary Denny was born at eight a clock a
Thursday Morning ye 20th of July 1749."

" My sixth son Robert Maynard Denny was born in Dublin in
Aungier Street, the 2nd of January 1750-51 in the morning ; his
Godfathers my cousin Robert Maynard, Esq1'., of Hammersmith,
and Ar Crosbie, Esqr., his Godmother my Aunt Catherine Sprigg ;
he died in Dublin the fourth of March, 1752 (new stile) and is buried
in Peter's Churchyard. God preserve ye rest to me. T. Denny."

1 Catherine Sprigge, daughter of Colonel Edward Denny and
Mary Maynard, and wife of William Sprigge, m.p., of Clonevoe,
King's County, from whose daughter Mary, Lady Parsons, the
Earl of Rosse is descended.'

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KERRY. 378

" My daughter Frances was born the 28th of March 1752, and
dyed at nine days old."

14 My seventh son Edward Denny was born Wensday the ninth
of May, new stile, 1753."

' This is the last entry in the old Diary commenced in 1625.'

' Extract from the will of Lady Arabella Denny, who died in
1792':—

11 1 desire that I may be put in a leaden coffin, and my jugular
veins opened, and then enclosed in an oak coffin, and conveyed to
the Church of Tralee, on a hearse with but one mourning coach.
Two servants and the driver of each carriage to be allowed their
expenses on the road, the servants 4/4 and the drivers 2/8 per day,
for fourteen days only, being full time for their return."

' From " The Kerry Magazine," 1856 ' :—

" Funeral of Lady Arabella Denny.

" About the same time, the remains of this estimable lady (in a
word, one of the most amiable women in Ireland), who died in
Dublin [at Lisaniskea, Blackrock], arrived in Tralee, of a summer's
Sunday evening, conveyed in the first hearse that ever reached
Tralee, marked ' Fowler, Dublin.' The corpse was privately waked
in the Church that night, and interred next day in Tralee Church, in
the Denny Vault, attended by a large assemblage of all classes.
The most remarkable circumstance attending the funeral was the
i wailing of the twelve mourners.' These were twelve widows,
who each received two suits of black yearly and donations at
festivals, from her ladyship, since the death of Col. Arthur, her
husband."

' The living of Tralee was in the gift of the Denny family from
1587 down to the time of the Disestablishment of the Church of
Ireland in 1870. The following is a list of some of the Rectors' : —

1635-38 (about). — Very Rev. Thomas Gray, Dean of Ardfert;
also Rector of Clogherbrien and Armagh.

1642. — (?) VenDevereux Spratt, Archdeacon of Ardfert.

1671 (in and about). — The Revd. John Freeston.

1689-91 (about).— Rev. William Stamford.

1710-25 (about).— Rev. Maurice O'Connor ^Scholar T.C.D.
Feb. 1701, aged 14 ; b.a. 1705), died about 1725.

1805 (before). — Rev. John Blennerhassett.

1805-1817. — Rev. James Day, Vicar-General of Ardfert and
Aghadoe, and Curate of Ratass; died 1817.

1817-1831. — Rev. Edward Maynard Denny, m.a., t.c.d.,
afterwards Vicar of Listowel.

379 KILDARE.

(Rev. Edward Herbert, Curate, about 1817-22).

1831-1861. — Rev. Anthony Denny, m.a., Oxon. ; afterwards
Archdeacon of Ardfert, and Rector of Kilgobbin, County Kerry,
1861-1885 ; died 1891.

1861-1907.— Ven. Raymond d'Audemar Orpen, d.d., Archdeacon
of Ardfert. Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghadoe, 1907.

1907.— Rev. Canon W. M. Foley, b.d.

COUNTY KILDARE.

Italic bracken (alias Fassagli-an-Earla)
lli urcli j ai'd .

[Contributed by Mrs. Wheble, and copied by Mr. James O'Neill.]

This Stone is Erected by Mary Flanagan to the Memory
of her Husband Thomas Flanagan who departed this
life August the 15th 1824 Aged 69 yea18

1 Headstone ' : —

This Stone Erecd By Hugh Dempsy in Memory of his
Daughter Ann Dempsy who Depd this life Septbr ye 12th
1795 Agd 27 yrs Lord have Mercy on her Soul Amen

[There is an emblem of the Crucifixion carved on top of this

stone.]

This Stone Erected to ye Memmory of William and Joan
Meagher who died ye years hee 64 shee 61* Both Aged
74 by their Son John Meagher may they rest in peace
Amen

Sacred to the Memory of Daniel Lawler of Derryoughta
who depd this life 17th April 1835 Aged 62 Years and his
beloved Wife Anne Lawler who depd this life 24th Jany
1827 Aged 48 years also their Son Mathew Lawler who
depd this life 17th February 1835 Aged 24 yrs

* Presumed 1764 and 1761.

KILDARE. 380

Erected by James Dowling of Newbridge in Memory of
his beloved wife Bridget Dowling otherwise McLoughlin
who depd this life the 11th January 1833 aged 43 yrs Also
the above named Jas Dowling And four of his Children
John. James. Eliza and Bridget. Requiescant in Pace

Here lies the body of John McLoughlin who departed
this life July 26th 1803 Aged 53 years also his Wife Rose
McLoughlin departed this life Decr 22nd 1801 Aged 34
years.

Here lieth the Body of Bryan Murphy who departed this
life April 20th 1780 Aged 78 years May he rest in peace
Amen.

This Stone is Erected by James Archbold in Memory of
his Brother Richard Archbold who departed this life
July the 14th 1785 aged 30 years the Lord have mercy
on his Soul. Amen.

Erected by Lewis Higgins of Bray in Memory of his
beloved Father Lewis Higgins who departed this life the
27th Septr 1838 in the 62nd year of his age The above
Lewis Higgins died 24th May 1892 aged 61 years.

Erected by Mr Martin Dowling of Derryoughta in
memory of his wife Bridget Dowling who depd this life
the 9th March 1860 aged 66 years also his daughter
Catherine Malone alias Dowling who died 1st Jany 1854
aged 33 years Requiescant in pace.

Erected by Edward Prendergast of Athy to the memory
of his beloved father Edward Prendergast of Riverstown
who died 11th of April 1833 aged 80 years of his mother
Judith Prendergast who died 26th of Jany 1839 aged 79
years And of his sister Mary Anne who died 30th of
April 1829 aged 28 years.

Erected by Joseph Thorpe in Memory of his beloved
wife Anne Thorpe who departed this life 13lh September
1828 aged 28 years

This Stone Erected by John Sulivan in Memory of his
Brother Patrick Sulivan who Depd this life May 1830
Aged 36 years.

381 KILDARE.

Erected by Anne Deering of Derryoughta in Memory of
her beloved Husband Richard Deering who depd this life
Oct1" 21st 1833 aged 64 years.

Erected by Peter Coleman in Memory of his dearly
beloved Son James Coleman who depd this life July 20th
1835 Aged 22 years.

Here lieth the Body of Luke Brennan Departed this life
January 1797 Also his wife.

Here Lyeth the Body of Patrick Kelly who Depd this life
Sep1' 7 1776 Agd 60 years with Elizabeth his wife she
departed May 12 1775 Aged 55 yea1 Edwd their Son
Depard Sptr 3d 1784 aged 32 years

Here lies the Body of Bridget Nowlan who dia March
the 10 1771 Agd 69 years.

Here lieth the Body of Murtagh Lacy who departd this
life Deed the 20 1774 aged 74 This stone is erectd by
his wife Bridget Lacy

Erected by Mark Kelly in Memory of his Father Peeter
Kelly who Depd this life May 15 1784 aged 54 years
Also Mich. Kelly Who Depd May 29 1799 Aged 29 yrs
May the Rest in Peace Amen

Here Lyeth the Body of Michael Kelly who Departed
this life October the 24 1762 Aged 16 years This^Stone
was Errected by Terrence K^Hy

Here lies the body of Anthony Carroll of Cloney who
Depd July 19 1794 Agd78 yrs May he rest in Peace

Here Lies the Body of Robert Sinoh (?) who Depd this
life Octbr 3d 1798 Agd 54 years. May he Rest in Peace
Amen

This ftone Erected by John Coady in Memory of his
Fathe1 Jon Coady who Depard this life June the 3d 1814
agd 54 yrs May he Rest in peace Amen

KILDARE. 382

Erected by Mathew Walsh in memory of his Son James
who Departed this life May 3 1852 Aged 36 years also
his daughter Catherine who departed this life April 7th
1822 Aged 22 years May they Rest in Peace Amen

Here Lyeth the body of Mary Beahan of Killeen who
depd this life 3d day of January 1803 Aged 56 year8 and
of her Son Mich1 Beahan and also her daughters
Anastatia & Anne Beahan and Patt Dowling Erected
by her Son Paul Beahan in Memory . . .

Kind Reeders with A pious Intincion Say 0 God have
mercy on the Soul of Edward Dowling who Depd this life
the 4 day of June 1805 in the 17 year of his Age This
Stone was Erected by Thomas Dowling In Memory of
his Son May he Rest in peace Amen

Hal ly in ore Eustace.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

Here lyeth the Body { of William Bryan who | departed
this life the | 6 day of April the | year of our Lord 1749 |
aged 60 years. [Very clear good lettering.]

Bally sax Cliiii'cliyai'd.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' A Protestant church stands in this old, but not thickly crowded
churchyard. The church was rebuilt in 1825, as appears by a tablet
built into the west end.

* At the eastern end of the burial-ground is a large pillared
monument supporting an obelisk. Into the sides are inserted white
marble tablets, now cracked and commencing to bulge. On one of
them is this inscription ' : —

383 KILDARE.

of January 1824 | Aged 53 years | This Monument was
erected by a sincere friend

' On the tablet on the opposite side is a verse in twelve lines.
Another tablet bore a coat-of-arms.'

' At the west end of the churchyard is a headstone, with carving
in relief at the top, viz., on either side of the word Assention is an
angel blowing a trumpet, and below is a representation of our Lord,
at whose feet lies a nude human figure, all within a halo or
ornamental circle. Then follows ' : —

IHS. IHS

This Stone is Erecd By patrick

Dowling of Funstow11 & patr.

Dowling of Tipenaan in

Memory of Petor Dowling

Who Depd. this life in ye yr.

1796 Agd. 57 yrs & posterity

Lord have mercy on their Souls Amen.

' The three following inscriptions were copied from headstones on
the south side of the churchyard ' : —

IHS

This Erected by William | & Maurice bym in Memory |
of their brother Edward | byrn who died 7ber. ye 11th
1748 Aged 28 yrs.

Erected by | Tanguy Bentley in memory | of his wife
Ann Bentley who | depd. this life the 5th day | of Feby
1795. Aged 34 yra.

IHS

This Stone was

Erected by Maurice

Caffrey in Memory

of his father William

Caffery & his Posterity

who departed this

Life Jany. the 18 in the year

of our Lord 1773 Eaged 57

years May his soul

Rest in Peace Amen

KILDARE. 384

Carton, I*ari§h ol ILarag-hbryaii,

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 Placed in the garden at the back of the house at Carton, the
Duke of Leinster's residence in North Kildare, is the stone table of
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, known by the annalists as
11 Garrett oge," or Gerald the younger. It formerly stood in a
detached portion of Maynooth Castle, known as the " Council
House," which was demolished about the middle of the eighteenth
century to build on its site the house which is now the nucleus of
St. Patrick's College at Maynooth.

1 All round its bevelled under-edge runs the following inscription
in ornamental raised letters, the words being divided by little
shields bearing the FitzGerald Arms, a saltire ' : —

GERALDVS COMES KILDARIE FILVIS
GERALDI a0 d01 mcccccxxxiii0 si diev plet

CROM A BO.

* The legend " Si dieu plet crom-a-bo " also appears on a stone
in the chimney-piece of the " Puckawn room " in Kilkea Castle,
dated 1575 ; and on some pavement-tiles from Bective Abbey, the
Lady Chapel of which was built about 1500 by " Garrett more," the
8th Earl of Kildare. " Crom-a-boo," meaning " Croom [in the
County of Limerick] to victory," from being the war-cry of the
Kildare FitzGeralds, became their motto.'

Knai enstow n Churchyard.

[Kindly sent in by Mrs. Wheble.]
1 Headstones ' : —

[To face parte 384.

THE STONE TABLE OF GERALD, NINTH EARL OF

KILDARE, FORMERLY IN MAYNOOTH CASTLE,

NOW AT CARTON, CO. KILDARE, 1533.

[This block has been lent by the Council of the County Kildare Archaeological Society.]

385 KILKENNY.

COUNTY KILKENNY.

Donaglimore Churchyard.

[From the Rev. William Ball- Wright, m.a.]

' On a stone in the graveyard ' : —

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF JOSEPH BRADSHAW,
LATE OF FOULKSRATH, GENTLEMAN. BORNE NEERE
NORTHWIGH IN CHESHIRE, DECEASED THE 23rd
OF MARCH 1673.

1 Foulksrath was sold by the above-named Joseph Bradshaw's
son, also named Joseph, to Ephraim Dawson, ancestor of Lord
Portarlington. The old proprietors of Foulksrath, prior to the
forfeitures of 1641, were members of the Purcell family, for an
article on whom see " The Journal of the Royal Society of
Antiquaries, Ireland," p. 432 of the volume for 1885.'

Pray for ye soul of Mr Wm. Purcell of Ballyragget

who diedye 15th June 1753 in ye 75th year of his Age.

Pray for ye soul of MM Margaret Quinn alias Purcell,

his sister, who died ye 24th of March 1754 in ye 90th year

of her age.

Also ye Body of his son Mr Toby Purcell of Ballyragget

who died January ye 5tb 1759 aged 52 yrs.

CW an 1*1* ill 1 lunch .yard.

[From John Hewetson, Esq.]

' A year or two before the decease of the late Colonel Vigors took
place, I, as the result of a visit to Gaulskill Churchyard (see vol. vi,
p. 107), sent him a transcript of what remained of the inscription on
the lower half of a broken mural slab (lying prone), 4 feet 9 inches
long and 2 feet 4 inches high, to the memory of the Read [sic]
Earle. The small raised Roman capitals used were worn almost
even with the slab, which made deciphering difficult ; however, since
then my continued researches have enabled me to reproduce nearly

KILKENNY. 386

the whole of the original lettering as it is given in the Rev. William
Carrigan's, c.c, " History of the Diocese of Ossory " ' : —

. . . descended of the rlght honourable

. . . [de Bur]go called the Read Earle . . .

. . . sh and . . . Sir William

[of the Castle] and [Mannor] of Ballendowly [n] . . .

[and of] other Mannors, Townes and Land[s]

[and tenements, in the province of Conn] aght all

which are called the Fry . . .

[Ki]ldromenericke which lyes above . . .

AND FROM THE TOWN OF GaLWAY IN THE SAID

Province of Connaght ; and was also
Lord of divers Mannors, Townes, lands
and tenements in the County of Kil-
kenny AND WATERFORD.

' In the year 1839 another slab 6 feet long and 2 feet 7 inches
high was found by John 0' Donovan (but is not now to be seen),
continuing the above inscription ' : —

This Sir William was vice Chamberlane
to King Edward the Third, and [i.e. as was]
John Fitz Walter to King Edward the First,
in the County of Kilkenny in Gawlestown.

HlC TUMULANTUR CORPORA WaLTERII DE BuRGO

Armigeri de Gawlestown aetatis suae . . .
Uxorisque ejus Aelesce Den aetatis suae . . .
6a. 1642. 7a. 1642.

[The Rev. W. Carrigan, c.c, in his " History of the Diocese
of Ossory," states that the Gauls, or Burkes, of Gaulstown,
County Kilkenny, were descended from William de Burgo, son
of Richard, son of Edmond, son of Richard the Red Earl of
Ulster, who died in 1326 ; and that they probably settled at
Gaulstown, alias Carenchoman, in the fifteenth century. —
Editob.]

Kilkenny. St. Canice's Catlietlral Burial-ground.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 As far as old tombstones go this burial-ground is very dis-
appointing. The earliest slab dates 1690, and the next 1705.
There is not one instance of an inscription in raised letters. The
inscriptions given below were selected either as being some of the
earliest, or on account of the difficulty in deciphering them.

387 KILKENNY.

' The 1690 slab lies at the butt of the round tower on the east
side. The inscription is much clearer than on some tombstones of
a later period ; it reads ' : —

Heare lyes the Body of Mr

lOHN MyLARD WHOE DYED THE
SECOND day of Iuly 1690

1 Near the above are two other slabs lying flat, bearing the
following inscriptions ' : —

Margaret Connell | deceased ye 7th of March | 1714

1 The following three inscriptions are copied from flat slabs at
the east end of the burial-ground ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF
WILLIAM AUTON WHO DE
PARTED THIS LIFE THE 3 DAY
OF IUNE 1730 AND IN THE 31
YEAR OF HIS AGE
MR- ROBERT AUTON DEPARTED
THIS LIFE . . . 1731 IN Ye
70Tn YEAR OF HIS AGE.

1 Among the Hartford and Bibby box-tombs in the south portion
of the burial-ground is a table-tomb thus inscribed ' : —

KILKENNY. 388

' In the boundary wall on the south side is a little mural tablet
bearing this inscription ' : —

MRS Eliz. Putsull

deceasd [sic] iune ye

9th 1726 ye body 6

foote from ye wall

' On the west side of the cathedral porch there are four slabs or
headstones laid flat, the last three erected to the memory of priests.
The inscriptions read ' : —

I.H.S

Here lieth the Body of Peter

Cormick Esq1' who Departed this

Life February the 2nd 1774 [?] Aged 65

[Inside the cathedral at this spot is a mural slab marking the
position of Nicholas Cormick's vault.]

Chalice. IHS Chalice.

Hie iacent Reliquiae

Illmi ac Eevmi d.d. Ioannes Dunne

Dum Viveret Ep. Oss.

Quern mors immatura Nimis

Proh dolor ! Abripuit terris

Die Mar: 15 Anno Domini 1789

JEtatis suae 44.

Episcopalus autem secundo

Consummatus in brevi

Mulla Explevit tempora

Inconcilio Providus,

Strenuus in agendo

Clarum prassulibus Reliquit Exemplum,

Si pietas, Lector, Si morum Gravitas,

Si fervor zeli prudentis Placeat,

Si Potens sacri Verbi Prreconium

Aut veri Prresulis fama delectet

Hunc memori Perges Prosequi studio

Quern lugubri deflet Ossoria voce.

Requiescat in Pace Amen

389

KILKENNY.

Chalice.

I.H. S

Pray for ye soul of

ye Revd. father lames

Keavanagh who depd

April ye 13th 1753 Aged 38

Yrs. God be Merciful

to ye Souls of his

parents & family.

Chalice.

Hie jacet Rdns- D: Edmundus

Murphy Sacrse Theologiae

Doctr: qui obyt 29° die

January Anno Dm 1705

Bequiescat in pace Amen.

Hie Etiam jacet Revdus- Dfis

Walterus Walsh qui obiit die

9 Novris' A5o 1748 & 64 suae

JEtatis. Requiescat in pa

ce Amen.

1 Close to the path, on the right-hand side, as one approaches
the porch, is a very small headstone, thus inscribed ' : —

I. H.S
Here lyeth
the body of mr

Timothy

Carril glazie

who departed

this life iune

ye 29 1728

' The above inscription was difficult to decipher, as, in addition
to its faintness, some of the letters were conjoined, as, for instance,
the ar in carril, the ar and te in departed, and the ne in iune are
all conjoined.'

' What is locally known as " The Cromwellian Soldiers'
Tombstone" lies near the cathedral porch, and close to "The
Glazier's " Headstone. The former is a slab lying flat, and now

king's county. 390

surrounded by a low iron rail. The inscription, which is greatly
worn away, as far as it could be deciphered, reads as follows ' : —

Here Lies the Body of Jobe Whittle

who died Nov. the 1 (?), 1746, aged 127 yrs.

Also the Body of Elinor Whittle al8

Harrason wife to Joseph Whittle who

died March the . . 176—. Aged 165 Yrs.

Likewise the body of Joseph Whittle

son to the above Job and husband

to Elinor who Departed the 3 of Iune

1769 Aged 85 years.

Jobe a soldier with C[r]o [mwe] 11 . . . did Invade[e]

The Patience of Jobe ph reside

Edward Joseph son Iubilee

Resigns up his Soul posterity

Aged 99 yrs.
But no man may deliver his Brother nor
make agreement unto God for him
for it cost more to redeem the soul so
that he must let them alone for ever.

' The first nine lines of this inscription were fairly easy to
decipher ; but those that follow were extremely hard to make any
sense of, and it was only with the assistance of a clergyman, who
happened to be present, that the last four lines of text were
completed.

' The ages of 127 years and 165 years are quite plain to the eye ;
but the utter improbability of such long lives makes one suspect that
the inscription has been tampered with.'

' The old monuments and tombs inside the cathedral, which are
very numerous, have been fully described in vol. iii of Father W.
Carrigan's " History of the Diocese of Ossory," and in a handbook to
the cathedral, written by Mr. R. Langrishe, f.r.s.a.i.'

KING'S COUNTY.

JBallyboy Churchy urcl.

[From Thomas U. Sadleir.]

. . . Body of George Jackson, Esq. of Ballyboy, who
departed . . . Feb. 1786, in the 59th year of his age,
Also his sister Charity Jackson . . . died 1790, aged
69 years.

391 king's county.

Here lyeth the Body of Robert (?) Molloy, late of
Streamstown, Esq. who departed this life 20 Sept. 1777,
aged 73 years.

Pray for the Soul of Arthur Molloy, who departed this
life May 6th 1777.

Here lieth the body of Mr James Drought who dep* this
life August 13th in the year of Our Lord 1779, aged 59
years.

Here . . . lieth the Body of Edward Pakenham, who
depd ... 9 Dec. 1773, Aged 63 years.

In loving memory of John Gill Born 24 Nov. 1804 Died
12 June 1846 and his children Sarah, John, and Alicia,
who died in childhood.

In separate walled-in place—six monuments ' : —
Martha Holmes Died 13 May 1836 Aged 43 years.

Here rests the body of Charles Holmes late of Prospect,
in this County. Born July 6th. 1796 Died Feb. 19th.
1865.

Here are deposited the mortal remains of William
Stirling Molloy, who died on 10th February 1807 in the
22nd (?) year of his age.

Beneath this tomb lie interred the remains of Edward
Molloy, of Dove Hill, Esq. who depd this life 14
1807, aged 48 years.

Sacred to the memory of Jane Molloy who depd Sept.
7th 1842 Aged 79.

Here lies the body of Robert Molloy, Esq. of Cloghan-
more, who departed this life . . . April 1769, in the
34th year of his age.

1 Numerous tombs to Baldwin family at foot of east-end window.
Of these the only inscriptions legible are ' : —

. . . Baldwin* . . . deptd . . . April 1758.

* Perhaps this was Joseph Baldwin, of Dysart, Queen's County, whose Will
was proved in 1758. (T.U.S.)

king's county. 392

Elizabeth Baldwin depd this life . . . Aug. 1777, aged
84 years.

Here lyeth the body of Joseph Henry Baldwin Esq. who
depd this life June 10th 1782, aged 30 years.

. . . Revd John Baldwin, of Castlecuffe ... 26 July
1822, aged 69 years.

Here lieth the remains of Thomas Hobbs, late of Barna-
boy, who departed this life, June 16th, 1786, aged 74
years.

Beneath lieth the remains of Robert Delaney, of
Ballinacarrig, who depd this life the 28th day of
September 1826, aged 68 years.

Sacred to the memory of George Hobbs Esq. late of
Barnaboy, who depd this life 30 Jan. 1838, aged 72
years.

Here lieth the body of Catherine Gamble who departed
this life February the 26th 1760, aged 75 years, also
. . . remains of John Gamble . . .

Sacred to the memory of Andrew Wilson Gamble,
eldest son of Capt. Andrew William Gamble, of Killooly
Hall, who departed this life after a short illness on the
7th Aug. 1853 in the 32nd year of his age Much
esteemed and deservedly regretted he died trusting
alone in the merits of his Saviour.

Here lieth the body of Robert Lowry who died Aug.
22nd 1768, aged 64 years ... his son Francis Lowry
. . . Elizabeth his wife who died . . . 1791, aged 58,
and Elizabeth Lowry, who depd . . March 1797, aged

78 years.

Large railed-in enclosure — ten stones ' : —

Here lieth the Body of Thomas Drought, of Drought-
ville, Esq. who departed this life on the 9th day of
September 1782, aged 60 years.

Sacred to the memory of Mrs Caroline Drought, who
departed this life April 19th 1791, aged Q5 years.

393 king's county.

Sacred to the memory of Michael Head Drought, of
Harristown, in the Queen's C°. . . . November 1850.

Here lieth the body of Elizabeth Drought who departed
this life 24th day of November 1770, aged 36 years.

Here lieth the body of Miss Elizabeth Drought who
departed this life August 24th 1776, aged 21 years.

John Drought, of Whigsborough, in the King's County,
who depd 11th Nov. 1814 deeply lamented by his family.

John Drought, Sen. of Whigsborough, who depd this
life . . . day of February 1816, aged 88 years.

In loving memory of John Alexander Drought of Whigs-
borough, who died 16 June 1859, aged 51 years, also
his wife Caroline Susannah Drought, who died 1891,
aged 75 years.

Here lieth the body of George Clark, of Rath Esq. who
departed this life Xber 7th, 1773, aged 76 years.

Here lieth the body of Ally Clark who depd this life
. . . 1762, aged 65 years.

Beneath this tomb lie the remains of Robert Drought,
Esq. of Ridgemount, who depd this life 12 April 1827,
Aged 55 years.

Sacred to the memory of Mrs Elizabeth Drought, wife
of Robert Drought, of Ridgemount Esq. who depd this
life 4 April 1825 aged 59 years.

In loving memory of Robert Seymour Drought, of
Ridgemount, Born 23 March, 1796 Died July 30, 1886.

Sacred to the memory of George Stoney Esq
1839 (? 1819), aged 78 (? 38) years.

Here lieth the remains of Frances Stoney, otherwise
Molloy, who depd this life . . . 1831, aged forty years.

D D

king's county. 394

Here lieth the body of the Honble Jane Massy, who
depd . . . A . . . 16th 1813 (?).

' Inside Ballyboy Church — four mural tablets ' : —

Mrs A. J. Watson Died at Williamsfort in the King's
County June 4th 1856 This tablet to a beloved wife is
set up by her afflicted husband to whom and to her
many relatives her memory will be for ever dear. Her
last words : — " 0 Lord, thy will be done ! "

My God and Father while I stray
Far from my home in Life's rough way
Oh, Teach me from my heart to say
Thy will be done !

Sacred to the memory of the late Revd Hamilton J.
Maginnis who officiated as Assistant Curate of this
parish for thirteen months, with unabated zeal, fidelity
and devotedness. This simple tablet is erected by his
admiring friends as a testimony to departed worth, and
to perpetuate the name of a meritorious young minister
of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Died 3 Oct.
1837, aged 25 years.

This tablet has been erected by the parishioners of
Ballyboy as a token of their regard for the memory of
the Revd Charles Burton who for the long period of
thirty years unremittingly and affectionately laboured
among them in the work of the ministry. He departed
this life 22nd day of September A.D. 1846.

Sacred to the memory of Thomas Berry Molloy who
departed this life Sept. 11th 1822 in the 22nd year of his
age, at Lisbon, where he went for the recovery of his
health. This simple record is inscribed here as a
memorial of his affectionate care of a bereaved and
grateful mother Jane Molloy.

Birr Parish Church.

[From Thomas U. Sadleir.]

' Inside the church. Small tablet, white marble on black back-
ground ' : —

This tablet is erected by the Honble Captain Henry L.
Powys, 60th Royal Rifles in memory of his most beloved
wife Margarette Matilda Powys who died on the 21st day
of June 1845, aged 34, universally beloved and regretted
by all who knew her.

395 king's county.

White marble tablet, surmounted by draped urn ' : —

To the memory of Hubert Kelly, M.D.

Born 4 Feb. 1763. Died 14 July 1847.

This tablet is erected by his widow and

children, who live to mourn the loss of a

beloved husband, affectionate parent, skilful

physician and faithful friend.

His gratuitous attendance on the dispensary

contributed to the accumulation of the

Doctor's fund, by which was erected the

present fever hospital of this town.

" Mark the perfect man, and behold

the upright ;
For the end of that man is peace."

Large tablet. White marble on grey, with coat-of-arms

Sacred to the memory

Wetherlock Hobart. Esq.

of Wallcot, in this County,

who departed this life in Dublin

on 3 May 1828, aged 61 years.

His unexampled fortitude at the

awful moment of being summoned into

Eternity, proved the feelings of a truly

religious confidence in the mercy of his

Creator.

This tribute of attachment is erected by

his afflicted widow in memory of the

best of husbands whose many virtues

must ever live in her heart, and

who looks forward in the hope of again

meeting him in a place of everlasting bliss.

Small marble tablet ' : —

Erected to the memory of John Waters. Esq. M.D. by
the inhabitants of Parsonstown and its vicinity, as a
memorial of their respect for his high professional
attainments, and of their regard for him as a friend.
He was born at WToodenstown, Co. Tipperary 16 Nov.
1808 ; and died at Parsonstown 9 Jan. 1857. " Jesus
said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life, he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he
live." — S* John. Cap. xi. v. 25.

LEITRIM. 396

1 Tablet of white marble, with draped urn on grey marble back-
ground ' : —

This tablet was erected by Alfred Kelly. Esq. of Parsons-
town, In memory of his beloved wife Louisa, who
departed this life Dec. 29th 1851, aged 43 years. Also
in memory of his dear and beloved children : Hubert,
died 11 Oct. 1843, aged one fortnight ; Susan Maude,
Dec. 17. 1854, aged four years ; Frances Amelia Dec.
22, 1851 aged 1| years ; Jane Louisa, April 10. 1860,
aged 17 years. — " Blessed are the pure in heart, for they
shall see God."

1 Also large tablets to the memory of the second and third Earls
of Rosse, placed so high that I was unable to read the inscriptions.'

Honast;erori§ ruined Church.

[Contributed by Mrs. T. Long, and copied by Miss Joly.]

' The present ruined church of Monasteroris was the Protestant
Parish Church for Edenderry till the erection in 1777 of the church
in the latter place. Over an entrance in the south wall on the
outside is inserted a mural slab bearing the following inscription ' : —

Deposited within this wall are the Mortal remains of
Marianne | Only child of the late Lieu* Newton and the
beloved and affectionate wife of | Henry Clarke of
Ballybritan Castle, she fell asleep in Jesus on her knees |
repeating the Litany in the house of God on Sunday the
23rd day of Jany 1848 in the | 33rd year of her age. And
they all wept and bewailed her but he said weep not she |
is not dead but sleepeth. He said unto her I am the
resurrection ] And the man who believes in Me though he
were dead yet shall he live, and | whosoever liveth and
believeth in me shall never die John 19th 25 and 26
verses | This Tablet in burying ground has been erected
by an afflicted husband as a | token of unfeigned and
everlasting respect to the memory of an attached and |
affectionate wife. Deposited also within these walls are
the mortal remains of | four of her beloved children
George, Hareat, Newton, and Henry Clarke |

COUNTY LEITRIM

[Nil.]

397 LIMERICK.

COUNTY LIMERICK.

Kilfrusli.

[From the Rev. St. John Seymour, b.d.]

' In the private graveyard in Mr. F. J. B. Gubbins's Demesne
is the following inscription in raised letters ' : —

HERE . LIETH . THE .
BODY . OF . JAMES .
GUBBINS . WHO .
DEPARTED . THIS . LIFE .
XBER . THE . 26 . 1738 . AGED .
33 . YEARS .

THIS . STONE . WAS . ERECTED .
TO . HIS . MEMORY . BY .
HIS . DAUGHTER CATH
ERINE.

1 It seems probable that a small brass was let into the space
represented above by a blank square. The old parish church did
not stand here, but in the neighbouring field, still termed the
" church field." '

Knochainey.

[From the Rev. St. John Seymour, b.d.]

1 In the floor just outside the communion rails in the modern
church is a stone bearing the following inscription in raised
letters ' : —

VF-I-B- NOBILITAS ■ VIRTUS ■ PIETAS ■ HEU ■ MAGNA ■ MEORUM ■
F-F-l-L- HOC ■ PARVO ■ PATRUM ■ NUNC ■ JACET ■ IN ■ TUMULO ■
1622 ELOQUIUM ■ FORTUNA ■ TUI ■ CLARISSIMA ■ GOULDSWORTH
FORMA ' SOLI ' PROBITAS ' GLORIA ■ SOLA - JACET -

CUR = PLORAS ■ PROLES ■ FAELIX ■ CUM ■ TE ■ TUA ■ TERRIS
ALMA ■ DABAM ■ GENITRIX ■ ET ■ TUA ■ FACTA ■ POLO

' Between the fourth and fifth lines are cut some conventional
figures, amongst which may be recognized a representation of a
church window, and a dog chasing a stag. The meaning of the
eight letters in the top left-hand corner is not clear.'

LONDONDERRY. 398

1 In the belfry of the older church (all now remaining) are two
carved stones —

1 (1) A small square one with our Lord crucified. The letters
I.H.S. are cut on it three times, and under two of them is a
pheon. This stone originally bore an inscription to the memory of
Rachel, Countess of Bath, who resided at Doon Castle, and built
and endowed the church at Loughgur. A former rector, apparently
disliking the wording of this inscription, had it broken off, audit is
not now to be found.

(2) A large slab, with inscription running round the edge in
raised letters, the centre being blank. It is built perpendicularly
into the wall ' : —

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' In the churchyard is an uninscribed slab, with a late eight-
point cross running down the centre, the arms terminating in a
fleur-de-lys.'

COUNTY LONDONDERRY.

Hallyrasliane Churchyard.

[From J. G. Cupples, Boston, U.S.A.]

To the Memory of the Eev. Thomas Cupples, a.b.,*

Late Bector of Ballyrashane

His life was one unwearied course of duties

performed with scrupulous regard to his

ministerial engagements.

His Acts of Charity to his poor brethren were

* Died unmarried. Son of Rev. Snowden Cupples, d.d., 1750-1835, Rector
of Lisburn Cathedral.

399 LONDONDERRY.

limited only by his means.

The humility of an honest and good heart

was manifest in the easy courtesy of his

cheerful manners, which were also distinguished

by Godly simplicity and christian moderation.

11 There is laid up for him a crown of righteousness."

He died at Ballyrashane, on the 6th day of

November, 1853, in the 65th year of his

age, and 27th of his Incumbency.
Erected by his Parishioners and Friends.

K Urea Churchyard.

[From J. W. Kernohan, m.a., Belfast.]

1 Kilrea is the chief town on what was the " proportion " of the
Worshipful Company of Mercers, one of the London Guilds among
which the County of Londonderry was divided at the Plantation.
Sir Toby Caulfield, a " servitor," had some years earlier received a
grant of lands, which included Kilrea, but made way for the
Companies.

1 The following passages from a 1609 Inquisition indicate the
nature of the Kilrea lands and their connexion with an Armagh
Abbey * :—

" Two acres of glebe land, and also the parish of Kilreagh,
containing ten balliboes, wherein are both a parson and a vicar
presentative ; and the presentation of the said parson and vicar, for
the space of 170 years past, have appertained to the abbott of
SS. Peter and Paul of Armagh ; and likewise the tithes were paid
unto the said abbot and his predecessors ; and that the said
presentation and right of patronage, together with the said tithes
of Kilreagh, lately came to the Crown by the said Act of Dissolution
of Monasteries."

' At the Dissolution it was found the said abbot was " seised in
his demesne as of fee in right of his house, of and in the four
townlands called Kilreagh, in possession of the herenagh O'Demon
(hence the name of the church, Kilrea O'Diamond), and two parts
of the tithes thereof, and of and in the tithes for the fishing of eels
near adjoining to the same, and also of and in the two townlands
called Monaghgrane, with the tithes thereof in the parish of Kilreagh
aforesaid."

1 The church is mentioned in the 1306 Taxation List.

' In 1622, according to " The Ulster Visitation Book," its
condition is noted as " repayred by ye Company of Mercers,
London;" and the Visitation of 1679 reports it as "in a good
state."

' Though the plantation of the district was begun by the
Londoners, Scotch colonists formed the main part of the Protestant

LONDONDERRY. 400

settlement, with the result that, in the older portion of the grave-
yard, the monumental inscriptions are nearly all of Presbyterian
and Roman Catholic families. Strangely enough, several well-known
families in the county buried in Kilrea, but did not erect tombstones.
A family named Adams, one of whom was Mayor of Coleraine in
1714, had a seat in the church, and the Mayor was interred in the
churchyard.

' The family of Church, descendants of the first agent of the
Mercers' Company, had a long connexion with Kilrea, and interred
there till early in the past century. But no tombstone was ever
erected.

' An entry in the old Vestry Book indicates that the Episcopalian
families attending the church in 1800 numbered about a score.

'For further particulars, see notes by the writer in the " Ulster
Journal of Archaeology," N. S., vol. xii, p. 179 ; and on the old
chalice and bell in this Journal, vol. vi, pp. 389-91.'

'A stone inside the old ruin has ' : —

Elizabeth Magill Aged 78 years : for 62 years the
faithful nurse & friend of R. H. Dolling and his family.
This stone was erected at the wish of his youngest child
Ulrica. '• The Lord is my Shepherd."

' R. H. Dolling, Esq., of Huguenot descent, was father of the
" Father " Dolling, and was agent of the Mercers' Company, whose
Manor House was at Kilrea.'

Here lieth, &c,

William Scott, May 8th, 1807, aged 60.

Mary Rea, January 17th, 1802, aged 63.

IH S
Edmund McCoskar, February 5th, 1763.

IH S
Dinis O'Kane, April 28, 1763, aged 57.

Paul Dawson, infant son of Charles Paul Dawson.
Esq., April 9, 1836, aged 2 years.

James Pickens, August 27th, 1771, aged 32.

401 LONDONDERRY.

John Stinson, December 25, 1837, aged 66.

Henky Wallace, February 22, 1772, aged 63.

Samuel Graham, May 9, 1817, aged 38.

James Graham, Jan. 20, 1799.

James Lennox, Sep. 30, 1817, aged 28.

Samuel Grey, Nov. 12, 1779, aged 63.

John Gray, Feb. 17, 1817.

William Gray, Dullaghy, July 8, 1851, aged 65.

John Henderson, Kilrea, Mar. 19, 1811, aged 75. Also
grandson William Henderson, Aug. 22, 1850, aged 16.
Also son John, Oct. 29, 1882, aged 80.

Richard Henderson, died 1893.

John Henderson, died 1894
[One of this family was Seneschal of the Manor of Mercers about
1800.]

Thomas Hutchinson, Jan. 20, 1823, aged 72, and his wife
Mary

John Hutchinson, 1822, aged 42.

Creighton Hutchinson, of Monegran, July 2, 1874.

Alexander Adams, of Drumagarner, Sept. 26, 1837.
aged 56.

William Car, Feb. 17, 1710.

[This inscription has been re-cut from an almost obliterated one
on the other side of the stone which seems to have been 172 — ,
instead of 1710. Cf. Robert Ker, of Monegraves (Monegran), in the
Subsidy Roll of 1662.]

LONDONDERRY. 402

William Hunter, Jan. 20, 1787, aged 2.

[This family of Hunters conducted " The Inn " for a long
period.]

Elizabeth Gilmore, July 16, 1791, aged 37.

Robeart McCalla, May 1, 1777, aged 63.

James McKoy, Mar. 2, 1792, aged 42.

Margret Mayberry, Aug. 5, 1783, aged 49, and three
children.

John Mayberry, Aug. 18, 1824, aged 90.

William McKay, of Kilrea, Sep. 16, 1826, aged 52.

William Smirl, of Finvoy, Nov. 1831.

David McConchy, Aug. 23, 1807, aged 45.

IH 8
Thomas Church, Mar. 1800, aged 71.

Bridget Church, July 9, 1839, aged 59.

Sacred to the memory of Bettina, wife of Revd- W. H.
Dickson, Prebendary of Basharkin, & of their beloved
and only son Gilbert William, who died at Haslebrook
on the 13th day of February, 1834 & on the 5th day of
January, 1837.

Erected by their children to the memory of their father
Abraham McNeill who died 12 November, 1847. &c. &c.

Erected to the memory of Revd John Smyth who
departed this life October 178 [8] Also his son Robert
Smyth who departed this life January 1849 aged 72
Also his grandson John Smyth who departed this life 13
July 1860 aged 72 years.

[The above John Smyth was Presbyterian minister of Kilrea.]

403 LONGFORD.

Sacred to the memory of Rev. Oliver McCausland
formerly rector of this parish who departed this life on
1st September A.D. 1846 in the 89th year of his age.

Redmond Conyngham McCausland born 17th May 1844
and died 1855. Also the Rev. Redmond Conyngham
McCausland, m.a., late rector of Desertoghill, born May
9th 1776 and died January 26, 1856.

Jane Richmond, of Boveedy, died July 1, 1826, aged 18.

Elizabeth Walis, Feb. 7, 1810, aged 36.
John Atkinson, July 16, 1803, aged 30.

Erected by John Ferrier, of Kilrea, surgeon, to memory
of Margaret, his wife, who died Oct. 30, 1833. Also
the above named John Ferrier who departed this life
May 16th 1841 aged 58 years.

[Their daughter was schoolmistress in the village for a long
period.]

Alexander Corker and his father Hugh Corker.

Erected by Charles McKay, M.D, surgeon, to the
memory of his beloved brother William McKay of Kilrea
who departed 6th December 1860 aged 57. Also of his
brother Alexander who departed 28th April 1883.

COUNTY LONGFORD.

Al>l>ejlai*a.

[From Mr. James Buckley, 1907.]

' 1205. In this year Sir Richard Tuite founded an abbey here
to the honour of the Virgin Mary, for monks of the Cistercian
Order, whom he brought from the Abbey of St. Mary in Dublin.

< 1211. The founder, Sir Richard Tuite, was crushed to death by
the fall of a tower at Athlone, and was interred here.

' 1541. Richard O'Ferrall, the last abbot, was made Bishop of
Ardagh.

LONGFORD. 40-1

' These particulars are selected from Archdall's " Monasticon
Hibernicum."

' 1907. A considerable portion of the monastic ruins, including
a very high chancel arch and a stone staircase leading towards it,
all completely covered with a luxuriant growth of ivy, still attest
the religious fervour of other days. There is now no ancient tomb
to be seen here, although such must have existed at one time, as we
read in the " Annals of Loch Ce," under date a.d. 1398, that
" Murchadh Ban, son of Seaghan, son of Domhnall O'Ferghail, the
best son of a king-chieftain that was in Erinn in his own time, mortuus
est a month before Great Christmas, after unction and penitence ; et
sepultus est in the monastery of Leth-ratha, in the tomb of his
father and grandfather."

The following are a few of the inscriptions here ' : —
. 1740 .
. . . his wife Eli . . . Kiernan alias O'Neill

March 3d 1747 age . . . y1s Erc(1

by th^r Ch . . .

+
IHS

Pray for the Soul of Father Michael Punney who died
7ber the 13th 1749 Aged [sic].

IHS

Pray for the soul of John Meaghan Who died Janry the
10th 1764 Aged 77 years Erected by his son James
Meaghan.

+
IHS

405 LOUTH.

Pray for the Soul of Cathrine coyle alias caffry who
departed this life may the 1 1792 aged 40 years Erected
by thomas coyle.

1 Very many of the headstones are in an indifferent condition.
Some are broken, others are sunk too deep in the ground, and not
a few are falling forward, and consequently difficult to read.1

COUNTY LOUTH

Dromiskiii.

1 A few of the inscriptions here have appeared in this Journal,
but now, besides a vast amount of information about the parish, all
have been published, in an abbreviated form, in Appendix IV,
pp. 304-10, to " The History of Kilsaran Union of Parishes "
(in the Church of Ireland arrangement), by the Kev. James
B. Leslie, m.a., Rector.'

Kilsaran.

' In the recently published History of this Parish, by the
Rev. James B. Leslie, the Rector, in Appendix IV, pp. 282-300, all
the inscriptions are recorded which are or were, so far as known,
in —

' 1. Castlebellingham Church and Graveyard.

1 2. Kilsaran Graveyard.

1 3. Kilsaran (Roman Catholic) Church and Churchyard.'

Manfieltlstown.

[From John Ribston Garstin, f.s.a., &c]

1 The following was compiled for " The History of the Union of
Kilsaran," by the Rev. J. B. Leslie, m.a., Rector. A few additions
and corrections are now included.

LOUTH. 406

' The Tisdall and Taafi'e (?) inscriptions within the church are
given first in full, then the Garstin, and after it all the rest in order
as explained below. They number now in all thirty-nine. The
oldest is dated 1711.

The Tisdall Tomb.

' The only inscription inside the church is one to Tisdalls, of
Bawn (adjacent), now represented by C. B. Marlay, Esq., d.l., of
Belvedere, Mullingar. It is on a slab, 7 feet long by 3 feet 7 inches
wide, forming part of the pavement of the east end or quasi-chancel
within the rail, and was partly under the Communion Table, which
has disappeared since 1880. This stone may cover a vault, but
there is no apparent entrance to one. The inscription is in
capitals incised, and is as follows' : —

' The two last-named were Magistrates, High Sheriffs and M.P.'s
for Ardee. The elder of these Jameses had about seven brothers,
of whom Michael, the eldest, founded the family of Charlesfort,
County Meath, recorded in Burke's " Landed Gentry," and Thomas,
the third, was grandfather of the celebrated Kt. Hon. Philip
Tisdall, M.P. for Dublin University, Attorney-General and Principal
Secretary of State for Ireland, 1763 to his death in 1777.

1 1 have a large collection for a History of this Louth family (now
extinct in the male line), and so has Major Webb, of Netley,
Southampton.'

[Taaffe?] Tomb, Dated 1739.

< The only other monument under cover is a mural tablet
45 inches high by 35 inches wide, now built into the wall of the
porch, which was added at the west end of the church under the
bell turret, and is built of brick.

1 Being of a friable slate, the tablet has suffered from the lapse
of time, and the name of the man to whom it relates has perished,
but he has with difficulty been identified, with the help of the arms,
almost beyond doubt.

' These are rudely carved in the upper part of the slab, and
presumably represent the crests and coats of husband and wife —
not impaled, but side by side — in curious surroundings. The

407 LOUTH.

former may still be identified as that of a descendant of the Taaffes
(formerly seated at Braganstown, and still enjoying the Irish
Viscountcy of that name) — namely, a cross fretty, and beneath are
traces of the motto referring to that cross — " In hoc Signo Spes
mea est."

1 The other coat seems to be a curious quasi-heraldic device of
the stone-cutter. It still shows an embattled tower between two
lions, apparently supporters, with as crest on a helmet an arm
holding a banner. These should belong to the family of the wife
named Hiens. That name is not included in Burke's " General
Armoury," nor is Hynes, of which it may be a variant, and which is
on a modern tomb in the churchyard. The name Peter Hyans
appears in Stabannon Applotment of 1801. The Parish of Heynes-
town, distant about three miles, may have derived its name from this
family.

' Mr. G. D. Burtchaell kindly searched the records of the Office of
Arms in Dublin for this name, but without finding mention of
anyone named Hiens. He suggests that it may be a form of the
Irish O'Heyne. The arms ascribed to that family are, he savs,
"Per pale indented or and gules two lions rampant combattant
counterchanged. The crest : a dexter arm embowed ; the hand
grasping a sword. Possibly the stone-cutter was endeavouring to
produce this coat from a description, or perhaps a bad drawing. As
the arms stand they resemble those of O'Kelly or O'Shaughnessy."
Under the coat in question are the remains of a motto commencing
" Quid non Bes . . ." This is not in the great Index in the
"Armoury," which, however, has three mottoes commencing with
the two first words.

' After this long preface I proceed to give, line for line, the brief
inscription, which runs as follows : the portions in brackets in italics
being conjectural : —

[Richard Taaffe] AND HIS WIFE [Harriet]
[Taaffe, alias Hi] ens Erected this Monument
Harp££ Taaff] e, Alias Hiens depar
ted th[is life September the first Day
in the [ — year~\ of her Age and is here-
under [interred | Anno Domini 1739.

1 Amongst the Wills recorded in the Prerogative Collection in
the Public Becord Office, Dublin, is an improved one of Richard
Taaffe, of Manfieldstown, witnessed by two James Tisdalls (the
father and son recorded on the adjacent tomb), bearing date 1739 —
the very year of this inscription ; and in it he mentions his wife
" Harriet," &c. So the Arms recovered for us his surname, and the
Will, discovered in consequence, supplies the Christian names of
himself and his wife, and enabled me to fill the gaps in this
inscription. For other Taaffe inscriptions see below.'

LOUTH. 408

The Garstin Tomb.

1 Close to the church door, in an enclosure, is a slab on six
pedestals, with the following inscription ' : —

The Burying place of Antony Garstin, Esq1' and his Family.
Hlb. the said Antony G., who dtl. 15th May, 1782, a. 51 y.
As also the body of Norman G. his brother, who dtl. May
26 1755 a. 26 y. H. also lb. Christophilus G., Esq1., of

Bragganstown, who dtl. January 26th 1821, a. 55 y.

As also the bodies of Elizabeth his W. who survived him

to the 19th November 1857, aetat 96, and of their daughters

Charlotte who d. 14th March 1869, and Mary who d. 16th

of July following. H. also lb. the REV. ANTHONY G., S.

of above who dtl. July 10th 1873, in the 79th y. of his a.

And of Anne his youngest sister, who d. 9 Jany, 1873.

Also of their sister Frances Delia G., who d. 1 Nov., 1884,

aged 83.

' This inscription so completely fills the slab that a line at its
foot, "Blessed are the dead," &c, had to be chiselled off to make
room for it.

1 Mr. Leslie's book above mentioned has much about the Garstin
family.'

1 The above inscription is in full ; but for brevity of space
contractions are used in Mr. Leslie's work, and are reproduced.
This also applies to the inscriptions which follow.'

General List.

' The following are abbreviated but completable copies of ALL
the inscriptions now visible in the churchyard, arranged in
alphabetical sequence under the principal name in each, with cross
reference from other names.

1 Abbreviations. — In order to save space and avoid needless
repetitions, the family name, which is given at the top of each
inscription, is indicated in the copy by its initial, and a set of easily
understood abbreviations is used. These scarcely need explanation.
For instance, the frequently recurrent "departed this life" is
indicated by dtl, Hlb = " Here lieth the body of," Eb stands for
" Erected by." This plan was adopted for Mr. Leslie's book (see
full list in it, Appendix, p. 282). I suggest it as a model.

1 In cases where the inscriptions are not readily legible the end
of each line is indicated by a stroke | .

' The inscriptions, unless otherwise specified, are on headstones.
The position is sometimes indicated by N.S.E. or W.

' On four pedestals in dwarf inclosure (west) ' : — Bell.

Sm. Jane the beloved W. of William B., of Christians-
town, dtl. 5th March, 1813, a. 25 y. | Also the above
W. B., wd. Oct. 17, 1854.

409 LOUTH.

A white marble monument now being erected ' : —

Callaghan.

On a picturesque cross to south-east ' : — Callan or Calan.

Eb. Mr. Henry Callan im. his beloved Father Mr. Henry
C, of Rathnestin, wdtl. 25th July, 1813, a. 47 y., and
of his beloved M. Mrs. Margaret C, wd. 25th March,
1856, a. 75 y. Also his B. Arthur, wd. 7 March, 1860,
a. 57 y., and also his sister Mrs. Margaret Thornton,
wd. 27 Feb., 1835, a. 30 y. The above Henry C. who
dtl. Aug. 31, 1872, a. 75 y.

Caklon (? =Cakolan),
This stone was Eb. Patrick C, of Loughanmore im. his
M. Mary, C. wdtl. 1st Feb. 1798, a. 46 y., also his F.
Richard C. dtl. 2 June, 1807, a. 61 y.

Bottom underground ' : — Clarke.

Tseb. Anne C. alias M'Gwire to the lamented memory of
her beloved H. Patrick C, of Lurganmore, dtl. 25 April
in the year of our Lord 1814, a. 41 y. Hlb. of Michael
C. F. of the above named Patrick C, dtl. in the year of
our Lord 1808, a. 70 y. H. also lb. of his S. Bernard
C. dtl. 2nd day of Feb. in y. of Our Lord 1801, a. 34 y.

Tseb. Patrick C, of Tullycuinan, to the Lamented
Memory of his Beloved M. Mary C, alias Neugent dtl.
18 May in the year of our Lord Ano Domin0 [sic]
1818 [?], a. 60 y. Also her son James C, who dtl. 28
March, 1843, a. 76 y. [Figures indistinct.] R.I.P.
Amen.

White marble headstone, leaded letters ' : — Cluskey

Sm. James C, Woottonstown, wd. 2 Jan., 1902, a. 69 y.,
his son Peter, wd. 17 July, 1879, a. 11 y.

E E

LOUTH. 410

Coffey.
HI. the family of Patrick C, of Lurgangreen, 1800.

Coleman.
1 Two headstones in one enclosure, one facing the road, the
second marble' : —

I.H.S. E. by Patrick C. as a tribute of filial regard and
affection im. his beloved F. Mathew C, of Drumleck,
dtl. 10 Jany> 1840, a. 88 y.

Of your Charity PS. of Matthew C, Alice C, Patrick
C, their S. Anne Gartlan, wd. 9 Dec, 1884, a. 74 y.
Catherine C. dau. of the above Matthew, wd. June 23,
1892, a. 79 y. E. by the Kev. Matthew C, California.

COUNIHAN [? = KlNAHAN.]

White marble, facing the gate ' : —
In m. of our dear Mother Anne C, of Christianstown,
d. 24 Jany., 1894, a. 62. Our bel. F. Gerald C,
Christianstown, d. 5th Nov., 1899, a. 72 y. E.I.P.

Cusack, or Cuzack.
I.H.S. Tseb. Henry Cuzack, of Braganstown, im. his F.
James C, dtl. 13 June, 1811, a. 73 y. Also his B. John
C, wdtl. 16 May, 1817, a. 41 y. Also his son James
Cusack, wd. 9th Sep., 1888.

Crossan.
' White marble cross (letters leaded, and dwarf wall, facing
entrance gate) ' : —

In sad and loving m. of Henry C. C, dearly beloved H.
of Elizabeth C, wd. at Dunleer 18 Feb. 1897, a. 38 y.
Also their two children who d. in infancy. | " O Sacred
Heart of Jesus have mercy on his soul." R.I. P.

1 Table in dwarf wall and rails ' : — Crozier.

[N.B. — Provision for the maintenance of this tomb, &c, was
made by A. W. Whiteside, Esq., Bank of Ireland, Coleraine,
Executor of Mrs. Rowland.]

411 LOUTH.

* South-west ' : — Curran.

Tseb. Patrick C, of Manfieldstown, im. his F. Cormick
C., dtl. 19th of October 1799, a. 56 y. Also his B. Peter
C, wh° dtl. 12 of April, 1800, a. 26 y. Also his B. John
C, who departed the 11th of March, 1815, a. 37 y.
E.I.P. Amen.

Faugey.
I.H.S. E. by Patrick Maginn, of Clunkeehan, im. of
his Grand Uncle Owen F., dtl. Jany. 11 a.d. 1840, a. 87
y. Also for his deceased Ancestors.

East, facing the road ' :— Flanagan.

I.H.S. This s. was E. by James F., of Braganstown, im.
his W. Mary F., dtl. in May, 1785. Also his dau. Ann
F. Also his son, Christopher F., dtl. 20 March, 1812,
a. 30 y.

South-east window of Church (Cenotaph ?) Flynn.

Sm. James F., late of New York, dtl. Jany. 2, 1872, a. 23
y. May he rest in peace and we meet in glory. This
stone was erected by his sorrowing mother and sister.

See Coleman.' Gartland.

Gernon.
1 Flat slab (broken across), close to south wall of church' : —

Hlb. Mrs. Esmay G., alias Taaffe, who died in ye 54th
year of her age, ye 14th May, 1749.

Grimes.
Tseb. Patrick G., of Manfieldstown, im. his F. Patrick
G., dtl. 6th Sept., 1808, a. 54 y.

Hughes.
Flat slab under east window of church (now almost illegible) ' :

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' White marble stone ' : — Hynes.

I.H.S. In m. of Peter H., d. March 20, 1857, a. 56 y.
His W. Mary d. Feb. 5, 1877, a. 69 y. May their souls
rest in peace.
[See note as to this name in account of inscription in the porch.]

Under east window of church ' : — Johnson.

I.H.S. E. by Henry J., of Manfieldstown, as the last
remark of filial respect to his beloved F. Michael J., dtl.
Aug. 19th, 1824, a. 56 years.

Marble headstone and cross ' : — Kennedy.

I.H.S. E. by Matthew K., Wottenstown, im. his
beloved F. Patrick K., dtl. 14 Nov., 1825. Also his
beloved M. Mary K., dtl. 6 Jan., 1835. Also their two
infant children Bridget and Thomas K. Also his
beloved W. Mary, d. 24 Aug., 1885. Also the abn.
M. K., d. 6 Oct., 1893, a. 72 y. E.I.P. Amen.

Large table-tomb near east window of church ' : — Kearns.
Placed by Patrick K., of Manfieldstown, as a small
tribute of respect to the lamented memory of the best
of Ms. and the most beloved of Wives, Mrs. Mary and
Mrs. Elizabeth K., the former of whom dtl. 20th April,
1824, a. 68 y., and the latter the 16th of May, 1828, a.
36 y. Miss Esther K. second eldest dau. of the above
named P. and E. K., dtl. 2nd March, 1831, a. 15 y.
Mr. John K. of Manfieldstown, the H. of the above
named M. K. and the F. of P. K. dtl. 24 Jan., 1836, a.
88 y. His Christian virtues will be long remembered
by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. Also
Laurence K., son of the abm. P. K., dtl. 28th Oct.,
1855, a. 39 y. And also the abn. P. K. dtl. 15 Sep.,
1858. a. 84 y. And of his son James K., dtl. 31 Dec,
1870, a. 48 y. HI. the remains of his sister Mrs.
Bridget Reilly, alias K., late of Derycama, dtl. 4 June,
1882, in the 85 y. of his a. May their souls rest in
peace. Amen.

See Plunkett.' Keappock.

West ' : — Little.

I.H.S. This stone E. by William Little, of Newtown
Darver, im. of three children.

413 LOUTH.

' See Clarke.' M'Guire.

1 See Faugey.' Maginn.

* South of church porch ' : — Murphy.

I.H.S. E. by Thomas M., of Lurgangreen, im. his F.
Hugh M., dtl. 12 March, 1808, a. 56 y. Also his
brother Andrew M., dtl., 3 december, 1808, a. 31 y.
Also his M. Catherine M., wd. in Februar. 1812.

See Keily.' Neary.

At foot of Taaffe altar-tomb ' : — Plunket.

I.H.S. E. 1799 by Laurence P. for him and his pos-
terity.

Plunkett.
Under east window of church in 1872. Not visible 1907 ' : —

South of church — see also Kearns ' : — Riely, or Reily.

This m. was E. by Catherine Riely, alias Neary, im.
Philip R., 4 Aug., 1802, a. 76 y. Here also lie the
Remains of her H. Patrick Reily, son to the above
Philip, late of Manfieldstown, dtl. 23rd Jan., 1810, a.
52 y. Here likewise lie the R. of Philip Reily, dtl. 15
Nov. 1803, a. 38 y. Also the abn. Catherine Rielly,
wd. 12 Nov., 1835, a. 85 y., as also her bel. son Patrick
Rielly, wd. 2 Feb., 1860, a. 58 years.

Two flat slabs close to south wall of church ' : — Sheils.

Hlb. Daniel S., late of Woodtown, dtl. 27 Day of Sep.,
1721, a. 49 y., and also six of his children. HI. also
his brother Aldermn Henry S., son of the abn. D., dtl.
May 1, 1756, a. 49 y. H. also lb. Mrs. Jane S., W. of
William S., Esq., dtl. Aug., 1794, a. 42 y. H. also lb.
Mrs. Rose S. widow of the abn. Alderman H. S., dtl. 23
Jan., 1795, in the 74th y. of her age. Hlb. William S.,
Esq., only child of the abn. H. and R. and H. of Jane
S. He dtl. 27 Nov., 1801, a. 50 y.

LOUTH. 414

Hlb. Henry S., Esq., of Newtown Darver, eldest son of
the late William S., Esq., dtl. 28 Jan., 1829, and in the
29th y. of his a. This stone is E. by Brabazon Disney
S., Esq., to the lamented memory of the best and most
beloved of brothers.

Smyth.

' On a loose slate slab 1^ feet square, at present left under the

east window of church, having been lately disinterred, are rudely

carved a heart transfixed by a cross, with diamonds and the simple

inscription ' : —

1796 P. Smyth.

' See as to inscription in the porch, and also Gernon.' Taaffe.

' Three slabs next to the south wall of the church. The third
is on pedestals. The first, being that of a priest, reads the reverse
way of the rest — i.e., from the east, and is the only such here. It
is the oldest now visible ' : —

I.H.S. This s. was E. by Mr. George Taaffe in m. of
his beloved W. Mrs. Elizabeth T., dtl. 10 June, 1753,
a. 30 y.

Sm. John T., Esq., of Smarmore Castle, dtl. 16 Sep.,
1825, a. 79 y., and of Catherine his W., wd. 1st of Oct.,
of the same y, in the 59th y. of her a. May they rest in
peace. Their dau. Mary Jane and their grandson John
are also interred in this spot.

[The Taafles owned many estates in the County Louth. See
much about them in Leslie's " Kilsaran."]

Inside the church. See above.' Tisdall.

See Callan.' Thornton.

Warren.
' Square flat tomb on supports, west of belfry, now broken across
and very illegible ' : —

. . . Lyeth the Body of . . . Varren, who departed this
Life ... the 6th 1771, Aged 52. As also Mr Matthew
Wa . . . July the [12th?] 1778 Aged . . .

To face page' il5.~\

CROSS, DATED 1706, DUG UP IN HOLLYMOUNT
CHURCHYARD, CO. MAYO.

[From a photograph supplied by Miss P. Knox.]

415 MAYO.

1 Close to east window of church ' : — Ward.

I.H.S. Gloria &c. This stone was E. by Patrick W.
of Wottonstown, im. of his F., Bryan W., dtl. 23 Dec.
1812, a. 64 y. Also his S., Judy W., dtl. 15 April 1812
a. 25 y. Also im. his M. Mary dtl. 4 May in the year
of Lord 1814, a. 55 y. R.I.P.

Stabannon.

'In the " History of Kilsaran " Union of Parishes (now including
most of this) by the Rev. James B. Leslie, m.a., Rector, Appendix
IV, pp. 300-341, may be found abbreviated copies of all the inscrip-
tions in this old church and churchyard of this parish.'

COUNTY MAYO.

Holly mount Churchyard, Parish of Kilcommon.

[Kindly sent in by Miss P. Knox.]

1 An eighteenth-century cross-head was dug up some years ago
in making a grave in this churchyard, and has been put up among
the Lindsay graves. It bears the Vesey coat-of-arms, and part of
the motto, " sub hoc signo vinces." It is broken off just below the
"sub hoc." Part of the left arm and left side of the top are
damaged. The date, 1706, may denote date of building this church
in Archbishop Vesey's time, and have been a slab in wall of the old
church which was repaired in 1816. Archbishop Vesey died in
1716.'

In Hollymount Churchyard, a large high tomb over a vault' : —

MAYO. 416

1 A very large high tomb over a vault ' : —

Table-tomb ' : —

Beneath this stone Best

The Mortal Remains of the

Late Francis Bowen of Hollymount

Who departed this life on the

5 day of December 1802

aged 44 years

Also

the remains of

Jane Bowen

his wife who died Jany- 20th 1853

aged 94 years.

Table-tomb':—

Flat stone' : —

On a table-slab ' : —

417 MAYO.

A large high tomb over a vault ' : —

Sacred to the memory of The Eight Honorable John
Charles Smith De Burgh Bingham | Lord Baron Clan-
morris of Newbrook in the County of Mayo | A Noble-
man distinguished for the possession of those many
eminent virtues which adorn life | whether we consider
him in the Character of | a husband, father, Landlord
or friend. | The language of panegyric is too often
unworthily displayed in the unornamental inscription |
But the sincere and universal regret which still accom-
panies the recollection | of this estimable nobleman |
sufficiently testifies how fully he discharged his duties
both to God and man. His Lordship died on the 10th
May 1821 in the 56th year of his age | and this monu-
ment is erected by his affectionate and sorrowful Widow
Anna Baroness Clanmorris | as a memorial of conjugal
affection.

1 On the east wall of north transept — coat-of-arms above,
slab with the Good Samaritan in relief. Under it ' : —

" go, and do thou likewise."

Sacred to the Memory of | Thomas Euttledge of
Bloomfield Esqr I Who died A.D. 1805 in the 90th

YEAR OF HIS AGE | HE WAS A DUTIFUL SON, AN AFFECTIONATE

Husband | A sincere Friend, and the best of Fathers, |
and a Man I like the Good Samaritan | of | universal
Benevolence I Humani nihil a se alienum I Putavit. I

A mural tablet in Hollymount Church ' : —

Sacred to the Memory

of Christopher Bowen of

Hollymount Esq1', who departed this

Life in the year 1812 aged 95 years

And to

Anne Bowen otherwise Allen

his Wife who died in the year 1762

Aged 32 years.

This small tribute is dedicated to their memory

by their affectionate daughter

Sarah Bowen

On east wall of south transept ' : —

This small tribute is dedicated to the memory of |
Arthur Knox Esqr. of Bushfield in this county | By his
affectionate wife and daughter | He departed this life

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on the 18th December 1830 | in the 45 year of his age |
with an humble confidence | in the merits of his
Saviour |

His remains and those of his Infant Son | are deposited
in Mr Kuttledge of Bloomfields Vault | in this Church
yard |

COUNTY MEATH

Atliboy Cliurcliyai'rt.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' St. James's Protestant church is cruciform in plan. The
existing building, with the exception of the high turreted tower at
the west end, is modern. At the southern side, and at the base of
the tower, are the remains of an altar-tomb, bearing the effigies of
a knight and his wife, the feet of both of whom rest on dog-like
animals. Portions of the sides, which still exist, are divided into
ogee-headed panels containing figures of the saints. The tomb is
in a very fractured condition, and judging by what remains of the
edge of the effigy slab, it bore no inscription, which is very unusual.
It is surmised that the knight may represent a Cruise or a Cusack.
The date is probably the end of the fifteenth or beginning of the
sixteenth century. The head-dress of the lady is peaked and
divided like a bull's hoof. Her hands are joined together as if in
prayer. The knight grasps the hilt of his sword in his right hand,
and the scabbard in his left. In the panels are the figures of
St. Michael weighing souls, a sword in the right hand, and a scales
in the left ; the Crucifixion ; an ecclesiastic with a cross-topped
staff in the left hand, and the right hand is in the blessing-giving
posture, and on either side of him a smaller figure.

' Between the tower and the vestry is a slab of bad quality
lying close to the church door. It bears the following inscrip-
tion ' : —

[HER]E LIETH THE BO[DY OF]
[MIS]TRIS DEBORAH BRUNTON [WIFE]
OF MK HENNERY BRUNTON [WHO]
DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 1[— ]
DAY OF IUNE ANNO DOMINI
1698

419 MEATH.

1 In the south portion of the burial-ground is a flat slab, much
sunk in the ground, on which is inscribed ' : —

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF
MR PATEICK HENRY WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE
FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY-
1716.

1 On another flat slab, nearer to the nave of the church, is the
following inscription, the latter portion of which is all but illegible,
while owing to the decayed state of the slab along a portion of its
left edge, the inscription has quite disappeared ' : —

Here Lyeth Interd The Body
Of Mr Iohn Pillsworth Who
Departed This Life The 6 Of Iune
. . . Aged 37 Years Who Was
. . . . Grandson To Bishop
[Pillsworth] Of Kildare.
. . . Two Sons Iohn And
S . . . Are Two
. . . Who Departed
. . . 1715.

* The Right Rev. William Pilsworth was Bishop of Kildare from
1604 till the day of his death on the 9th May, 1635. He was
buried at Dunfierth, in the County Kildare.

1 The Rev. William Ball-Wright has sent in a copy of this
inscription, which must have been made before the slab became so
worn. His version reads ' : —

Here lyet intered the body
of Mr Iohn Pillsworth who
departed this life the 6 of Iune
1684 aged 77 years who was
great grand son to blshop
Pillsworth of Kildare
also his two sons Iohn and Thomas
and other sons who departed this
life in the year 1715

1 The seventh and eighth lines do not quite coincide with my
reading, and the inscription on the right side of the slab is legible.'

1 Near the Pillsworth slab, though more to the west, is another

MEATH. 420

flat slab bearing an inscription which is also much worn away.
What is legible reads ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of Dominick

Nealon of Athboy who Departed

This Life Novr the 11th 1762 Aged —7 years

And also of J . . Barnwall his wife

And 5 of their Children.

This Tomb stone was . . .

James Nealon

of said Dominick

in the year

HERE L . . . BODY OF
IAMES N . . . WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE THE 3 (?) OF 1ULY
1769 AGED 22 YEARS.

* Close to the path on the south side of the burial-ground is a
large slab resting on masonry, on which an inscription in raised
Roman capitals is traceable, running along its length. Unfor-
tunately only the first three lines can, with great difficulty, be
deciphered. In all there were about nine lines and a half, and at
the foot is a sunk square containing an animal (a talbot dog) on all
fours on a wreath, in relief.

' The inscription commences thus ' : —

[HERE] VNDER ■ LIETH ■ THE ■ BODY ■ OF ■ WES ■ TMBOT ■ OF ■ ATHBOY
[BVRGJAES • AND ■ ONE - OF ■ THE ■ HOVSE ■ OF - OARDISTON ' AND - WAS
BORNE [ ] IN • ATHBOY ' IN ' THE ' YEAR ' OF ■ OVR - LORD ■ GOD
ON ■ THE • DESESED

IN • THE • YEAR ■

4 Some three or four lines follow, and then the inscription ends
with the words ' : —

GOD - BE - [MERGIFVLL]

The
Talbot crest,

a
talbot dog.

4 According to " Burke's Peerage," the Talbots of Dardistown,
in the County Meath, were sprung from John, a younger son of
Thomas Talbot, Lord of Malahide, who died in 1487.

1 The slab on which the above inscription is cut belongs to the
seventeenth century. Some of the letters are conjoined.'

421 MEA.TH.

1 At the south-west side of the church is a high altar-tomb, which
was completely covered with a thick growth of ivy. On cutting a
small space on it, I discovered that the covering slab was lettered ;
and on removing the whole of the ivy, I saw that there were two
crests and coat-of-arms at the upper end, and a long inscription in
incised capitals below them. The latter was exceedingly hard to
decipher, but I was able to make out the following ' : —

THIS : TOMB : WAS : ERECTED
BY : MR : E : CVSACK : AND

MR : WALTER : LVTWIDGE : FOR
THE : VSE : OF : : AND

THEIR : EN

THQR : FAMILIES : ^BE

LASTING (?) : TO

BE : CONTINVED : FOR : EVER
TO : THE : VSE : OF : THOSE : OF
EITHER : NAME : WHO : SHALL
CLAIM : : HERE : LIETH

THE : BODYS : OF : IOHN
LVTWIDGE j AND : ROBERT
LVTWIDGE : BOTH : LATE : OF
ATHBOY : TOGETHER : WITH
THE : REMAINS : OF : WALTER
LVTWIDGE : LATE : OF : LACKIN
AND : OF RICHARD : LVTWIDGE
HIS : SON : DESESED : THE : 11 : OF
IVNE ; 1702.

' This inscription I afterwards discovered had appeared on
p. 166, vol. ii, of The Journal, from a copy made of it by Isaac
Butler about the year 1740. Therein " Edward " is stated to be
the Christian name of the Cusack named in the second line, and
the reading of the fourth and consecutive lines is given as ' : —

THE ' VSE • OF : THEM " AND • THEIR : FAMILIES

WHEN j THEY : SHALL : BE
TO •' BE : CONTINUED '- FOR

EXTINCT ; THE ; SAME
EVER ' ETC.

' Isaac Butler has, however, omitted a word or two in these
lines. The coats-of-arms are carved on two separate shields, and
are cut in relief. The dexter shield bears the Cusack arms,
viz.' : —

" Per pale or and azure, a fesse counterchanged."

' And the sinister shield that of the Lutwidge family, viz. ' : —

" Azure, three morions or steel caps or, turned up ermine."

MEATH. 422

' Close beside the Cusack box-tomb is a slab with this inscrip-
tion ' : —

Here Rests the Body of Dora

Lipscom Tinkler who departed

This Life Iune the 25th 1817

Aged 18 Years.

; Inside the church.

' To the right of the Communion Table there is a black and
white marble mural monument, showing a female seated before a
pedestal on which stands an urn. From the latter hangs a scroll,
inscribed ' : —

" Not lost but gone before."

' Below this device is a coat-of-arms, " Or, a bend sinister
gules" (which is not the MacVeagh coat-of-arms, so Mr. P. G.
Mahony, Cork Herald of Arms, informs me). Then follows this
inscription ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of

Margery McVeagh

a most loving Wife and tender Mother

Whom Death has torn from her Husband

And Infant Family, 2nd April 1794

Aged 29 Years.

Joseph McVeagh, Esqr., departed this Life August the 28th 1794
The widowed Husband tries, but tries in vain,
To bear the Anguish of the tragick Scene.
The Aspiring Soul the lonely Prison flies
To Joyn its Consort in Eternal Skies.
Adieu, Fond Pair, may Constancy like thine,
Such Worth to Emulate, Our Souls incline.

' This family of M'Veagh still reside in the locality at a place
called Drewstown.

1 Mr. P. G. Mahony has kindly supplied the following note ' : —
"The will of Joseph M'Veagh, of Drewstown, County Meath,
dated 7th day of July, 1794, and proved in the Prerogative Court,
Dublin, on the 3rd October, 1795, mentions his wife Margery
M'Veagh, who had lately died, also that there had been marriage
settlements. He had four children— namely, Ferdinand Meath
M'Veagh, eldest son, Henry Chapman M'Veagh, John Alexander
M'Veagh, and Flora Alicia M'Veagh. His nephew, Thomas Shaw ;
his niece, Jane Maria Blood ; his cousin, John Clements, late in
the Danish East India trade ; and his cousin, Henry M'Veagh, of

423 MEATH.

Lurgan. He directs his body to be interred in the vault erected by
him, and where his wife lies in the churchyard of Athboy.

" There are also the following Prerogative Wills : — Hugh
M'Veagh, Corbraia (1750) ; Peter M'Veagh, Parish of Drumgath
(1803) ; Simon M'Veagh, Lurgan, County Armagh (1734)."

' At the west end of the church, and close to the south wall, is a
large limestone slab, bearing this inscription ' : —

Here Lyeth the Body of Iohn Martley

who departed this life the 9th of Xbr 1729.

Aged 87 Likewise the Body of

Margery Martley otherwise Cusack

his wife who departed this life ye 5th

of Ianry 1722 Aged 41.

Likewise the Body of Athanasius

Cusack who departed this life on

the 5th of Febry 1745. Aged 65.

' The Martleys, of Ballyfallon, County Meath, are descendants
of the John Martley mentioned on the slab.'

' The Journal, vol. ii, pp. 165-6, gives the inscriptions on two
seventeenth-century tomb-slabs which were existing inside the
church in Isaac Butler's time, but which are not now forthcoming.
They were erected to the memories of the wife of William Smith,
Vicar of Athboy, and of members of the Golding family of
Archerstown and Hutchestown.'

' Mrs. Peirce Gun Mahony has contributed the two following
inscriptions from this churchyard ' : —

Your prayers are earnestly requested

for ye souls of ye undernamed

Charles O'Reilly of

Meadestown, Esq1'6 who departed

ye 12th of Novr 1767 aged 45 years

And 4 of his Children Richard

Ismay Frances & Elizabeth

This monument was erected

In memory of ye aforesaid

Charles for him and his Posterity

xth of July 1771 by his Son

Richard Tyrell O'Reilly Esq16

MEATH. 424

Katlinioi*** (St. Lawrence'i Clinrcli and lturial-
^ round).

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' This churchyard lies about two and a half miles to the north
of Athboy. The church ruins are very extensive. They consist of
a long church with a square tower at the south-western end
(unvaulted) ,and a vaulted building on the north-east side ; both are
entered by doorways inside the church.

' The church has two entrances facing one another at the
western end of the north and south walls ; the former had a porch
of which only the side walls remain.

' Of the west window, which must have been a fine one, nothing
but the arch remains, though the east window is perfect, consisting
of three lights with handsome tracery. Unfortunately, however,
ivy has overgrown the upper portion.

' Two handsome windows of two lights remain, one in the south
and the other in the north wall. The former is built up and
occupied by the slab erected to the memory of General Thomas
Bligh in 1772 (see p. 115, vol. iii, of The Journal). The window
in the north wall has lost its mullion. Near the northern entrance
is a doorway leading to a flight of steps in the thickness of the
wall, which probably mounted to a projecting pulpit.

' The southern wall has a line of substantial buttresses from
which most of the cut-stone work has been removed.

' The ancient monuments are all situated at the east end of the
church. They consist of —

' I. A fifteenth-century altar-tomb, which bore the effigies

of a knight and his wife.
' II. A plain slab, with a black-letter inscription running

round the edge, dated 1503.
' III. A slab, bearing two shields, with coats-of-arms, and the
emblems of our Lord's Crucifixion. Round the edges
is a black-letter inscription, dated 1531.

425

MEATH.

1 IV. An inscribed mural slab now inside tbe church ruins, and
a memorial cross in the churchyard, both dated 1519.
' V. A fragment of the Bligh tombstone, circa 1666.

4 All these monuments (except V), which will be described in
order, belong to the Plunkett family.'

The Fifteenth- Century Altar-Tomb {circa 1471).

'This interesting monument is in a terribly fractured condition,
and lies scattered about. The remains of the knight's effigy lie on
a base which does not belong to it, in the south-eastern corner of

The remains of the Lady's Effigy belonging to the Knight's Tomb.
[From a photograph by W. FitzG.~]

the church. What remains of his wife is now (1908) at the
opposite end of the building ; and the sides of the altar-tomb are
built into a recess, or sedilia, in the south wall.

1 The knight wears a conical helmet; his headrests on a cushion,
and his feet on a dog ; his hands rest, palms downwards, on his
chest. All that now remains of the effigy are the head and left side
to the hips ; and, on another fragment, the legs from the knees
downwards. Of his wife less than the lower half alone remains.

F F

MEATH. 426

1 The knight's effigy lies on some carved stones, which formerly
rested on columns. They are sculptured with a network of what
looks like groining, and they may have formed the " ceiling " of
the sedilia.

The remains op the Knights Effigy, supported on stones
not belonging to the tomb.

[From a photograph by W. FitzG.-]

' The sides of the altar-tomb, as already mentioned, are built
into a recess in the south wall. The two ends are placed on the
top of the sides which composed the front of the tomb. The panels
in the latter are empty; but the ends, proceeding from left to right,
contain the following figures : —

1 1. An angel swinging a censer.

' II. St. Lawrence (10th August), who holds a book in the
left hand, and a gridiron (the emblem of his
martyrdom) in his right.
1 III. An angel swinging a censer.

' IV. An ecclesiastic, his right hand in the blessing-giving
position, and a crozier (head turned outwards) in his
left hand.

427

MEATH.

1 V. An ecclesiastic, pronouncing a blessing with his right
hand, a cross-topped staff in his left hand.

VI. An abbess, holding an outward- turned crozier in her right
hand, and a book in her left hand.

The Porch Tablet (1519) and the sides of the Altar-tomb.
[From a photograph by W. FitzG.']

1 In the space between the highly ornamented fmials of the
panels are carved eight shields, all (with two exceptions) bearing
one or more coats-of-arms. Taking them from left to right, and
commencing with the top row, the families these Arms belong to,
as far as they can be identified,* are as follows : —

< I. Plunkett and (?) Hollywood.
" Sable, a bend argent, i:
the last," for Plunkett. "
for Hollywood.

sinister chief a tower of
— , three martlets ,"

* For! the identification of the Arms, my thanks are due to Mr. G. D.
Burtchaell, Athlone Pursuivant of Arms.

MEATH. 428

' II. FitzGeralcl or Eustace (with a crescent denoting a
second son) and Talbot or Rochfort.

Both the FitzGeralds and Eustaces have a saltire
for their Arms, though on a white ground by the
former, and on a gold ground by the latter.

A lion rampant is the Arms of both the Talbot
and Rochfort families ; but the grounds differ in
colour.
'III. An emblematic device consisting of a mitre and two

swords.
1 IV. The Fleming Arms, viz. : —

11 Vair, a chief chequy or and gules."
1 V. The emblems of our Lord's Passion and Crucifixion.
' VI. Fragment of a shield, the dexter half of which is broken

away ; the coats-of-arms on it were impaled.
' VII. The Bellew and Bermingham Arms, viz. : —
" Sable, fretty or," for Bellew.
''Per pale indented — and — , within a border
, for Bermingham.
' VIII. The Plunkett, Cusack, and ? Cruise Arms.

In the dexter half of the shield are the Plunkett
Arms over those of Cusack.

The Arms in the sinister half of the shield have
not been identified: they appear to be " two bendlets
between six double-headed birds "; and as the Cruise
Arms are " two bendlets between six escallop- shells,"
it is quite possible that the sculptor mistook the
drawing of the shells for double-headed birds (a coat-
of-arms that Mr. Burtchaell is quite unacquainted
with).

' An inscription in remarkably small " black letter" ran round
the edge of the effigy slab ; the letters are only an inch to and
inch and three-quarters high. At the knight's head at the top
of the slab, all that is now left of the inscription are the letters

tnoCa.

1 What remains of the inscription on the other portions of
this slab are, unfortunately, of no assistance in identifying the
individuals whose effigies lie on it ; and if it had not been for the
Plunkett Coats-of-Arms on the sides of the tomb, the identity of
even the family itself would have been guess-work. As will be
described further on in a note on the Plunkett family, this tomb
may belong to Sir Thomas Plunkett, Knight, who, by his marriage
with the heiress of the Cruise family, inherited the Manor of
Rathmore. The " rubbings " of the inscription in its damaged
condition are here reproduced ; and the readings and translations

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which follow were supplied by the Rev. William Carrigan, c.c, to
whom my thanks are due for the time and trouble he spent on
them.'

1 1. At the lady's side and feet ' : —

♦ ♦ ♦ en p^ttfe' i)tc jsepelftur, §et

♦ ♦ . fejstt jscce . tuttfmijS! a0 mine0
cu $tx (or $tp) ♦ ♦ ♦ $txto* ♦ ♦ ♦

Translation.
. . . is buried here with her parents. She . . .
of the feast of St. Batildis in the year one thousand
with ... six (or seven). . . .

' II. At the knight's feet, and on to the point of the sword
scabbard ' : —

♦ ♦ ♦ tu <jt tan$> $tmx meW
pliant ffoc cu plegte foact cortre

♦ ♦ ♦ uic ♦ ♦ ♦

Translation.
Thou who passest, whether old, middle-aged, or young,
when you read this, say with a fervent heart. . . .

1 The full Latin of this part of the inscription is ' : —

. . . tu qui transis, senex, medius, pueransis, hoc
cum perlegis veraci corde . . . die . . .

1 III. At the knight's elbow and head ' : —

♦ ♦ ♦ abe ffi^autrta t*t$ bitt ♦ ♦ ,

Translation.
. . . hail. May you give the joys of (everlasting)
life . . .

1 Father Carrigan adds that the inscriptions on Nos. II and III
appear to consist of monkish rhymes, or of prayers, or of both,
somewhat after the style of the inscription round the edge of the
Haket-Rokel tomb. (See Journal, vol. v, p. 450 ; and vol. vi,
p. 145.)

1 This tomb was erected to the memory of Sir Thomas Plunkett,
Knight, who acquired the Manor of Rathmore, through marriage
with Marion Cruise, daughter and heiress of Sir John Cruise, Lord

MEATH. 430

of Rathmore. At the end of the fourteenth century this manor
belonged to the De Verdon family, and passed to the Cruise family
by the marriage of Matilda, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas
de Verdon, Knight, with Sir John fitz John Cruys or Cruise ; Sir
John Cruise, Knight, owned it in 1406 ; and in 1422 his son and
heir, Thomas Cruise, was pardoned for all intrusion, alienations,
&c, in these lands, and died in 1423. Sir Thomas Plunkett's
father was Sir Christopher Plunkett of Rathregan, County Meath.

' The Plunkett family, according to old authorities, is of Danish
origin ; their original home in Ireland appears to have been at
Beaulieu, or Bewley, in the County Louth ; from them the
Plunketts of Rathregan were descended.

1 At the commencement of the fifteenth century, Sir Christopher
fitz Richard Plunkett, Knight, of Rathregan, was in possession of
the manors of Kilskeer and Girley ; and by his marriage, in 1403,
with Joan, daughter and heir of Sir Luke fitz Walter Cusack, he
succeeded to the manors of Killeen and Dunsany (still in the
possession of his descendants).

' Sir Christopher built the church of Killeen, and also founded'
a College there ; he is stated to have died in 1445, and was buried
at Killeen, where the remains of his altar-tomb, in fragments, still
exist.

' By his wife, Joan Cusack, Sir Christopher had the following
issue ' : —

' 1. John Plunkett, of Killeen, who married Joan Bellew, and
was ancestor of the Barons of Killeen and the Earl
of Fingall. His widow remarried with Sir Rowland
Fitz Eustace, Baron of Portlester, who died in 1496.

' 2. Sir Christopher Plunkett, Knight, of Dunsany, 2nd son,
was twice married, first, to Anne, daughter of Richard
FitzGerald, of Ballyshannon, County Kildare, 3rd
son of Maurice, 4th Earl of Kildare ; and secondly, to
Elizabeth, sister of Robert Preston, 1st Viscount
Gormanston, by whom he had no issue. By his first
wife he was the ancestor of the Barons of Dunsany.
Sir Christopher's Will, dated 1st August, 1462, is given
in full on pages 357-359 of " Brewer's Calendar of
Carew MSS." (Miscellaneous).

' 3. Sir Thomas Plunkett, Knight, the 3rd son, is referred to
again below.

1 4. Robert Plunkett, the 4th son, married Janet Finglas ;
he was Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and ancestor
of the Plunketts of Dunsoghly, County Dublin ; an
account of his descendants is given in Archdall's Edition
of "Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," vol. vi, pp. 192-196.

' 5. Rowland Plunkett, 5th son.

431 MEATH.

' 6. Edward Plunkett, of Balrath, 6th son ; he was Sheriff of
Meath in 1474, and may be the person mentioned in
the " Annals of the Four Masters," as dying in this
year. See Archdall's " Lodge," vol. vi, p. 196.

1 7. Edmund Plunkett, in Holy Orders, died 6th July, 1474.

' The daughters were : —

1 1. Elizabeth, who married, first, Sir William Welles, Knight,
Seneschal of Meath ; and secondly, Sir Nicholas
Hollywood, Knight, of Artane, Co. Dublin.

1 2. Maud, whose tomb lies in Malahide Church ; for her
three husbands, see the Journal, vol. vii, pp. 44, 45.

' 3. Anne, wife of . . . Wogan, of Rathcoffey, Co. Kildare.

; The third son, Sir Thomas Plunkett, Kt., was appointed in
1461 Chief Justice of the King's Bench. His first wife was Janet
Cusack, by whom he had issue (see Archdall's " Lodge," vol. vi,
p. 180), and his second wife was Mary or Marion, daughter and
heir of Sir John fitz John Cruys (Cruise), Kt., Lord of Rathmore,
which lordship thus came into the Plunkett family. He answered
for the issues of the manor of Rathmore, late the estate of Sir John
Cruys, as early as 1434. Sir Thomas received from his father the
manors of Kilskeer and Girley, both within a few miles of Rath-
more. Archdall's " Peerage " places his death on the 12th June,
1471." He was buried in Rathmore, and the altar-tomb above
described was erected to his memory ; but, as before mentioned,
what remains of the inscription affords no clue to the identification
of either him or his wife.

1 Sir Thomas's issue by his second wife, Mary Cruise, were two
sons and three daughters, viz. : —

' 1. Edmund Plunkett, who succeeded at Rathmore, but died
without issue. The date of his death is uncertain, but
it may have occurred about the year 1494, when, as
described in " The Book of Howth " (Brewer's Cal. of
Carew MSS., Miscellaneous, p. 179), during a feud with
Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, " Plonket of Ramore " was
slain. His heir was his brother, Alexander.

< 2. Sir Alexander Plunkett, who will be again mentioned in
connection with his tomb-slab of 1503.'

* And the obit of Sir Thomas Plunkett is thus given in the Killeen morti-
loge, Cusack MSS. :—

" Obitus Thome Plunket militis dni de Kathmore, Capitus lustic' Do Kegis
Hibn. qui obiit xiii. die Junii, Ann dn m.cccc.lxx0 i°." [Proceedings R.I.A.,
vol. iv, p. 186.]

An ancient wayside cross at Killeen is said to bear the names, Thomas
Plunkett and Maria Cruys.

MBATH. 432

1 The daughters were ' : —

' 1. Ismay, married to William Wellesley (or Wesley), of

Dangan, County Meath.
1 2. Margaret, the wife of Barnaby Barnewall, of Stackallen,

County Meath, Second Justice of the King's Bench.
1 3. Elizabeth, married to Sir Christopher Barnewall, 2nd

Baron of Trimlestown.'

The Plunkett Slab of 1503.

' This large slab lies sunk in the ground, close to the south wall
at the foot of the recess into which the sides of the altar-tomb are
built, as described above. The centre of the slab is quite plain,
though a well-preserved black-letter inscription, in relief, runs
round the edge of the slab. With the contractions expanded, the
reading is' : —

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' Our member, Father Carrigan, who kindly supplied the read-
ng of the prayer in this inscription, has also furnished me with a
translation. It runs thus ' : —

Here lies Sir Alexander Plunkett, Knight, of Rathmore,
formerly Chancellor of Ireland, together with the lady

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Anne Marward his wife, who (i.e., he) died on the 10th
day of the month of August, in the year of our Lord
1503 ; and the said Anne died on the 2nd day of April
in the year of our Lord 1485 ; on whose souls may God
have mercy.

Have mercy on us, 0 Lord, have mercy on us. Be thy
mercy done unto us, 0 Lord, as we have hoped in
Thee.

1 Father Carrigan adds that this quotation is from the closing
stanzas of the Te Deum.

1 This Sir Alexander Plunkett, of Eathmore, was the second
son of Sir Thomas Plunkett, and succeeded to the family estates on
the death of his elder brother Edmund, probably about the year
1494. He was knighted about the year 1483.

' According to Archdall, Sir Alexander was appointed Lord
Chancellor of Ireland in June, 1492. He is mentioned on three or
four occasions in Ware's "Annals of Ireland" (in Latin). He
was one of the thirteen knights of the Brotherhood of St. George,
a Fraternity instituted for the protection of the Pale in 1474, and
dissolved in 1494.

1 Though but one wife, Anne Marward (? sister of Walter Baron
of Skreen, and whose death is recorded as occurring on the 2nd
April, 1485), is named on the tomb-slab, yet Archdall's edition of
Lodge's " Peerage of Ireland " states that Sir Alexander married,
secondly, Margaret Butler, sister of Pierce, 8th Earl of Ormonde,
and thirdly . . . FitzGerald (for whose issue see Archdall's
"Lodge," vol. vi, pages 190, 191).

1 As mentioned on the slab, Sir Alexander died on the 10th
August, 1503, leaving issue by his first wife, Anne Marward, five
sons and one daughter, viz. : —

1 1. Sir Christopher of Eathmore, mentioned later on in con-
nection with the tomb-slab of 1531.

' 2. Sir Thomas, who was heir to his brother, and succeeded
to Eathmore in 1531. He married Mary Plunkett,
daughter of Eobert, Lord Dunsany, but dying with-
out issue some time before 1542, his younger brother,
Edward Plunkett, succeeded to Eathmore, and was
granted livery of the estates on the payment of a fine of
£30 on the 10th February, 1542 (Henry VIII, Fiant
No. 348).

• 3. Edward Plunkett, of Eathmore. His wife's name is not
recorded, but he had issue who succeeded to Eathmore
(see Archdall, vol. vi, p. 191) on his death on the 10th
October, 1556.

MEATH. 434

' 4. John Plunkett, of Bawn, Co. "j

' 5. 01ive°rUpiunkett, of Gibbstown, Archda11' vo1' vi' * 189*
Co. Meath. 1

'The daughter's name was Catherine, who married Patrick
Everard, of Eandalstown, in the County Meath.'

The Plunkett Slab of 1531.

' This large slab lies flat on the surface of the ground on the
north side of the east end of the church. In the four corners are the
symbols of the four Evangelists.* Round the edge runs a black-
letter inscription ; and in the middle of the slab are carved a cross
and crown of thorns, with other emblems of our Lord's passion
and crucifixion, viz. : — Two scourges, the flogging-post and ropes,
the three nails, a hammer, pincers, and spear, the seamless vesture,
three dice, a ladder, and a cock in full plumage standing up in an
iron pot or skillet.

1 The cock reminded St. Peter that our Lord had foretold that
he would deny Him. The tradition is that it was being cooked at
the far end of the Judgment Hall at the time; hence he is repre-
sented as standing up in a pot. The combined pot and cock are
also represented on the FitzEustace altar-tomb at New Abbey (Kil-
cullen), County Kildare ; on the MacCragh altar-tomb in Lismore
Cathedral ; and the Purcell slab in Kilkenny Cathedral ; on the
splay of a window in the chapel chamber of Ballinacarriga Castle,
County Cork ; and on the Comerford tornb at Kilree, County
Kilkenny.

' At the lower end of the slab are two shields, bearing coats-of-
arms impaled. The left-hand shield contains the Plunkett and
Preston arms, viz. : —

' 1. " Sable, a bend argent, in the sinister chief a tower of the
second," with an annulet for difference, denoting a fifth son. For
Plunkett.

' 2. " Or, on a chief sable three crescents of the first." For
Preston.

' Above these arms respectively, are names plltltCt and pltOll-
' The right-hand shield contains the Preston and Molyneux
arms, viz. : —

' 1. The Preston arms described above.

' 2. " Azure, a cross-moline or," for Molyneux.

Over the shields are the names pftOll and moUllC£.

* In the two upper corners an eagle (St. John), and an angel (St. Matthew).
In the two lower corners a winged ox (St. Luke), and a winged lion (St. Mark).

To face page 435.]

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RUBBING OF^THE PLUNKETT-PRESTON SLAB, IN TH
CHURCH RUINS AT RATHMORE, CO. MEATH, 1531.

[By Lord Walter Fit z Gerald.']

435 MEATH.

1 The inscription, in full, runs thus : —

f£tc tacent crfetoiorug I plunftet
tie 2dUti)more mite*, cum ttomftrc
lUtftrfne preistou uxore gua, qui I
obiit ijo tite mettjsfe marett | anno
tromtm m0o0*xxt°, et tucta
Itatrma ofcttt [blank] trte mensis

[blank] anitO tlOttttnt m° Xf° [blank]

guonun ammatms proptcetur

' This Sir Christopher Plankett was the eldest son of Sir
Alexander Plunkett, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, whose tomb-slab
has been described above. His wife was Catherine Preston, daughter
of Kobert, 1st Viscount Gormanston, and sister of Elizabeth,
who was married to Sir Thomas FitzGerald, Kt., of Lackagh,
County Kildare, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, second son of Thomas,
7th Earl of Kildare.

' Catherine Preston's mother was Janet, daughter of Sir Richard
Molyneux (or Molines, as it is spelt on the slab), of Sefton in Lanca-
shire, hence the Preston-Molyneux arms in the sinister shield on the
tomb. Sir Richard was an ancestor of the Earls of Sefton. On
the death of Sir Christopher Plunkett without issue, on the 5th of
March, 1531, Rathmore descended to his next heir, his brother, Sir
Thomas.

' Catherine Preston survived her husband, but the date of her
death was never inserted on the slab, as blanks have been left for
the purpose. She afterwards married Patrick White, 2nd Baron of
the King's Exchequer of Ireland.

1 In connexion with Sir Christopher and his wife, there are a
mural slab and a memorial cross, both dated 1519, descriptions of
which are given below.'

The Mura.l Slab and the Memorial Cross, 1519.

' This mural slab now rests in the recess of the south wall on
the top of the sides of the Plunkett altar-tomb, which have already
been described.

' Its measurements are — in length, 37£ inches ; in height, 15|
inches ; and in thickness, 5 inches.

MEATH. , 436

1 Its original position, judging by a sentence in the inscription,
may have been in the porch to the north entrance of the church.
The inscription is in incised " black-letter," and is full of con-
tractions, which being expanded it reads as follows ' : —

©rate pro ammafoug ©rtetofort
plunfeet t»e 2sUtfjmore, mtlttfe et
Itatrtne | proton tutoefe etu$, <iut
crucem laptfceam infra fotllam
t $tam ante cimtte I vitim con$trttc=
cerunt, et porttcum tetum, et omnt=
Ui$ ante crucem preoictam | Utcen=
tftm* ^ater poster et me Jflarta
pro ammalm-3 oictorum crfetofort
et fcatrme et parentttm suorttm,
concessum e<st nucentt oieg tnouI=
omcie | pee ft epfecopo* in concilto
provincial! totieng nuotienjsi per=
petute temporttmis 1 troraturte anno
oomtnt in0 tact0 xix°

1 Translation ' : —

Pray for the souls of Sir Christopher Plunkett, Knight,
of Rathmore, and of Katherine Preston, his wife, who
erected the stone cross before the burial-ground within
this town(land), and this porch ; and to all saying an
Our Father and a Hail Mary, before the said cross, for
the souls of the said Christopher and Katherine and of
their parents, two hundred days of indulgence have
been granted by five bishops, in Provincial Council, as
often as they shall say them, for ever. A.D. 1519.

1 Tin's, and one or two other of the lettered stones here, have
been described by Mr. J. Huband-tSmith in the " Proceedings of

[To face page 43G.

437

MEATH.

the Royal Irish Academy," vol. iv, pp. 185-187 (1850), but he has
made a couple of bad errors in the dates on the slabs.'

' In a small clump of trees a few perches out in the field to the
north of the churchyard, there is the cut-stone base of a cross, but
it bears no inscription. Whether this was the one alluded to in
the inscription on the mural slab, or whether it refers to the
remains of a smaller cross still in situ in the churchyard on the
north-eastern side of the church ruins, cannot now be determined.
The base of this latter cross rests on a square platform of mason-
work. A short portion of its shaft is stuck up in the base ; it is
sculptured on all sides, an ecclesiastic occupying one face of it, and

The Remains of the Plunkett~Cross in the Churchyard (1519).
[From a photograph by W. FitzG.~\

the Patron Saint of Rathmore — St. Lawrence, holding a gridiron—
on the other face. The base, on all four sides, bears an inscription
in two lines, carved in large incised " black-letter." It commences
on the northern side, which is fractured, and so continues round
the western, southern, and eastern sides, where it finishes with the
same date as is recorded on the mural slab. It reads (with con-
tractions expanded) ' : —

MEATH.

438

[©rate pro ammafoug ©fyrfetofori]

[phmitrt &e Hati)]more mi=

litte et itatrfm

pre-ston ? uxorfe x tia$ ac

pa centum tt antecesjet

orum suorum out fjauc j crucem

fieri ; feeertmt

anno tiomtttt x m ccccc gfx*

The Bligh Slab, circa 1666.

' This slab, of which less than half now remains, lies on a
foundation of mason-work at the butt of the south wall inside the

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The Bligh-Fuller Coat-of-Arms (1G6G).
[From a rubbing by W. FitzG.~]

To face page 438.

INSCRIPTION ON THE BASE OF THE PLUNKETT-

PRESTON CROSS, 1519, IN THE CHURCHYARD

AT RATH MORE, CO. MEATH.

[From a rubbing by Lord Walter F it z Gerald.']

439

MEATH.

ruins below the bnilt-up window, containing the modern Bligh
monument, the inscription on which is given on p. 115, vol. iii of
the Journal. At the top of the recumbent slab is a crest and a
shield containing two coats-of-arms impaled, viz. : —

1 In the dexter half : — " Azure, a griffin segreant or, between
three crescents argent," for Bligh.

' In the sinister half : — " Argent, three bars and a canton
gules," for Fuller.

1 The crest is the upper half of a griffin.

1 Of the inscription, which is in raised slender Roman capitals,
that portion on the left half of the slab alone remains, and even
then many of the letters are illegible. It has appeared on p. 115,
vol. iii, of the Journal in a quite unintelligible form, and should
have run thus ' : —

Crest

Coat of

Arms

I0ANNES BLIGH

SOLY NVPER

ADIACENTIS

1AM ' VERE

A SVIS ' POS

POSSIDETVR

TIS QVIPPE-

CONTENTVS :

MAM ' HANG ■

GVLAM ' FCELICI - 0 (?) Rl

SAPIA- GVLIELMO- PA

GOMIT
GATHERINA
DVPLIGI ' NOMIN
FVLLER • PATER
RE LA

PATER ■ GVLIEL
LIMERIGENC
COPO • EC
QVORVMA -
FILIVS-
ANT- • •

ARM
QUA

' The " Peerages " state that the above-named John Bligh was a
citizen of London, and son of William Bligh of Plymouth, and that
he was the founder of the Bligh family in Ireland. He was

MEATH.

440

employed as an agent to the adventurers for the estates forfeited by
the Rebellion of 1G41, and in that capacity went over to Ireland in
the time of Oliver Cromwell's government, when he also became an
adventurer himself by subscribing £600, and, among other lands,
obtained the lordship of Rathmore in 1G57, which was confirmed to
his son Thomas under the Acts of Settlement in 16G8. In the first
Parliament after the Restoration he was returned member for
Athboy.

1 He died in the year 1666, and by Catherine, his wife — sister to
William Fuller, Bishop of Lincoln, translated from the Bishopric
of Limerick (1663-1667) — he had Thomas, his only son, and six
daughters.

' Thomas Bligh, of Rathmore, was returned to Parliament as
member for the County of Meath, and was one of the Privy Council
to Queen Anne in Ireland. He died at Bath on the 28th August,
1710, and was buried in September at Trim. He married Elizabeth,
youngest daughter of Colonel James Naper, of Loughcrew, County
Meath, and by her (who died on the 2nd March, 1736) he had four
sons and six daughters. The eldest son, John, was created Baron
Clifton of Rathmore in 1721 ; Viscount Darnleyof Athboy in 1723 ;
Earl of Darnley in 1725, titles which still exist in the Bligh
family.

< William Fuller, the son of Thomas Fuller, an Englishman, was
born in London in 1608. His first promotion in Ireland was to the
Deanery of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, in 1660, and soon after-
wards he was appointed Treasurer of Christ Church. In 1663 he
was elected Bishop of Limerick ; and from that See he was trans-
lated to the Bishopric of Lincoln in 1667. His death occurred at
Kensington in London on the 22nd April, 1675 ; and he was buried
in Lincoln Cathedral.'

Modeen Tombstones.

1 Inside the church walls is a table-tomb bearing the following
inscription ' : —

Here lieth the Body of

Sir Francis Hopkins, Bar1

Who departed this life on the 19th day of

September in the year of Our Lord 1814 Aged 56 (or 36?).

[There are two or three large headstones standing near this
table-tomb, also in connexion with the Hopkins family, but of a
later date.]

' Out in the churchyard, on the south side, among the numerous
headstones are two flat slabs. On one of them, which is undated
and badly fractured, is the inscription ' : —

441 MEATH.

IHS

To the Memory

the loved Parent

Mrs< Catherine Gannon Eelict

Nicholas Gannon E8(1

Ballyboy, Co. Meath.

Her Son

Rev11, Patrick Gannon

the Madras Mission

East Indies.
Eequiescat in pace.

' The other flat slab is of a bad quality, and the inscription is
difficult to decipher. The first few lines of it read ' : —

IHS

GOOD CHRISTIANS
Your prayers are Earnestly [desired]
for the Souls of ye undernamed.
Here lieth the Body of Cormick
McKennan late of Moymet Esqr decd
Iune ye 17 (?), 1761, Aged with 8 of his
children, Bryan Margret Farrel Iohn lame8
Mathew Catherine and Rose, who
Died ye 15 of May 1761 Aged -5

MOTTO ~

Miseris Succurere disco.
This tombstone was Erected by Patk
McKennan of Moymet Esqr son to ye
affor(esaid Cormick) for him and his Posty.

[Eight more lines follow, but the greater part of them are
illegible owing to the bad quality of the slab.]

G G

MEATH. 412

' Mrs. Peirce Gun Mahony lias kindly sent in the following
additional inscriptions ' : —

+
IHS.

Erected by Thomas Moore Sunter M.B.

to the memory of his beloved

Mother Mrs Rose Sunter of Athboy

who departed this life on the third

day of November 1847

To the Memory of his Aunt

Elizabeth Moore who departed this

life on the 17th of November 1845

and of his Uncle Dr

Thomas Moore who departed this

life on the 19th of July 1833 and

Oliver Moore who departed this

life on the 19th of January 1840

Of your Charity pray for | The Souls of Peter and |
Elizabeth Moore and the | Children who are buried |
Under this Stone.

Erected by

Catherine Bennet

of Sidney New South Wales

in memory of her beloved Father

John Bennet

who departed this life

30th July 1844 aged 54 years

Her Brother James

June 1847 aged 11 years

Edward
May 1849 aged 15 years

William
Aug. 1850 aged 21 years

443 MEATH.

Also her beloved Mother

Margaret Bennet

who died May 1859 aged 52 years

Her Brother Thomas

who died young

Erected by Catherine and Patrick | Garry Son of John
Garry in memory | of her beloved Husband Hugh
Garry | Who departed this life 15th March 1830 | aged
58 years

Erected By

Capn John Brady

of Castletown Athboy

in memory of his beloved Parents

His Mother Bridget Brady

Departed this life Jany 14th 1843

aged 40 years

And his Father Edward Brady

Departed this life 4th Decr 1869

aged 74 years

Also his Sister Mrs Anne Murtagh

Castletown Athboy

departed this life 17 Decr 1901

aged 68 years

May they rest in peace.

MONAGHAN. 444

llatoath Chiirrhyartl. County Ifleath.

[From Mrs. Peirce Gun Mahony.]

This stone was Erected

by Patrick McCabe of

Glascow in Memory of his

Brother Bryan McCabe who

dep* this life June 10th 1815

Aged 65 years

John McCabe departed this life

On the 3rd of Feb. 1864 aged 62 years

In life respected and in death regretted

May they rest in peace

Bryan J. Macabe departed this life

4th October 1894 aged 88 years

Holy Mary pray for him.

COUNTY MONAGHAN.

iTlag'heniakill antl Cahlragh Graveyards, Donagh-
moyne Parish.

[From the Rev. E. S. Maffett, b.a.]

' I take the following extracts from the Ordnance Survey MSS.
(Box 49) in the Royal Irish Academy ' : —

' " In the townland of Maghernakill is the appearance of an
ancient graveyard near the river. It appears to have been laid out
in a circular form. At one part of it are some large stones, on one
of which is the distinct impression of a foot. Children are still
buried there. The stone with the impression of the foot is 4-| feet
long, 3 feet wide, and 1 foot thick. No tradition of it is preserved."

" ' In the townland of Drumgriston '[sic] Upper is an old graveyard
called Caldragh. In it is a rude stone standing about 2 feet high,
out of which is hewn a basin or font, circular in shape, its diameter
being 10 inches and its depth 6 inches."

' Shirley in his "History of the County of Monaghan," under the
townlands of Drumgristin, Lower and Upper (page 521), tells us
that the meaning of the word "Drumgristin" is "The Grey
Streaked Hill," and that the Survey of 1655 mentions " an island
in the river called Knockedaradaa," of above 7 acres in extent,
which at present forms part of the County of Armagh, adding :
"According to the tradition of the country, a dispute many years
ago having arisen as to which county this island belonged to, the
tenants agreed to decide the matter by casting a sheaf of corn into

445 MONAGHAN.

the stream and watching its course. The sheaf floated on the
Monaghan side of the island, which from that time was ceded to
Armagh." Mr. Shirley mentions the latter of the above graveyards
(besides one in the townland of Kilmurry, and another in that of
Capragh), noting " appearances of building," as well as the stone,
but says there are no tombs ; and the fact of the spot having been a
burying-place rests on tradition only. The meaning of the word
"Calderagh" [sic'] he states to be "the place of bones." In
Kiltybegs townland it appears from the same volume that there is
" an oblong stone now built into a wall" with the inscription
" Philip Dvffy 1673," and that the Survey of 1634 marks a " Mass
House " in the townland of Donaghmoyne, where also are the
remains of the ancient Royal Castle of this name, built about
a.d. 1200 by a Roger or Richard Pipard. In Mr. Shirley's list of
" Vicars," after four of pre- Reformation date, we find under the
year 1624 "Faithful Teate" (m.a., t.c.d.), who afterwards went to
England, we are told, and was " ejected or silenced " by the Act of
Uniformity in 1662. He wrote it seems " a poetical volume," and
was the father of Nahum Tate, the Poet Laureate who joined with
Dr. Brady (born at Bandon) in producing the well-known metrical
version of the Psalms.'

Jtlonag'lian Clmi'cli.

'I may be allowed, perhaps, to subjoin to the above a note to the
effect that in the excerpts from Mr. Shirley's "History of the
County of Monaghan," under the above title, at page 167 of the
current volume of The Journal, an error has been caused by a
foot-note of Mr. Shirley's having been amalgamated with the text in
a wrong place. The tablet that was erected by the inhabitants of
Monaghan was to Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. I may add, from a short
newspaper account of a sermon preached by the curate of Monaghan
Parish (the Rev. H. Maffett) in connexion with Mr. Jackson's
funeral, that the latter died in the sixty-seventh year of his age, but
on what date I am not aware. His death at any rate took place
between 1827 and 1837, the latter being the date of Lewis's
" Topographical Dictionary," which gives some particulars of the
charitable endowments (schools and widows' almshouse) of "the late
Richard Jackson, Esq.," and occurring probably before that of his
wife in 1834. If I remember rightly, Mr. Jackson was connected
with the "Primitive Methodist " Body, as well as with the Established
Church. Though he made a considerable fortune in business,
Mr. D. C. Rushe, in his entertaining, but very partisan, " Historical
Sketches of Monaghan " (1895), gives a somewhat curious account
of the erection of a "preaching house" in Market Street, which
Mr. Jackson had intended to build himself, which would show that
he was sometimes, at all events, over trustful in the promises of
others. The incident, it seems, led to an alteration in his will.
Pigot, in his Directory of 1824, describes him as " Captain in the
Yeomanry." '

queen's county. 446

QUEEN'S COUNTY.

Ballyadden.

[Contributed by Mrs. Wlieble, of Monasterevin, and copied by
Mr. James O'Neill.]

17 67

Duans Eest in Peace Amen | John Duan & Family

Here Liethy Body of | Michael Carroll Depd | this life
ye 6th of June | 1774 Aged 63 years | May he Best in
pace

Here Lyeth the Body | of Thomas Dunne who | departed
this life | 16 Day of March 1769 | Aged 64 years

447 queen's county.

Here Lys Body | of Margret Lawl | lar who Departed
July the 31st 1761

Here Lyeth ye Body | of John Dunn who depd | this life
October ye 4th | 1787 aged 24 yrs Lord | have Mercy on
his Soul

Stone broken here.'

[He]re lyeth the Body of | [ Ja] mes Blanchfield who
Departed this life the | 14 Day of August in . . . the
[remainder illegible]

Maryborough, the old Protestant Church.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' This now closed old burial-ground is situated in the middle
of the town of Maryborough. Of the former church, nothing but
its ivy-clad belfry now stands ; and though ancient-looking, yet it
is of no great age, and contains no features of interest ; inside, the
wooden floors are gone, and the tower is open to the sky, and the
abode of owls.

The oldest tomb only dates from 1730, and, according to the
custom on this side of the country, the older tombs are all large,
flat slabs ; the following are some of the inscriptions on them ' : —

here lies the body

of elizabeth byrn

dp: 1730.

queen's county. 448

Here Lyeth the Body of | Iohn Miller who departed
this Life March the 16th | 1764 Aged 47 years.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF
DAVID FITZGERALD [WHO]
DEPD THIS LIFE OCT [

1780 AGED 60 YEARS.

here lyeth the body of

murtaugh foley who
departed this life the
21st day of may in the

YEAR 1772. a[ged ]

Here Lieth the Body | of Eliza Hill who depd | this
Life June ye 23rd | 1797. Aged 56 yrs-

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF | MR JAMES
HILL WHO DE | PARTED THIS LIFE THE 14th
DAY OF AUGUST 1759 | AGED 60 YEARS.

Also his wife Margaret | Hill who depd this life | May
ye 18th Anno Dom | 1776 Agd 70 yrs-

Here Lieth ye Body of | Thomas Pattinson who
departed this Life April | 4th 1779 Agd 57 years.

Here Lyeth The Body of | William Pattinson of
Maryborogh | who depd this life August 7th (?) | In the
year of our Lord 1798 | Aged — 2 yrs

Hear lieth the body of | Ann Meredith who depd |
Octbr the 21st 1804 | Aged 54 years.

19 YEARS.

Here Lieth the Remains of

the Lester family, viz. Dr

Charles Lester and Ann his

wife. Mr Robert Lester and

Sarah his wife. Mr Tho8 Lester

& Mrs Dimond his sister, & M"

Ann Diggan sister Late of

Dublin who departed this

life May the 10th 1820 Agd 80 years.

449 queen's county.

Here Lieth the Body of | William Davis who departed |
this life in the year of Our | Lord 1809 Aged 87 years

Grandmother [ ] | Benn Depd This 1 [ ] |

The 15th 1806 Ag [ ].

[There is a break in the lower portion of the right-hand side of
this slab.]

Here Lyeth the Body of | Peter Grinlinton who | Depd
this Life March ye | 17th 1792 Agd 55 yrs

Here Lyeth the Body of | Mary Eobinson who de
parted this Life February j ye 15th 1762 Aged 64 yrs

This Stone was Erected by Mr
Charles Trowsdell in memory

of his Brother James Trowsdall

who depd this Life April the

17 1823 Agd 72 yra

Here Lyeth The Body of Barthw | Stoker who depd this
Life Iune | the 12th 1788 Aged 25 years.

QUEEN S COUNTY. 450

Here Lyeth the Body | of Elizabeth Knags | who
departed the 27th | day of Ianuary 1749 | Aged 34
years.

Here Lyeth the Body of | Iohn Clarkson who depar

ted this life novembr ye
William Clarkson who
1760 Aged 51 years.

20th 1750 Aged 39 years. | Also
Departed this Life April 27th |

Here Lyeth the Body of William | Clarkson who
departed this | Life the fifth day of November | 1742
Aged 64 years.

' Headstone ' : —

Here Lieth ye Body of
Iohn Morriss Late Master

Taylor of the 9th Li

who Depd this Life

1799 aged 36 yrs

son Thos Erected

Anne Morriss

' A considerable portion of this stone has flaked off.'

' Table-tomb * :—

' Modern box-tombs belonging to the Kemmisses of Shaen and
FitzGeralds of Mountmellick, &c, occupy the site of the former
church.'

451 queen's county.

Maryborough, Tlie Rirtg-e Cemetery.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 The Ridge Cemetery is situated on a peculiar hillock, very
narrow, and steep at the sides, lying on the east side of the town.
It is now closed against interments, since the new cemetery was
laid out ; it contains no remains of a chapel, nor is there any history
attached to it. Probably it is not of any great age, as the earliest
slabs appear not to be much older than the middle of the eighteenth
century. Maryborough itself only came into existence in the middle
of the sixteenth century on the erection of a fort called " The
Protector," and by the Irish " Campa " and " Port-Leix." The
castle was later on known as the Fort of Maryborough, the town
which rose around it being so called in honour of Queen Mary.
' Catholics alone were interred on " the Ridge."
' Among the older slabs and headstones these inscriptions occur.
Flat slab ' :—

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF

MR IOHN FITZGERALD WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE

2th [sic] DAY OF DECEMBER THE

YEAR OF OUR LORD GOD 1762

AGED 26 YEARS.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF

IOHN AND LAVINIA GREAVES

Flat slab ' :—
HERE LYETH THE BODY | OF TIMOTHY
DOWL | ING WHO DEPARTED | THIS LIFE THE
10th OF J AUGUST IN THE YEAR | 1746 AGED
35 YEARS.

Here lyeth the Body | of Mary Dowling who | Depd this
life May, 7 | 1783 agd 21 yrs Lord have | Mercy on her
Soul

' Faint inscription on a low table-tomb, standing across the path
on the summit ' : —

Here Lyeth the Body

Mary Leslie

wife of

Major Charles Leslie,

Kings Royal Rifles

who

Departed this Life

30th (?) September, 1832

Aged

— years.

queen's county. 452

1 On a headstone near the above ' : —

+
I H S | Here lieth the Body of Denis Dealy who
Departed this Life in ye | year 17-17 Aged 35 yrs*

1 On the western slope of the ridge, at the southern end, is a
table-tomb bearing a very faint inscription facing the west, and
commencing thus ' : —

[A cross and chalice]

To the memory of the

Revd James O'Neill, a.m.

who after having for some years preached the Gospel

in France, returned to Ireland, and lived upwards

of 40 years Parish Priest of Maryboro'

where he died on the 25th Dec1- 1829

at the advanced age of 96 years

[Then follow seventeen lines, more or less illegible, when
the inscription continues : — J

This Monument has been Erected by his Grand Nephew

Mr James McCrea

of Dublin, in token of his love and veneration

1 At the summit of the Ridge, and at its southern end, is a flat
slab with its inscription also facing the east. It reads ' : —

IH S

This Stone was Placed

over the Body of the Revd

James Baron Parish

Priest of M[ary]boro for

30 years, by [his] Affectionate

Parishioners [He d] eparted

this Life the 25 [of Mar]ch 1789

Aged 69 years.

Requiescant [s/c] in pace

' Bishop Comerford in his " History of the Dioceses of Kildare
and Leighlin" (vol. iii, p. 275) states that a third parish priest of
Maryborough was interred here, and adds that the following
inscription is to be read on his slab ' : —

I H S Here lyes ye Body of ye Revd Darby Malone who
departed this Life J 8th 1723, aged 76 years.

To face page 453.]

THE MacDERMOTT MURAL MONUMENT, IN ARDCARN
CHURCH RUINS, CO. ROSCOMMON, 1688.

[From a photograph kindly supplied by Mr. John Mulhall.]

453 ROSCOMMON.

COUNTY ROSCOMMON

Ardcarn Churchyard.

[From John Mulhall.]

' There is a very interesting seventeenth- century mural monu-
ment in this churchyard, belonging to the MacDermott family.

' In the upper portion is carved the Crucifixion, with i.n.r.i. at
the head. On either side of the shaft of the cross are some of the
emblems of our Lord's Passion and Crucifixion, viz. : —

' On the right, a ladder and the flogging-post, entwined with
ropes, and surmounted by a cock.

' On the left, a scourge, with star-like knots to the thongs, birch-
rod, hammer, and a pincers.

' The lower part of the monument is occupied by two coats-of-
arms and crests, and an inscription in five lines.

• Of the former, the dexter shield bears the MacDermott crest
and arms, viz. : —

' The Crest : A lion rampant.

' The Arms : " Argent, a fess gules, between three boars
passant azure, armed and bristled, or." *
1 The sinister shield bears the O'Crean crest and arms, viz. : —
1 The Crest : A demi-wolf rampant.

1 The Anns : " Argent, a wolf rampant sable, between three
human hearts gules."

1 Between the shields is an I.H.S, and above the first word of the
inscription is the date 1668.

' The inscription in the right half of the slab is much worn
away, and in places quite illegible. What can be deciphered runs
thus ' : —

IN- IMITATIONEM - ABRAH/E [GO! RMAGVS ' DER
MOT • DESMITV ■ SIBI ■ ET ■ CO [NIVGE ■] ELINOR/E ■ CREAN
ROBOGKI ' TVMVLVM - EREXC J VS ORETVR

HIS-ANIM/EFVERANTVC 1C0C JOiU DMT

HIS •ANIM/E-NVLUE [corpora? ]

[This mural monument appears to be erected to the memory of
Cormac, son of Dermot MacDermott, and his wife, Elinor, daughter
of Kobuck O'Crean.]

* This coat differs from the other MacDermoit arms in that the majority
bear a chevron between three boars' heads.

jioscommon. 454

' The father of Elinor, Robuck Crean or O'Crean a family
belonging to the County Sligo, was buried in Sligo Abbey in 1625
According to O'Rorke's -History of Sligo" (vol. i., pJ 253) his
tombstone bears the following curious inscription ' :—
Wee two are one by His decree
That reigneth from Eternity,
That first erected here these stones
Wee Robuck Crean and Alice Jones.

MacDetofoT^e ^^"^ *** '° this fami* <*

IH S
pray for the souls op tlge
McDermott & his son Timothy
who erected this sione for

THEM & HIS WIFE UnE DERMOTT

alias Reynolds in ye year 1740

Pray for the Soul of | Philip MacDermott of Carramore I
who died June 16 1859 aged 68 years.

Cam Churchyard.

'On the opposite side is shown a « rubbing " from a coat-of-arms
kindly supplied by the Rev H. L. L. Denny, from the tombstone of
Margaret Marcella (? Burke), second wife of James Lyster, of
Lysterneld, in the County Roscommon.

* Mr. Denny states that the date of the slab is probably the end
of the eighteenth century ; but it is quite illegible, and the inscription
itself is very much weather-worn.

' James Lyster, who caused the stone to be erected, died in 1828
aged 100 years. '

* The Lyster Arms and Crest are :—

Arms : " Ermine, on a fess sable, three mullets, or." [The
arms on the slab are too much obliterated to be
recognizable.]

' Crest : A stag's head issuing from a ducal coronet.'

Drum Church jar a.

[From V. Hussey Walsh.]

I. H. S.

Pray for the soul of

Walter Walsh who

Departed this life the 19

day of March 1729 and

Ellis Donnelly his daughter

Who died July 19. 1729.

[To face page 454.

JAS ttSTf I - UiTERf

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THE LYSTER COAT-OF-ARMS, ON A SLAB IN CAM
CHURCHYARD, CO. ROSCOMMON.

[From a photograph of a rubbing supplied by the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.']

455 ROSCOMMON.

Lord Have Mercy on the Soul of

Ismy Daly who Departed this life

the 28th day of December 1847 aged 70 years

Relict of the late Daniel Daly of

Athlone & daughter of Richard Walsh

of Mount Talbot

May they rest in Peace Amen

Under this stone are interred the

remains of Patrick Walsh who departed

this life on the 9th August 1798 aged 37

Years also his father Richard Walsh

Who Departed this life on the 19th

of April 1790 aged 50 years

Sacred
To the Memory
of
Mary Anne Walsh humble
and beloved wife of Willm Walsh
of Kilmore who departed this
Life February 12th 1837 aged 57 years
Blessed be the bark that wafts us to the shore
Where death divided friends shall part no more
To meet thee there — Here with thy dust repose
Is all the bliss thy hapless husband knows.
Also
Michael Henry Hussey Walsh
B.A. barrister at law
Died 31st January 1843
also
Louisa Margaret Hussey Walsh
Died 15th July 1866

Sacred

To the memory of

John Hussey Walsh j.p. d.l.

Died 19th July 1863

Oh Lord Have Mercy on the Soul of

Patrick Walsh of Sallymount, Cranagh

Esq who departed this life on the 31st of

March 1849 aged 60 years. This stone

was erected by his humble wife Marcella Walsh

as a token of her fond affection

Requiescat in Pace Amen

sligo. 456

I. H. S.

Of your Charity

Pray for the Soul of

William Walsh and his wife

Johanna alias Moran

of Southhill
Who departed this life

November 1827

Also his son William

And Maria Walsh his wife

Who departed this life

May 1849

This monument was erected

by William & Ann Walsh

His wife alias Sweeny

of Cranagh November 1872

E.LP.

COUNTY SLIGO.

Ag-lianag'li Cliurcliyard.

[From H. J. Bunbury.]

' The two inscriptions given below are in connexion with the Lillie
family of Drumdoe, near Boyle, in the County Eoscommon ' : —

Underneath Lieth with his An-
cestors the Body of John Li-
lies who departed this life
the 22nd of May in the year
of our Lord 1776 Aged 70

Here lieth the body of

Anne Lillies alias Williams

Who departed this life Feby.

the 8th, 1803, Aged 70. Also the

body of Philip Lillies who

Departed this life the 5th

... 103 y18 . . .

[Stone broken.]

' Philip Lillie was the last of an old Roscommon family to live
at Drumdoe. He died about 1830. His son, Sir John Lillie, was
in the army, and lived out of Ireland.'

457 sligo.

Drum cliff Churchy aril.

[From Mr. E. Clarke.]

Orate pro Anima Rdi Bernardi 0'

Beirne Canonici Elphinencis et per

Annos 41' [?] Pastoris Vigilantissimi

hujus Paroeciae de Drumcliffe Qui

tandem laborious attritus, Caeloque

maturus Gregi fideli Verbo et Exemp-

lo ad Mortem usque praelucens,

Deus spectabilis, suis venerabilis,

e Vivis exessit die 24 Febri a.d.

1814 iEtatis vero 79.

Pray for the soul of Mary Bruen wife to
Richd Bruen of Collesford in the County of
Sligo who departed this life 2nd March 181H

Here Lieth the Remains of

Robert Whittaker of Ballymullery who

Departed this life September the

6th 1781 aged 37 Years Erected

by his Son George Whittaker

Anne Whittaker departed in the

Year eighteen hundred & twenty

nine Aged 29 years.

Here lieth the body

of patrick Meighan

Who departed this

life march the 17th

1764 aged 70 years er

ected by his son Teren"

Meighan

H H

TIPPERARY. 458

COUNTY TIPPERARY

CIiui'clics ami i:inii*cli Sites in the Baronj of
Klionart.r. County Tipnerarj .

[From the Rev. St. John D. Seymour, b.d.]

' The late Rev. R. H. Long, of Templemore, contributed a paper
on this subject to vol. iv, No. 2, of the Journal. In it, however, he
gave practically no description of the size, plan, or architecture of
any of the buildings with which he dealt, nor did he mention their
condition of decay. The present writer, as the result of careful
examination in nearly every instance, desires to record in the pages
of the Journal some more minute particulars and measurements,
partly as a guide for anyone who may wish to pursue the subject
further, and partly to anticipate the possible destruction that may
come upon these relics of antiquity at any future time. For men
never think, when they ruthlessly pull down the walls of an old
church for road-metal or some such use, that it was originally the
House of God, and that formerly there was celebrated within it the
one great central service of the Christian Church, whether in accor-
dance with pre- or post-Reformation rites it matters not. At least
these interesting buildings are left entirely uncared for, and so have
no hope but to bow to the inevitable law of nature, and fall into a
mass of shapeless ruin. For some further particulars on the
following and the parishes in which they are situated, the reader
may be referred to the writer's " Succession of Clergy in Cashel
and Emly," now in the Press, September 1st, 1908 ' : —

Athnid.
The church measures 42 ft. by 21 ft. 4 in. Four walls in fair con-
dition. East window, two-light, ogee-headed, with mullion missing.
Other windows defaced. In south wall near east end are two square
recesses, one above the other, divided by a slab which forms the
floor of one and the roof of the other. Top recess slightly the
larger of the two. No graveyard or inscribed stones. ;:

Ballycahill (part of).

The church measures 48 ft. by 25 ft. 6 ins. Walls standing to full
height. East window double, probably Celtic, but now built up.
A door in south side near west end, pointed arch of cut stone, 6 ft.

* Mr. Long was of course utterly in error when he stated that this was a
prebendal Church attached to Limerick Cathedral.

459 TIPPERA.RY.

2 ins. high and 3 ft. 7 ins. wide, protected overhead by a bartizan.
In north wall opposite, a doorway with circular arch, now built up
and almost entirely hidden by a modern altar- tomb. In both the
north and south walls there are two high windows of unmistakable
Celtic work. The two in the north wall are entirely built up ; one
at least of those in the south wall has been so rebuilt as to form a
small square-headed light, apparently contemporary with doorway
in the same side (probably fifteenth -century restoration). There
are two rectangular recesses in the south wall, near east end, three
in the east wall (one of which runs back like a kind of drain), and
one in the north wall.

Ballymurreen.

1. The church is divided into nave and chancel. Former
measures, 48 ft. by 25 ft. 3 ins.; latter measures 27 ft. by 18ft. In
the Nave — Walls standing except portion of north. In south side a
door 6 ft. 4 ins. high and 4 ft. wide, the arch of which is turned with
flat rough stones set on end. In same side remains of a Celtic win-
dow. High up in west gable a rather defaced Celtic window. In the
Chancel — Arch quite gone, and so is east end. Traces of window
in north and south walls. In latter, near nave, is a small flattish-
arched door, now built up, 5 ft. 6 ins. high and 3 ft. 6 ins. wide.

2. Near the railroad is a church-site named Kildarmody.

Drum.

1. The church near the village is divided into nave and chancel.
Former measures 52 ft. by 24 ft. 8 ins ; latter measures 42 ft. by
17 ft. 6 ins. In the Nave — Walls mostly standing to full height.
Flat-arched door in south side, 5 ft. wide and 6 ft. 9 ins. high.
Remains of door opposite, 3 ft. 6 ins. wide. Walls ruined where
windows were. In the Chancel — rArch ruined to the ground. East
window flat arched, about 8 ft. high and 6ft. wide internally.
Eemains of window in south wall of same, and two high windows
in north wall. The whole seems to be post-Reformation. Built on
to the south side, and extending from the doorway to just beyond
the chancel arch is a curious building, apparently contemporary; it
measures 30 ft. by 18 ft. In its west end is a flat-arched door 5 ft.
8 ins. high by 5 ft. In its south wall are three high windows, the
arch of each of which is formed of long curved stones placed end to
end, while in its east end are the remains of a large window about
7 ft. wide, with cut-stone frame.

2. According to the six-inch Ordnance Survey map the school-
house in the village stands on the site of an old graveyard.

3. Near the Castle of Knockagh there is said to be a church-site
among some trees called the " bell trees."

4. In the same townland the road crosses the remains of a small
circular enclosure, like a rath, where, it is said, bones were turned

TIPPERARY. 460

up when the road was in process of construction. This would seem
to be an extremely old church-site.

5. Near Rorardstown Castle, under an old ash-tree, is a rectan-
gular mound, measuring 35 by 20 yards, which marks a church-site.
Just outside it is a rough conglomerate boulder, in which is a
bullaun 1 ft. 8 ins. long, 1 ft. wide, and 5 ins. deep, the water in
which is said to have the power of curing warts. It is not unlikely
that here and in other places throughout the country the early
missionaries diverted these from their original heathen use and
utilized them as baptismal fonts.

6. There is a church-site in the townland of Killahagan.

Fertiana.
The church is ruined to the ground, except about nine feet of the
south wall and a small portion of the north-west angle. It measures
53 ft. by 18 ft., and the masonry appears to be Celtic. No graveyard
or inscribed stones, except one with an incised coss on it.

Galbooly.
The church is divided into nave and chancel. The Nave is 23 ft.
wide, and the walls of it are now only about 19 ft. long, as the whole of
the west end is in ruins. A window in south wall, single light, ogee-
headed ; one in opposite wall defaced. The Chancel measures 25 ft.
by 15ft. Gin. The chancel-arch is high and rude, and probably
somewhat defaced. East end completely gone. Traces of windows
in north and south walls.

Holycross (part of).
1. The present I.C. church stands on the site of an older one,
but there is nothing to show whether this is pre-Reformation or
not.

2. In the townland of Beakstown there is a church-site, now
occupied by the present Beakstown House. This was once a district
vicarage.

Inch.

1 . The church measures 70 ft. by 28 ft. 6 ins. East window two-
light, ogee-headed, with mullion gone. In south side a doorway
with circular arch of cut-stone. Between it and the east end are
two narrow square-headed lights. Built into the wall just outside
it is a projecting stone on which is cut a grotesque, bearded face.
In the west wall are remains of two small windows near the ground.
All four walls are standing, except at south-west angle.

2. In a field near the end of Dovea House is a church-site called
the " relick," i.e., reilig = cemetery. This townland was formerly a
distinct parish.

3. Near the village of Annfield is a graveyard called Kyleanna.
No remains of church.

461 TIPPER ARY.

KlLCLONAGH.

There is no trace of a church in this little parish, but the site is
still pointed out in a large field, called the " Church Field."

Kilcooley (part of).
On the detached part, consisting of the townland of Longford-
pass, there is a church-site, which the writer had not the oppor-
tunity of examining personally. This townland is also called
Durys or Durrishey, in the Down Survey.

KlLFITHMONE.

1. The site of the old church is unknown, unless perhaps it
may be on the townland of Gortalough, close to the present church,
but in the parish of Glankeen.

2. The present I. C. church appears to be on an entirely new site.

Loughmoe East.

1. The outline of the church is marked by mounds, while one
tiny portion is standing to a height of about 10 ft., i.e. the south
side of chancel-arch, with a fragment of the south wall of chancel
attached to it. Approximate measurements : — Nave, 28 ft. 6 ins.
by 22 ; chancel, 17 ft. by 16 ft. 6 ins.

2. On the townland of Kilcurkree is a ''children's burying-
ground."

Loughmoe West.

1. Church divided into nave and chancel. Former measures
60 ft. 6 ins. by 25 ft. ; latter measures 23 ft. 6 ins. by 17 ft. West
and chancel gables and some portions of side walls standing, but
all windows and doors defaced. Chancel -arch intact, and turned
with well-cut stones, rather modern in appearance. Built on to
the east end, in such a manner as to completely shut up that
window (of which a slight trace remains) is a curious building. It
is stone-roofed, about 20 ft. high, 34 ft. 9 ins. long, and about the
same width as the chancel. In the north and south sides of it are
two doors, almost diagonally opposite, wide, and with flat arches.
In the east end of it is a square window, with cut-stone frame,
exactly the same as the windows in the more modern part of
Loughmoe Castle, and there is a similar window in the south side.
Entrance is made from this into the church by means of a short
flight of ascending steps, and through a door which would open
just about at the south side of the altar or communion table. This
building was evidently an afterthought, but what purpose it served,
or why it was built up in such an extraordinary manner against
the east gable, are questions the present writer would like to see
answered.

TIPPER ARY. 462

2. On the townland of Kilkillahara bones are said to have been
turned up. This, in conjunction with the name, would seem to be
an undoubted site.

MOYCARKEY.

1. The church is divided into nave and chancel. Former measures
55 ft. by 23 ft. ; latter measures 32 ft. by 19 ft. Walls stand-
ing, except some portions of north and south in nave. In the nave.
— A flat-arched door in the south side, 5 ft. 2 ins. wide, and
6 ft. 4 ins. high. Other windows defaced. High up in the west
gable is a typical Celtic window, the narrow light of which has
been converted into an ogee-headed opening. Underneath this
window is a row of four corbels, evidently to support a gallery ; and
lower still, and a little to the north side, is a small square-headed
light, hi the chancel. — Arch intact, but built up. On the top of
this gable, as far as one can judge through the growth of ivy, there
was a belfry. East window, two-light, ogee-headed, with mullion
missing. Outside it has a square dripstone, and foliage ornamenta-
tion in the spandrels. In south side is a pointed door, 6 ft. 3 ins.
high, and 2 ft. 10 ins. wide. In the same side near east end is a
square piscina with trace of rude basin. In both the north and
south sides were windows, probably originally Celtic, but after-
wards built up to form small square-headed lights. In the church-
yard lies a curious font (?).

2. Near the castle is an irregular low mound, containing about
a quarter of an acre. It marks a church-site ; and the owner of the
land pays no taxes on it.

Moyne.

1. The church measures 54 ft. 6 ins. by 22 feet. Practically the
east and west gables are the only portions now standing. The east
window is two-light, trefoil-headed, divided into quarters by a
mullion and transom. In the small portion of south wall is a
defaced flat-topped window, and close to it is a trefoil-headed
piscina, with traces of a leafed ope in its floor. Under the east
window, and running right across the entire width of the church, is
a mound, 3ft. 6 ins. wide, and 2 ft. Gins. high. This is really the
roof of a vault or underground chamber (not necessarily for the
purpose of burial), entrance into which is made by a small square
doorway at the south end of the mound. The writer was unable
to get in, as the entrance was nearly choked up, but he was
informed that a person could easily stand upright within it. On
the top of this gable is the remains of a small turret. In the west
gable there are three small square-headed windows placed irregu-
larly one above the other," while on the north side of them,

Perhaps the church was turned into a dwelling house, with an upper
story, and the windows may have served to light a spiral wooden staircase.

463 TIPPERAKY.

running down in the thickness of the wall, is what appears to be
the remains of a latrine. The gable is topped by a broken belfry.

2. The modern church, of which the tower alone remains, was
built on an entirely new site.

Eahelty.

The church is divided into nave and chancel. Former measures
55 ft. by 22 ft. ; latter measures 18 ft. 6 ins. by 15 ft. Side walls of
nave very ruined. In the nave. — In south side near chancel-arch is
a defaced window. In same side are the remains of the door. It
had sloping jambs and splay, with arch turned by flat stones set
on edge. Rude, square -headed window in north side. Similar one
in west gable near north side. In same gable a window high up,
choked with ivy ; while there were probably holes pierced in the
same wall for the insertion of supports for a gallery. In the
chancel. — Arch a shapeless mass of ruin. Two windows in east
end, originally Celtic, but built up to form smaller lights in such an
irregular manner as to present a curious, lop-sided appearance.
Traces of windows in north and south sides. These walls are
supported by very old buttresses. In the graveyard is a small
stone which appears to be the half-head of a Celtic window. There
is a tradition to the effect that an old road formerly ran past this
church.

Shyane.

The church at present measures 50 ft. by 25 ft., but only the west
and south walls are standing, as the east end is completely gone,
and the north side is now represented by the boundary wall of the
churchyard. A door in south side, flat-arched, 4 ft. 4 ins. wide,
and 7 ft. 6 ins. high. Just inside it, in a square recess, is a holy-
water stoup, a shallow, circular basin, 12 ins. in diameter, and
about 8 ins. deep. Further on in same side is a window, flat-
headed within, and circular-headed outside. Beside this is the
piscina, which has a six-leafed ope. Here the wall stops. High
up in west gable is a window hidden in ivy. Underneath this is a
row of holes pierced in the wall for the supports of a gallery.
Immediately beneath this are two narrow, square-headed windows,
about 13 ft. apart. Near the roadside, and growing out of a heap
of loose stones, or ruined masonry, is an old thorn-bush, which is
said to " belong to the church."

Templemore (part of).

1. The old church in demesne is divided into nave and chancel.
Former measures 49 ft. 4 ins. by 22 ft. 6 ins. ; latter measures
55 ft. by 22 ft. In the nave. — West gable still intact. In it is the
door, with rounded arch, 9 ft. 2 ins. high and 6 ft. 8 ins. wide.
Above this is a handsome window of the fifteenth -century style.

TIPPERAKY. 464

To the north of this is a narrow square-headed light. Above all is
the belfry, a flat-arched single ope. There is a row of three corbels
in the north and south walls respectively, which were evidently for
a gallery, hi the chancel. — East window gone, walls ruined, and
all features defaced, except a small doorway with pointed arch in
the north side near chancel-gable, measuring 5 ft. 7 ins. by
3 ft. 9 ins. The chancel gable is standing, but there is no trace of
an arch. It seems likely that this wall was only built in recent
times, either to serve as a support for mural tablets, or else (as this
building was used by the Protestants down to 1790) to render the
church smaller and more compact, and to shut off the ruined
portion, i.e., that which now appears to be the chancel.
2. The present church stands on an entirely new site.

Thurles.

1. The graveyard where the present church stands obviously
represents the site where churches have been for centuries, though
there are no traces of ruins.

2. At one end of Killinan graveyard there is a heap of masonry
overgrown with grass, which must be the remains of the church,
not of a castle, as some have stated.

3. The church in Brittas demesne measures at present 49 ft. by
24 ft. West end gone, all the rest standing. The masonry
consists of large, rough, unhewn stones. The east window is
single-light, with circular head cut out of one stone. The light is
4£ ins. wide, and splays to a width of 4 ft. Above this, near the
point of the gable, is a small, square opening, perhaps for hanging
a small bell in.

4. Near the railway-station is a very small graveyard called
" Ericbreedy." No remains of church. Built into the gate-posts
are the chamfered sill of a window, the head of a two-light ogee
window, and some carvings (a woman, a cat, &c), which seem to
have a very modern appearance.

5. On the townland of Kilrush there is a church-site, now
marked by a dung-heap ! In the ploughed field around this
numerous fragments of bones were to be seen when the present
writer visited it. He was accompanied by a medical student, who
examined these, and unhesitatingly pronounced them to be human
remains.

6. On the townland of Grange bones are said to have been
turned up.

TWO-MILE-BORKIS.

1. The present church appears to stand on an older site, which,
however, is preferably late post-Reformation.

2. Church in Two-mile-Borris village is divided into nave and
chancel. Former measures at present 56 ft. by 25 ft. 6 ins., as the

465 TIPPERARY.

west end is quite ruined ; latter measures 26 ft. 6 ins. by 16 ft.
3 ins. In the Nave — A square-headed light in both walls. Door
in south wall, 5 ft. 7 ins. high, and 3 ft. 6 ins. wide, with flattish
arch turned with long, thin slabs set on end, and rude key-stone.
Very similar doorway opposite. Square recesses in nave on north
and south sides of chancel-arch. The former contains buttons,
hairpins, &c. In the Chancel. — Arch almost perfectly flat, and
formed of rough stones set on edge. Top of east window gone ; it
is partly built up on one side, so as to make the splay smaller.
South wall ruined. In north wall a rudely pointed door of flat
stones set on edge, 4 ft. 10 ins. high, and 2 ft. 5 ins. wide. A
little to the west of this are the remains of a window.

3. On the townland of Rathmanna are the foundations of a
church, 38 ft. 3 ins. by 19 ft. There are no remains of a
graveyard.

4 and 5. On the townland of Leigh are two highly interesting-
churches.

(a) The larger of the two is divided into nave and chancel.
Former measures 41 ft. by 18 ft. 4 ins. ; latter measures 27 ft.
6 ins. by 16 ft. 6 ins. In the Nave. — High up in west gable a
Celtic window with wide splay, the light of which has been converted
into an ogee-headed slit. Outside is a square dripstone. According
to a sketch on an old terrier this gable was surmounted by a cross,
of which no trace remains. In north wall is a doorway 6 ft. 9 ins.
high, and 3 ft. 3 ins. wide, built of reddish sandstone. It has a
well-turned arch of worked stone, while on the jambs are traces of
Celtic ornamentation. In the same side, further towards the east,
is a Celtic window with traces of ornamentation. Above it, outside,
are three stones ; one of these appears to have a human head cut on
it, the second certainly has, while the third appears to bear two
faces. A door in south side is rudely pointed with flat stones set on
edge, and is 5 ft. 10 ins. high and 3 ft. 9 ins. wide. Above it are five
stones ; three of them have human faces, while the other two have
each two full-length draped (?) figures, somewhat after the style of
the Siamese twins. In the same side there is a Celtic window. In
the Chancel. — Arch gone, but sides remain, and have some grotesque
ornamental work. East window, two-light trefoil-headed, divided
into quarters by a mullion and transom. In south side is a rectan-
gular recess, containing piscina and credence, apparently fifteenth-
century work. Beside this is a window with deep embrasure. Next
this, and just at the chancel gable, is a late pointed door of cut-
stone, which gives entrance to a flight of steps that run up straight
in the thickness of the south wall, and lead on to the stone-vaulted
roof of the chancel. This is protected by battlements. For a further
description see O'Hanlon, vol. iii, parts 30 and 31. This is a
remarkable building, containing, as it does, a blending of late Celtic
and fifteenth-century work. The present writer would wish that

TTPPBRARY. 466

some reader more skilled in church architecture would visit it, and
make it the subject of a paper.

(b) Some seventy yards to the north-east of this is the older
church. It measures 20ft. 4 ins. by lift. 4 ins. Four walls still
standing. It has high-pitched gables, and antae at the four
comers. The building appears to have had an upper chamber
under the side of the roof. East window, one-light, Celtic, with
round head and wide splay. There are no other windows. Door in
west end, flat-topped, 5 ft. 10 ins. high ; width not ascertainable.
The lintel is a stone 5 ft. long.

Hore Abbey.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.b.s.a.i.]

' There are but few graves in Hore Abbey itself, which lies at a
short distance west from the base of the famous Rock of Cashel,
or in the ground outside it, though it still appears to be used for
interments. The following are the oldest inscriptions ' :—

Here lieth ye body of Patrick Ryan | who died Decern1'1'
ye 2nd 1785 | Aged 90 years.

Erected by Patk Maher | As a mark of parental (?)
Affection to his two Infant | children Patk & Ellen
Also their Father Patk Maher who died Dec. the | 26th
1888 aged 34 years.

Here lieth the Body of John | Dwyer of Cashel who
depd. this life Dec 15th 1816 Aged 24 years. | Also his
brother Michael | Dwyer who died Febry 6th | 1815
Aged 20 years. May &c.

Here lies the Body of Mary | Dwyer alias Conners who
depd this Life Feby 1st 1815 Aged 60. May &c.

Here lieth the remains of | John Browne (?)Killinure |
who departed this Life April 1st 1814 in the 64th year
of his age.

Here lyeth | ye body of Martin Flynn who | died Feby
ye 8th 1814 I aged 56 years.

467 TIPPERARY.

D.O.M.

Here lies the Body of Patk | Heffernan who died | May
20th 1814 | Aged 60 years.

' There are two stones bearing inscriptions in the choir, but so
covered with moss as to be almost undecipherable, but the date,
1814, can be easily discerned on one of modern inscription. There
are only four in all.'

I.iff !<'?<» \% ii Cliui'Cli.

[From the Rev. E. G. S. Crosthwait, b.a.]

Inscription on Monument in the Chuech.

Sacred to the Memory of Hercules and Henry Beere
late of Lisheen Castle. Hercules Beere Lieutenant in
the 61st Regiment served in the Spanish Campaign, was
severely wounded at Talavera and killed at Salamanca
on the 22nd Day of July 1812. Aged 31 years. Henry
Beere Lieutenant in the 30th Regiment. Volunteered
from the Tipperary Militia was wounded at Salamanca
and killed at Waterloo on the 18th Day of June 1815
aged 20 years. They were beloved as well by their
brother officers as by the brave men under their
command, whom they had so often led to victory, and
in consideration of their distinguished services His
Royal Highness the Duke of York had a liberal annuity
granted to each of their six sisters. This monument is
erected by their affectionate brother Richard Beere.

Ko«<r*i'«'«t Clmrcliyai'il.

[From Mr. Thomas U. Sadleir.J

Underneath lies the remains of M1 | Lau. Smallman, of
Montevideo, near Roscrea, | who departed this life
April 21st 1835 | aged 51 years.

TIPPERARY. 468

Underneath lie the remains Mrs Doro. | Smallman,
who departed this life Oct . . . | Aged 40 years ; also
of Francis Smallman, her | son, who died 8th March,
1846, aged 40 years.

Erected to the memory of James Guilfoyle, of |
Koscrea, who departed this life Feb. 14. 1851, | Aged
30 years | Erected by his bereaved parents.

Erected by Daniel Guilfoyle, in memory | of his Father
James Guilfoyle, who departed | this life Sept. 17th
1833, aged 78 years.

Sacred to the memory of Henry Powell, m.d., who
departed this life July 30th 1848, aged 36 ; also in
memory of Nathaniel Powell m.d. father of the above,
who died Sept. 14th 1817, aged 48 ; likewise his brother
Francis Powell m.d. who died June 9th 1825, aged 24.
Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord.

Consacre

a la memoire

Madame Marie Kingsley

epouse bien aimee

Guillaume Kingsley

Docteur en Medecine

Membre de college royal de

Chirurgie en Irian d etc.

Decedee le 20 Fevrier

1855

■' The Just shall live by Faith.'

Here Lies the Body of Mls | Mary Fyans, of Roscrea,
who | dep'1 this life 23 day of Aug. j 17 . . 6 aged 87
years.

Large altar- tomb, surmounted by urn, within railings ' : —

Here lie the remains of Sarah, wife of John Birch, of
Birch Grove, Esq. and daughter of the late Paul Carden,
of Templemore Esq. She died on 12 Jan. 1832, aged
63 years.

469 TIPPERARY.

' Large altar-tomb, within railings ' : —

Here lies the remains of Hopton Butler :'Cox, late of
Mount Butler, who departed this life Aug. 1st 1801, aged
35 years ; also his son John, who departed this life . . .
also his son Hopton Butler Cox who died 4 June 1827,
aged 26 years, also Ismena Cox, who died Dec. 22 1847,
aged 50.

1 Inside the church. Tablet, white marble on black, surmounted
by coat-of-arms (three roses) and crest, stag's head erased with
motto : " Je suis pret " ' : —

In remembrance of | Albert Maxwell, died 1773 |
Samuel Maxwell, died 1812 | Albert Maxwell, died 1847 |

To the memory of Vizer Bridge, of Ashberry, County
Tipperary, who died 16th December 1820, aged 46.

Here lies the body of Timothy Bridge Esq. of Ashbury,
who departed this life 1st Sept, 1787, Aged 40 years.
Ten feet northward is the burial place of his family.
Here also lies the body of Susanna, his wife, who
departed this life April 1812, aged 63.

Underneath lie the remains of John Franck jun. m.d.
who died . . . January 1820, aged 62 years.

Erected by Mrtf Martha Townsend, to the memory of
her husband John Townsend Esq. of Verdant Hill, who
departed this life 21 June 1816, aged 68 years.

This stone and burial place belongeth to Nathaniel
Smith, of Corbally Gen1, and his posterity, and under-
neath lyeth the body of sa Nathaniel, who died on the
10th day of . . . 1729, in the 65th year of his age.

' With regard to Nathaniel Smith, of Corbally, and his posterity,
we can supply some information. By his wife, Muriel, who
was the eldest daughter of Edward Tarleton, of Killeigh, King's Co.,
he had issue John and Nathaniel. The elder son succeeded his
father at Corbally, married Catherine, daughter of Barakiah Lowe,
and died in 1737. By his will (dated 9th October, 1734 ; proved
4th March, 1737, in Prerogative Court) he appoints his wife
Catherine, and brother, Nathaniel Smith, of Dublin, guardians of
his children — Barakiah, Nathaniel, Muriel, Joanna, and Margaret —
who were then under age. Of these Barakiah came in for the
family estate, and was appointed a magistrate for the Co. Tipperary

TYRONE. 470

in 1754 ; Nathaniel married, and had issue — Archibald, John, and
Muriel ; and Margaret, the youngest daughter, married first, a
Mr. Koe, and second, in 1777, William Bridge. " Barecah " Smith,
of Corbally, as he is called in his will, died in 1768, leaving two
sons, John and William, and two daughters, Charlotte and Muriel,
of whom the former married, in 1765, Captain Neville Bland. It
is probable that the sons died soon after their father, as no mention
is made of them in the will of " Catherine Smith, of Roscrea, relict
of late John Smith, of Corbally/' which was dated 5th September,
1778, and proved in the Prerogative Court in June, 1808. At any
rate it is certain that Corbally, or, as it is now called, Corville,
passed into the hands of the Maunsell family about 1770. The
Hon. Francis Aldborough Prittie, m.p., its next possessor, was High
Sheriff of County Tipperary in 1838 ; but his son Henry, of
Corville (High Sheriff, 1840), relinquished it in 1854 on succeeding
to the title and estates of his uncle, Lord Dunally.'

COUNTY TYRONE

JBenburo Gliiii'cliyai'tl. Parish of Clonfeacle.

[From Mr. C. J. Hobson, New York.]

' During the past year the tombstone measuring two by five feet,
from which the following interesting inscription has been copied,
was found by the sexton while digging a grave. It is now lying
upon the grave from whence it was raised.

1 The inscription is in relief; some of the letters are conjoined' : —

HERE IS INTER'D
THE CORPS OF
I0HN BROWN SON
TO LEONARD BRO
WN WHO DYED
THE 16 OF APR 1675
& 7 MOR OF HIS
CHILDREN WHO
DYED INFANTES

' The Warnock inscription is copied from a small tombstone
measuring about two by four feet, and was raised from a grave by
the sexton and myself, only a small corner being previously visible.
The inscription, which is in relief, is for the most part legible ; the

471

TYRONE.

last line I could not read correctly, and have copied it just as it
exists to-day.

1 This is the third tombstone in this churchyard with an inscrip-
tion in raised characters, some of which are conjoined.

' The Warnock family is now extinct in this neighbourhood, nor
could I obtain any information with regard to where they formerly
resided. J

' No doubt they were amongst the first who settled upon the
Wingfield property, in which the ancient village of Benburb is
located ' : —

HERE LYETH
THE BODY'S
OF I0HN AND
ALEXANDER
WARNOCK SO
NS TO WILLIA
M WARNOCK
WHO BOTH
DEPARTED. TH
IS LIFE IN. DE
SEMBER 1673.
BEING THE 3.
YEAR OF. IAG
AND. 2. OF. A

'On an old red sandstone table-tomb in the oldest portion of
this churcnyard is the following inscription. The family are now
extinct in the locality, having emigrated to America many years
ago. The family lived at Moyard, one mile distant from the village

'The present representative, who is said to have been an officer
in the United States Army in the year 1870, paid a visit to his
native land, and had erected alongside the tomb from which I have
copied these inscriptions a large table- or altar-tomb. The inscrip-
tion thereon is now unreadable ' :

HERE LYETH THE BODY
OF ROBERT MCCLCAUE
LATE OF MOYARR WH
0 DIED APRIL THE 18"
1758 AGED 63 YEARS
& ALSO THE BODY OF
BARBARA MCCLAUE
DAUGHTER TO THE
ABOUE WHO DIED IA
NUARY 6th 1764 AGED 18 Ylls
[Moyarr is now spelled Moyard.]

TYRONE. 472

' On a large tombstone now lacking its former supports and near
the bottom of the stone is the inscription given below. An older
inscription is illegible.

' At the top of this tombstone with the inscription turned to the
west is the Wilson headstone referred to later. I have no doubt
this small headstone was the first monument erected in this family
plot ' : —

Alfo the Body of Jane Wilson | Daughter of the late
Jofh Wilson | of Grange who Departed thif | life August
the 4th 1824 Aged | 92 years.

HERE LYE
TH THE BO
DY OF MARY
WOLSON W
HO DIETH T
HE FIRST DA
Y OF MAY
1703

' The Wolson inscription I have copied from a small headstone
about two feet in height, eighteen inches width at top, narrowing
to about twelve inches at base.

' The inscription occupies the whole surface of the stone and is
engraved in a recessed panel. The stone, except for a small
fragment, was completely covered. The name should be Wilson.
From other sources I find that the family lived at Grange, about
five miles distant. In plantation days this churchyard seems to
have served for the interments of the settlers extending over a
radius of eight or ten miles round.

' Very few of the Protestant settlers seem to have utilized the
more ancient churchyard at Clonfeacle, from which the parish
derives its name.'

CarUtiMl Presbyterian Clmroli.

1 Copy of inscription on tablet ' : —

The Revd Robert Kennedy the first Presbyterian
Minister of Carland was settled in the Parish Church of
Donaghmore ad 1646, was ejected for nonconformity
1662, officiated in Log house in the townland of Carland
1668. Took refuge in Derry, but afterwards retired to
Scotland and became Minister of the South Kirk of
Glasgow 1689 — Returned to Ireland and erected a
house of Worship 1693— Died 1714—

473 WATERFORD.

COUNTY WATERFORD

Hothel Ahhey.

[From Count de la Poer of Gurteen le Poer.]

' Inscriptions on tombstones in the de la Poer family burial-
place in the ruins of the Abbey of Mothel, County "Waterford ' : —

f£tc facet 1$tfcarnu;S ^oer m&
natioms capttaneus; (jut ofittt ttt
me men-ste ©ctoftrte %nm 3Bomtm
JEtHe$tmo tta&xxxiii cut ♦ ♦ ♦

pro ♦ ♦ ♦ Sjd ♦ ♦ ♦ intern

' The above inscription runs round the edge of the tombstone.
The letters are in raised Gothic characters. Part of the above
inscription where the blanks are have been broken off. This is an
altar- tomb.'

OKA PRO ANIMA
JACOBI POWER DE GURTEEN. NOBILIS GENERE
PILIEDMUNDI, FILI: PETRI, FILL RICARDIPOER
DE RATHGORMAC. ARM:— PRCEDICTUS IACOBUS
OBIIT AN° DOM: MDCCLV— EX EO ET UXORE
EJUS MARIA DUO FILII DU^QUE FILIJE NATI
SUNT; VIDELICET EDMUNDUS. ELEANORA
RICARDUS MAGDALENA.

This is inscribed on a flat stone, the characters Roman letters.

Temi»lemicliael Churchyard.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

1 Beautifully situated at a bend on the west side of the
Blackwater about 4 miles from Youghal, the weed-grown, over-
crowded, and wholly neglected state of this ancient churchyard led
some casual visitor a couple of years ago to write to the local press
concerning it, but, unfortunately, to no purpose, though the fact of
its still having a Protestant church in its midst might alone have
led, one would have thought, to its being kept in something like a
becoming condition. As it now stands the weeds actually exceed

i i

WATERFORP. 474

the headstones in height. The following are typical of the
inscriptions to be found here, the first of which is on a stone placed
against the north side of the church ' : —

Here lieth the Body of j Mabella Fitzgerald wi | fe of
Richard Fitzgerald Esq | of Prospect Hall who |
departed this life ye 23rd March 172'} | Aged 33 years.

Table-tomb ' :—

Table-tomb ' : —

Sacred to the Memory j of Robert Stephens | 35 years
Vicar of the United Parishes | who departed this life |
August the 28th 1819 | Aged 75 years

Erected | by Michael McCarthy of Park in memory of
his Two Beloved Sons j Charles McCarthy who depd this
life July 13th 1829 Aged 20 years j Also | his Son |
Daniel McCarthy died \ July 8th 1833 | aged 25 years.

Erected by Mary Kearin in Memory | of her husband
Iohn Rea who died | October 6th 1800 Aged 54 years
May he rest in peace

Here lyeth the Body I Maurice Ryan who | Departed
this Life April the 1st 1776 | Aged 37 years May he
rest in peace

Here lieth the body of | Bartholomew 0 j Brien of
Seafield | who died February 15tb | 1800 Aged 35 years

are

475 WATERFORD.

Here lieth the Remains of James Ryan | & Catherine
Ryan Alias Cunacan his | wife who departed this life
m the month & Year June 1770 I Both aged 75 years

1 On two faces of an elaborate tomb, surmounted by an urn,

Erected by Maurice Collins of Curriheen | to the
memory of his Daughter | Honora Collins | who depd.
this life January 16th 1844 | Aged 15 years
Weep not if mould' ring in an early tomb,
My body mingles with its kindred dust,
O'er death triumphant in a fadeless bloom
Still lives my spirit with the immortal just.

Erected by Margt. Roache | in memory of her husband |
Philip Roache who depd this life | July 5th 1821 Aged 44.

Here lieth | The Body of Patrick Conerry who
Depart j ed this Life February the 18tb 1791 Aged 23 |
years | Erected by his Brother | Michael Conerry. May
he rest in peace.

WESTMEATH — WEXFORD. 476

< Table-tomb ' :—

Sacred to the Memory of | Daniel Cuffe Wall Esq |
who departed this life at Ballynatray 1872
[Remainder illegible.]

' On a cross ' : —

1 There is an immense mausoleum here belonging to the Moore
Smyth family of Ballinatray, with an elaborate coat-of-arms inscribed
on its east end ; and near the graveyard are the ruins of a once strong
Geraldine castle.'

COUNTY WESTMEATH.

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'On the opposite page is given an illustration (supplied by
Mrs. Whisk) of the Delamar tomb in this Abbey. This inscription
has already appeared in vol i, pp. 245 and 513, and vol. iv, p. 488
of the Jouknal.'

COUNTY WEXFORD.

Wexfoi'tl, St. I^>e^ill*, Cliuicli.

[From Mr. P. H. Hore.]

The Memoky

of The Honourable

IOSEPH STOPFOED

Colonel

in his Majesty's Service

and Lieutenant Colonel

of the XVth Eegiment

of Infantry

Who died at Wexford

on the 29th day of January

MDCCLXXXVI

in the 43d year of

his Age

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DRAWING OF THE DELAMAR TOMB, IN THE ABBEY
AT MULTIFARNHAM, CO. WESTMEATH.

[From a block lent by Mrs. Whish.]

477 WEXFORD.

To the Memory

Henry Hatton

of Great Clonard Eiq1

This Monument is erected

by his afflicted Mother

A Imall tribute to thote virtues which

endeared him to her, to his Family

His Friends and his Country

He departed from this to a better life

On the 9th of Nov. 1798

Aged 33 Years

Why should I grieve I shall go to him

Sacred to the memory of the late Charles Vallottin Esq1

A Major in the Army & a Cap^n in the 56th Regt of Infantry

Who in the 'Suburbs on the 4th of July 1793

when zealously co-operating with the Civil Power

in support of the mild & beneficent laws of his Country

received a mortal Wound from a savage Hand.

Thus untimely fell this accomplished Gentleman

not less admired & beloved for every social quality

than he was eminently distinguished on every occasion

by the enterprise and gallantry of a Soldier

Reader lament with every good Man the irreperable

Lofs & strive to emulate his many Virtues

The Corporation of Wexford with becoming

Gratitude erected this monument to perpetuate their

high refpect for his ineftimable Character

Sacred

To the Memory of

Mrs Barbara Meadows

the faithful Partner of

Arthur Meadows Esqr

Of Hermitage
Who departed this Life
On the 20th March 1805

Aged 34 Years

Her afflicted Husband

Who will ever lament the loss

Of that incomparable Woman

Whose many virtues crowned

His Life with every conjugal

Happiness raised this Urn as a,

Tribute to her Memory

1805

WEXFORD. 478

Sacked

To the Memory of Mrs Elizabeth Ogle

Wife of the Eight Honblb George Ogle

A more than loved sister and faultless

friend

Her mind was as pure and as Angelical

as her form was beautiful

If a human being could be perfect

She was perfect

She was as truly beloved & esteemed

as She is universally lamented

by all who knew her

And unceasingly so by her ever sorrowing

sister

Jane Moore

Who to indulge her unabated grief

erects this humble tribute

To her matchless worth

In the Month of June, 1815

Obiit 11th August 1807

Sacred to the Memory of

MR Edward Percival

Late Master's Mate in the Eoyal Navy

Who fell gallantly fighting his Country's Cause

In an attack upon an enemy of far Superior Forces in a

Boat belonging to his Majesties Frigate Havarmah,

Capin the Honble George Cadogan,

On the 6th January 1813

on the Coast of Istria in the Adriatic

Aged 21 years

His amiable Heart and Noble Disposition secured him

the Esteem and friendship of all who knew him

While his Public Conduct ever entitled him to the

approbation of those Officers with whom he served

In testimony whereof

The Captain and Officers of the Havannah

have caused this monument to be erected to his memory

as a Sincere Tribute to departed worth

as well as of their admiration of the Heroic Manner

in which he fell.

Tntered on Briam

479 WEXFORD.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

Ambrose Boxwell, Esq., M.D.

for many years surgeon

of the County Wexford Infirmary

who on the 8th of December, 1821

while in the full exercise OF ALL THE SOdAL

VIRTUES AND THE LABORIOUS AND

SUCCESSFUL DISCHARGE OF

PROFESSIONAL DUTIES

WAS BY A SUDDEN STROKE OF DEATH SNATCHED

FROM THE BOSOM OF A BELOVED AND AFFECTIONATE

FAMILY AND FROM SOCIETY OF WHICH HE WAS

A MOST VALUABLE AND RESPECTED MEMBER

FRANK IN MANNERS AND BENEVOLENT

IN HEART

HE WAS THE BENEFACTOR OF THE POOR

EMINENTLY SKILLED IN HIS PROFESSION

HE WAS NO LESS ENTITLED TO THE ESTEEM OF THE RICH,

THE FRIENDS

TO WHOM HE WAS JUSTLY ENDEARED

HAVE ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL

OF THEIR REGRET FOR HIS LOSS

A VOLUNTARY TRIBUTE TO

PRIVATE WORTH

WHICH WEALTH RANK OR POWER

WOULD HAVE SOLICITED

IN VAIN.

Sacred to the Memory
of M88 Martha Kidd Daughter

Of CiESAR COLCLOUGH OF New RoSS

Efqr & wife of Richd Aug* Kidd of

The Town of Wexford Efqr She was

A Pious Christian an Affectionate Wife

A tender Mother & Sincere Friend

Her afflicted Husband erects
This Monument as a small tribute

To HER MANY VlRTUES

Obit Jan* 12th. 1819

WICKLOW. 480

Sacred

To the memory of the late Venerable

John Elgee. l.l.b

Archdeacon of Leighlin

and

Rector

of the united Parishes of Wexford and Rathaspeck

departed this life on the 4th day of November

in the Year of our Lord 1823 aged 70

This humble tribute of respect is here erected by

his affectionate Friends and Parishioners after an

intercourse of 45 Years to perpetuate the recollection

of the many and inestimable Virtues of him who

for exemplary Piety and every quality which adorns

the Man and the Christian could not be

excelled

COUNTY WICKLOW.

Bray— St. Paul's Churchyard.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

(Continued from p. 201.)

' Row I, No. 7. Some five feet from No. 6, and three from the
wall, a granite headstone with inserted slab and surmounted by a
draped urn of freestone, stands at the head of a grave-space now
covered by a roof-like-shaped slab of granite on base of same
material. The MS. under No. "32" speaks of the ground as
" Major Arthur's bricked large grave " — a " concealed grave " — on
the authority of " J. A. C," Mr. Scott adding that there is " a
worked granite covering stone to the grave," which is " completely
buried under the soil (May, 1898)." The lettering is of block
capitals ; the first figure of the age would seem to have been
originally cut as a " 5 " and then re-cut as a larger " 6" ' : —

To the memory of | Sophia | wife of | Major G. M.

Arthur | Hon. E.I.C.S. | who died 30th Sept1 1852 |

fetat 67. | This stone was erected | by her daughter |

Georgina G. Trevor

« No. 8 is a low upright stone about a foot and a half from No.

7, and, as well as No. 9, is hid by a large evergreen tree. The MS.

states that the burial it not to be found in the Register ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of | Master Henry Higgins, | of
Bennown, County Westmeath, | Aged Six months.

481 WICKLOW.

1 No. 9 is a good-sized headstone of limestone, standing about a
foot from the last memorial and two feet from the wall. The MS.
under No. " 35 " speaks of the deceased as of " Air Hill, Rath-
michael '": —

In memory

Thomas Butler Esqrk,

Fifth son of

the HoNnL1 Colonel Pierce Butler,

of the County Kilkenny,

Born October 25th 1810,

Died August 9th 1849.

'No. 10. Some three feet further on, and varying from 18 to 9
inches from the wall (which begins here to curve round the north-
west corner of the churchyard), is an enclosure of two grave spaces
formed by a bar supported on a kerb. Inside is a headstone of, I
believe, marble, having side pillars not altogether detached from
the stone itself. The MS. under No. " 37 " describes the second of
those here interred, as recorded on the stone, as of " Clonliffe,
Dublin"; the third as "of 17 Wellington Place, Dublin"; and
the fourth as " of 35 Wellington Place, Dublin." The lettering is
of block capitals of different sizes, with the exception of the first
and fourth lines, which are slightly ornamental. The eighth, tenth,
and seventeenth are sloped ' : —

Sacred

the memory of

Letitia

widow of the late Captn N. C. Martelli

formerly of the 69tb Regiment

daughter of the late Sir Wm Godfrey Bar1

Kilcoleman Abbey C° Kerry.

Died 28th May 1850. Aged 82 years.

Her end was peace

Also

Wm Godfrey Martelli

her third son

who died 24th April 1875. Aged 74 years

Also his second son

W. G. Martelli

Surgeon A.M.D.

Died 16th July 1884, aged 41 years.

Also

Mary

relict of the late W. G. Martelli

who died on 10th Nov. 1891 aged 80 years.

' Below, at either side of the stone, is carved ' : —

Harrison Dublin

wicklow. 482

' No. 11 (the last memorial of this row) is a small ornamental
stone having a cross with circle carved on it in relief. The dis-
coloured freestone had an old look, but what remained of the
lettering was apparently modern and the date " 1 [8]67." The MS.
under No. " 38 " says that it was erected to John Hughes, a child
of nine years, who attended Bridge Schools, by his school-fellows,
who collected money for the purpose.'

Dunganstowii Ciiiii'diyurrt.

[Contributed by Stanley Lane-Poole, m.a., litt.d.]

' The following list contains the substance of all the inscriptions
in the churchyard, and within the church, except a few which are
obliterated or covered. There are no coats-of-arms.

' The dates are those of the deaths. Numbers in parenthesis
give the age. Persons buried in the same grave are placed under
the same number. With a few exceptions no deaths later than
1850 are included. The following abbreviations are used : —

'H., husband; w., wife; s., son; d., daughter; b., brother;
sis., sister; er., erected.

' The Parish Register of Burials has been compared. It begins
in 1783, but was irregularly entered in early years, and there are
considerable gaps. The inscriptions on the tombstones are not
only earlier, in many cases, than the Register, but supply several
missing burials. Foot-notes contain some additions to the list of
members of the various families taken from the Register of Burials,
and a few notes from the same Register are inserted in brackets in
the text.

1 The population represented on the gravestones was mainly of
the farming class, with but few families of greater pretensions.
The oldest family in the parish — that of the Hoeys, of Dunganstown
Castle — did not record their dates on their monument, and most of
them were buried elsewhere. For genealogical purposes, however,
even very ordinary inscriptions on tombs may be invaluable.

1. Acton1 1. Eleanor, w. of Thomas Acton, of West Astons,

Esq., . . . July, 1747. . . .

2. Thomas, . . . 1750 (79).

3. William, s. of above, 4 Oct., 1790 (68).

4. Thomas, s. of 2, 21 Jan. 1817 (75).

5. Sidney, w. of 4, . . May, 1830 (80).

1. Walker 1. Maria, w. of Thomas Walker, of Belmont,

Wexford, 28 Jan. 1837.
2. Thomas, h., 28 Feb., 1837.
(12 and 16 are enclosed in one railing.)

1 Foot-notes are all from the Register of Burials at Dunganstown.

483 wicklow.

2. Acton 1. Rev. Thomas, formerly for nearly thirteen

years curate of this parish, son of Thomas
Acton, of West Aston, 13 Aug. 1847 (43).
„ 2. Thomas, eldest s., 21 Aug., 1843 (23).

3. Sidney Elizabeth, w. of 1, 1 Aug., 1867.

4. Sidney Anne, d., 28 Oct. 1867.
Bacon, See Brass.

3. Bolton,1 Mrs. Mary, 11 May, 1809 (70).

4. Bradshaw2 1. James, 11 June, 1793 (58)

2. Anne, w., 22 June, 1817 (73).

5. Brass 1. Ariss, 20 Aug., 1742 (40).

,, „ 2. Grace, w., afterwards w. of Anthony Bacon,

17 Sept., 1754 (47).

6. Brass John Gardiner, of Redcross, 1 June, 1820

(70). Er. by Mrs. Mary Anne Brass.

7. Bull4 Margaret, 17 Nov., 1805 (55). Er. by John

Bull.

1. William, late of Coolbeg, Esq., 26 Apr., 1809.

2. Mrs. Martha, his aunt, June, 1806.
James, 2 Nov., 1768 (24).
William, 21 Sept., 1772 (82).

1. William, 28 Jan., 1838 (80).

2. Mary, w., 19 Aug., 1860 (90).

3. Children.

12. Davis, Douglas, 13 July, 1845 (31). Er. by w., Martha

Davis.

13. Destournell 1. Mr. Daniel, of Redcross, 10 Nov., 1771 (76).

2. Elizabeth, d. . . . Nov., 1754 (28). Er. "by

Miss Eleanor, of Redcross, daughter of Mr.
Daniel Destournell."

3. Elenor, d. of 1, 27 Nov., 1811 (90).

14. Doyle 1. Matthew, 12 June, 1806 (40).

„ 2. Mary, w., 9 Jan., 1817.

3. Mary, d., 13 Sept., 1809 (12).
.4. Margaret, 11 Sept., 1833 (33).

15. Duglish 1. John, 16 Dec, 1764 (46).

2. Thomas, s., 14 Feb., 1772 (16).

Clement
Steele

9.
10.
11.

Darcy4

1 John Bolton, of Bola, 1819 (53) ; John Bolton, of Kilcandra, 1824 (76).
-Peter Bradshaw, of Blackroek, Co. Dublin, 1790 (75); Robert Bradshaw,
of Killnamanna, 1814 (31) ; Jane Bradshaw, of Killnamanna, 1817.

3 Michael Bull, 1790 (70) ; Elizabeth Bull, 1787.

4 Matthew Darcy, 1785; Elinor Darcy, 1790; George Darcy, of Rinasend,
1822(57).

W1CKL0W.

484

16. Dunbar (1)
■Plastowe(2)

17. Fox1 1.

18. Garnor (1)
Gardiner (2)

19. Gaven-

20. Grange5

21.

22.

23. Hammond 1.
2.

Major Philip, 15 Nov., 1747 (8G).
Captain Thomas, 7 Oct., 1744 (64).

Mary, 21 March, 1838 (60).
Arthur, h., 19 March, 1845 (74).
Robert, s., 7 Aug., 1850.

Alexander, 26 Apr., 1718 (76th).
Tran., 25 Nov., 1780 (37th).

Ross, Osborn, 3 Nov., 1779 (41).
Edmd., 25 July, 1731 (38th).
William (date obliterated).
Elizabeth ,,

Mary, 18 May, 1769 (50).

Richard. h./7 May, 1790 (76) ["of Castle

Timon, Clerk of this Church 36 years." —

Reg.-]

24.

Haughton4

William

P CD
S3 o

July 14,

1727

(27).

? >

Thomas

J- p-l

Jan. 27,

1732

CfQ
CD

(27).

Peter

May 1,

1713

(6).

25. Haughton 1. James, 26 Dec, 1784 (76).

2. Anne, w., 9 Feb., 1789 (68).

3. Thomas, s., 24 Oct., 1789 ... [73 of Ash-

wood].

26. Heppenstall5 1. Margaret, w. of William Heppenstall of Spring
Farm, 20 Feb., 1810 (67).

Thomas, s., 8 Jan., 1809 (26).

James, 12 May, 1827 (75).
Hanna, d., 20 Sept., 1833 (13). Er. by w.,
Anne Hempenstall.

William, 7 June, 1813 (70).

Richard, 28 Oct., 1803 (25). Er. by William,

s. of 1.

27. Hempenstall5 1.

28. Hill'5 1

1 John Fox, 1786.

2 Catherine Given, 1786.

3 William Grange, 1783 (35) ; Edward Grange, 1784 ; Abraham Grange,
1815 (32) ; Edward Grange, of Ballyvaltron, 1815 79) ; Anne Grange, of Spring
Farm, 1824 (86).

4 Mary Haughton, 1787 ; William Haughton of Eoscath, 1816 (77) ; Stephen
Haughton of Eoscath, 1820 (52) ; John Haughton of Killnamanna, 1821 (86).

5 John Hempenstall, 1785 ; William Heppenstall, 1799 (24) ; John Heppen-
stall, 1802 (41).

6 Ann Hill of Castle Timon, 1814 (96); James Hill, 1825 (75), for forty
years coachman to Eevell of Ballymoney.

485

WICKLOW.

29.

30.

35.

36.
37.

38.

Hodgins

1.
2.
3.

Elizabeth, March, 1737 (40).
William, 29 March, 1763 (91).
Edward, m.r.h.s.i., 1 Jan., 1840 (88).
Elizabeth, w., 1 Aug., 1840 (85).
Thomas, s., " shot while leading a detach-
ment of Wicklow cavalry on 2 Sept., 1798,
by a party of deserters of the K. co. Militia,
while ascending Glenealy Hill."
Blest youth thy 20th year had scarcely past
When Heaven ordained that year should be thy last,
Worth scarcely equalled rests beneath this stone,
A soldier, patriot, Christian all in one.
Such deeds when only such a span was given
Bid those who loved him seek their friend in Heaven.

Robt. Dealky, d.d., Vicar of Dunganstown, 1798."

31. Hodgins

33. Hopkins

34. Hudson

Hughes1
Jackson2
Killen3

Large
Mackey

Manning

Mills

Moore

Plastowe

Thomas, 23 Jan., 1790 (78). [" Sexton of
this church 30 years." — Reg.]

1. Else, 17 Sept., 1777 (80).

2. Jackson, Hugh, 13 Feb., 1772 (74).
Robert, late of Wicklow, 19 July, 1842 (38).

Er. by b. Henry.

1. Sarah, of Kilcandra, 3 July, 1824 (64),

2. Thomas, h., 26 July, 1834 (73).

3. James, s., April, 1845 (53).

4. Sarah, d., 5 May, 1844 (23).

5. William, s., 24 May, 1844 (27).
Joanna, 6 June, 1740 (21).
see Hodgins, Else.
William, 20 April, 1779 (73).

1. John, . . . 1817 (96).

2. Margaret, w., 10 Feb., 1797 . . .

3. William, 18 March, 1855 (86).
see Revell, Mary.

see Winston, Isaac.

1. Mrs. Anne, 18 March, 1830 (25).

2. Robert, h., 31 July, 1887 (88).

3. Sarah (2nd w.), 12 April, 1902 (89).
see Shepard, John.

see Revell, John,
see Dunbar.

1 Elizabeth Hughes, 1794 (64) ; Mrs. John Hughes of Ballynagran, 1803 ;
Henry Hughes of Ballard, 1814 (81); William Hughes of Ballynagran, 1816
(73).

2 Elizabeth Jackson, 1814 (34), " who had been inter'd at Castlemacadarn
4 Weeks on Aect. of the Great Snow."

3 Sarah Killen, 1787.

WICKLOW.

39.

Revell1

5 >

1.
2.
3.

4.
5.

40.

Revell

2.
3.

41.

Revell

42.

Revell

»>
>>

2.
3.

43.

Reynolds2

1.
2.

44.

Rider

45.

Rider

46.

Rider

47.

Ryder

2.
3.

48.

Roach.

49.

Rurson

Tate

2.
3.

486

John, 2 April, 1740 (75).

Elizabeth, d., 9 March, 1777 (74).

Jane, w. of William Revell of Newcastle, 27

Sept., 1842 (32).
William, h. of 3, 17 Nov., 1846 (38).
Albert John, Capt. 35th Regt., s. of 4, 24

April, 1860 (23).
Jane Frizwood Moore, 2nd d. of John Revell

of Ballymoney, 18 Sept., 1834 (57)
Mary, 29 Aug., 1840 (78).
John, h., 25 Jan., 1843 (76).
Sidney Eleanor Large, d. of 1 & 2, 13 Jan.,

1853 (57).
Joseph, of Coolanearl, 4 Sept. 1867 (72).
Henry, 31 Jan., 1793 (34).
William, 22 Nov., 1799 (84).
Jane, 9 April, 1814 (80). [" Late of Bally-

herig " — Reg.]

Arabella, 20 Aug., 1822 [Aet. 42] .
William, of Ballymoney, 12 July, 1828.
George, Dorothea, Arabella, Jane, children of
above.

James, 28 March, 1884 (99), sexton.
Mary Anne, w., 16 Feb., 1876 (78).
John, 12 May, 1760 (75).
William, of Bannabrough, 25 June, 1767 (52).
Catherine, w., 17 May, 1771 (48).
" Several of their children & grandchildren."
Frances, 17 March, 1763 (39).

John, of Ballynahinch in this co., Esq., 17

Dec, 1840 (42).
Susanna, w., 20 May, 1842 (44).
John & Adelaide, their children.
Thomas, 8 April, 1747.
William, 6 May, 1737 (81).
Catherine, w., 20 Oct., 1743 (95).
Joseph, 17 Oct., 1758 (80).
Margaret, w., 4 July, 1764 (74).

1 William Revell, of Artdorim, 1785 (42) ; Miss Jane Revell (74), relict of
John Revell, of Ballymoney, 1824.

-Jane Reynolds, of Dunganstown, 1819 (27).

3 John Rider, 1785 ; Thomas Rider, of Bleanroe, 1809 (40) ; Mrs. John Rider,
of Ballynahinch, 1811 (48).

487

WICKLOW

50. Ryan

51. Sadler1

52. Shepard'

53. Shepard

54. Shepard
Sherwood

55. Smyth

56. Snell3
Steele
Tate

57. Taylor4

58. TindalP

59. Tindall

60. Tindall

61. Tindall

62. Tyndall

Walker

63. Weldon

Anne, 25 May, 1740 (38).
Mary, 12 Feb., 1741 (19).

1. John, 29 Aug., 1805 (73).

2. Margaret, d., 22 June, 1803 (53).

3. Mary, w., 17 April, 1816 (79) [" of Woodvilla"

-Beg.]

4. James, of Sheephill, 26 Jan., 1847 (76).

John, 29 Jan., 1829 (30th). Er. by sis., Sarah
Sherwood.

John, of Sheephill, 21 Jan., 1850 (75).
William, see Wright, Eliza,
see Shepard, John.

Robert, 20 Sept., 1823 (26).

William, 19 Dec, 1777.

see Clement,
see Rurson.

Dinah, 3 March, 1755 (49).
Anthony, 21 April, 1763 (53rd).

Mary . . . Er. by John Tindall of this city of
Dublin, her father.

1. William, of Maughery, March, 1805 . . .

2. Martha, d., 17 Sept., 1814 (15).

3. John and William, ss. Er. by w., Anne

Tindall.

1. William, June, 1805 (38).

2. Samuel, of Kilkandra, b., 5 Feb., 1811 (43)

3. William, of Redcross, 12 July, 1826 (67).

1. Matthew, of Innismore, 27 Sept., 1857 (82).

2. Mary, w., 11 June, 1871 (81).
see Acton.

Hon. Mrs., of Bay View, Wicklow, 24 Jan.r
1825 (67).

1 Judith Sadler, 1786.

2 Mary Shepard, of Woodville, 1803.

" Mrs. Snell, of Temple Lyon, 1793 (70) ; Ann Snell, of Ballard, 1817 (78).

4 Kichard Taylor, of Bola, 1813 (43) ; Elizabeth Whitton, of Bola, 1818
(104) ; George Taylor, of Temple Lyon, 1820 (48).

5 Kichard Tindall, 1794 ; William Tindall, of Maughery, 1810 (85) ; Samuel
Tindall, of Kilcranda, 1811 (82) ; John Tindall, of Dublin, 1819 (54).

WICKLOW.

488

64. Whiston (l)1
Mackey (2)

65. White2

66. Winder3

67. Wright4

68. Wright

69. Wyly5

Isaac, 25 Dec, 1826 (26).
Frances, sis., 18 Jan., 1827 (32).

William, 26 Feb., 1817 [of East Acton, Esq.,
45.-7%.]

Robert, 2 May, 1832 (62). Er. by s., Samuel.

Eliza, 2nd d. of William Shepard, of Oaklands,
23 Oct., 1839 (27). Er. by h., Francis
Wright.

John, of Springfield, 2 Oct., 1842 (88).

George and Eleanor, minors. Er. by b., John
Wyly.

(Tablet.;
70. Hoey6

(Tablet.)
71. Annesley7

In the Church.

Captain William, of the xviii Light Dragoons.
Aid du camp [sic] to Lord Stewart, killed
by a cannon shot on the heights of Busaco,
20 Oct., 1810 (21). Er. by b.

Richard, of Ballykean, 25 April, 1832. Er. by
w., Elizabeth. (There is also a modern
memorial east window to Frances, 2nd d. of
F. R. Hoey, Esq., and wife of R. C. Wade,
Esq., of Clonabraney, died 11 July, 1856, and
to her sister, Charity Hoey, died 23 April,
1871 ; er. by their eldest sister, Catherine
Eleanor, and her h., Rev. the Hon. E. P. A.
Talbot, and a tablet with Latin inscr. in
memory of Robert Leslie Ellis, a former High
Sheriff, who died 12 Jan., 1899, aged 76, and
is buried in this churchyard.)

1 William Whiston, of Ballyflanagan, 1811 (73) ; Adam Whiston, of Bally-
fianagan, 1819 (57) ; Grace Whiston, of Cooneroe, 1822 (58).

2 Mrs. Mary White, of Sally Mount, 1819 (74).

3 Robert Winder, 1786 ; Isabella Winder, 1811 (48).

4 Margaret Wright, 1791 (20).

5 John Wily, of New Bawn, 1786 ; John Wily, of New Bawn, 1823 (36).

6 Francis Hoey, Esq., 1818 (26) ; William Hoey, 1824 (67), son of Robert
Hoey and Eleanor, his w.

'"Elizabeth Annesley, of Rahavill, 1815 (82).

489 wicklow.

Kiltegan Churchyard.

[From Mr. Charles M. Drury.]

Erected to the

name and memory of

Richd, H. Creighton, late of

Paul Ville C° Carlow Esq.

Who, as one of the Christian People

Called Separatists, manifested

in the latter years of his life

that he was separated unto God

by walking in the holiness of

His Truth and observance of

the Precepts connected with it

In the belief of the " true and

faithful Saying, and so worthy

of all reception that Christ

Jesus came into the World to save

Sinners " he died rejoicing

on 15th day of June 1848,

Aged 47 years.

Also

His Son William Creighton who died

on 6th day of December 1850

Aged 1\ years

Jane Creighton relict of the above

Richard Howe Creighton,

and daughter of the late William Lawrence

who died on 4,h day of Sep1 1887

Aged 70 years

Beneath this Tomb

are deposited the mortal remains of

the late William Lawrence of Kiltegan

who departed this life June 20, 1830

aged 47 years

for a considerable period before his death

it pleased Divine Providence

to keep him in the clear discernment of

the glad tidings of mercy declared to Sinners

in the Gospel of Jesus

Convinced therefore of the utter

helplessness of man

and the utter inability of h . . . merits

to obtain forgiveness.

K K

WICKLOW. 490

Newcastle C lnn < li > aril.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]
(Continued from page 137 , Vol. V.)
1 Near the east wall of the vestry, which is almost on a line
with the east wall of the church, to the south side, is a small head-
stone with the following inscription in capitals. The second and
third words appear as one, and the two last letters of "the " are
conjoined ' : —

MAREY [sic] WA
LSHDECEASE
D: AGVST [sic]
THE : 29 : 1712 :

- ' A large, flat stone, lying under the middle and north lights of
the east window of the church, has the following inscription ' : —

' Another flat stone (cracked across at the lower left-hand
corner) lies close to the above slab, on the north side of it, and
bears the oldest date but one which I have yet observed in this
churchyard. No "of" appears after "body," but next the last
letter of " Esq" (which is a much smaller-sized capital than the
preceding letters) there seems an incised curve resembling half an
" O " of the prevailing size, the inside of which is lower than the
surface of the stone. " Tenth " is spelled by "en," in smaller
capitals, being carved over the " th," and the final figure of the
year is represented by a "7" above an "8" with a flat top —
these figures extending above and below the line of the others.
Lewis (1837) mentions, among the gentlemen's seats in the parish,
those of Graves Chamney Archer, Esq., and Alderman Chas. P.
Archer ' : —

HERE : LYETH [:] THE BODY
ANTHONY : ARCHER : ESq
DECEASED : MARCH : THE [;?] T

TH : 17087 :

' A limestone slab on five granite supports (one under centre of
stone) stands parallel to the north side of the nave of the church,

To face page 491.]

■> * Kt-> .-'

THE COATS-OF-ARMS ON THE DUIGENAN TOMB,
NEWCASTLE CHURCHYARD, CO. WICKLOW.

[From a rubbing by the Rev. R. S. Maffett.~\

491 WICKLOW.

at a distance of some 10 feet. It is about 5 feet to the west of the
north transept. At the top there are armorial bearings (a rubbing
of which I send, taken, as well as the inscriptions, in June, 1908),
showing, apparently, two serpents entwined on the stem of a tree, at
the dexter side. The impaled coat is probably the " Cusack "
arms, which Burke describes as "Per pale, or and az., a fesse
counterchanged." The crest looks like an owl ; the wreath, how-
ever, is imperfect, and one of the legs of the bird not very clearly
traceable. The motto reads : — scientle et sapientm: decus.
Wills, in his " Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen,"
tells us that Dr. Duigenan is said to have been the son of a peasant
of the County Leitrim. He became a lay Fellow of T.C.D., was
elected to the Irish Parliament, and died in 1816. He is well
known as the author of " Lachrymaa Academicae." O'Hart, in his
" Pedigrees" (1887), at page 424 of vol. i, gives some interesting
information about the O'Duigenans, who he says were located at
Kilronan, County Koscommon, and afterwards were landed pro-
prietors in the parish of Dromleas, County Leitrim, till Cromwell's
time, but that the pedigree of the family only extends down to
the period of the loss of their Kilronan patrimony. The above
volume states that ' ' they are especially celebrated in the Irish
Annals for their devotion to the history and literature of their
country," and mentions that in 1339 the church of Kilronan was
begun by an O'Duigenan. This churchyard of Kilronan is interest-
ing as containing the remains of Carolan, the Irish bard, who died,
Lewis tells us in his " Topographical Dictionary," in 1738, at
Alderford, the seat of the MacDermot Roes in this parish. O'Hart
says that Dr. Duigenan married, secondly, a Miss Heppenstal.
The inscription, which is in small letters, is as follows ' : —
Here Lieth interred the Body
oi
Mrs Angelina Uuigenan
otherwise Cusack
Wife of Patrick Duigenan L.L.D.
Iudge of his Majestys Court of Prerogative
She Departed this Life
on the 7th of November 1799
in the 57th Year of her Age.
Here also lie interred the Bodies
of
Mrs Priscilla Duigenan otherwise Lake
Mother of the said Patrick
who Departed this Life in December 1792
Aged 78 Years
and of Mrs Angelina Cusack
otherwise Cruise
Mother of the above mentioned Angelina
who Departed this Life in March 1797
Aged 84 Years

WICKLOW. 492

Powerscoiirt OI«l Clmrcli.yar«l.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

( Con tin ued from page 217).

' On the north wall of the nave, to the east of the Rathdowne
and Monck Tablets (vide page 184, vol. vi), and close to the upper
and wider portion of Powerscourt Old Church (built or enlarged in
the shape of a block T), is a tablet the inscription on which has
already been given by another contributor at page 423 of vol. vi.
This memorial ("George Henry Monck Mason") is, however,
there spoken of as " on the north wall of the chancel," and the date
appearing as " 1823 " is, on the monument itself, " 1824." '

' The only other tablet inside the church, besides those already
recorded, is on one of the short west walls of this wider part of the
church, viz. — that at the north side. It is white, on a grey back,
and there is, above the white, a dove in the centre, and to the right
hand a palm branch (?), which has slipped down somewhat from
its original position, the corresponding one, no doubt originally at
the left hand, being lost. The lettering is of block capitals, the
names being larger ' : —

IN MEMORY OF | JANE, | RELICT OF | CORNELIUS

SHEILS, | interred 6th February 1830 | her death

WAS A TRIUMPH OVER DEATH, | THROUGH THAT SAVIOUR WHO
FOR HER OVER CAME [sic~] HIM | THAT HAD THE POWER OF
DEATH. [ ALSO | ELIZABETH, | HER DAUGHTER, AND RELICT

FREELY."

' On the grey back, right-hand side, in two lines ' : —
Manderson
Dublin.

' Along the east wall of the church (inside), up to the " Verner "
ground, are four headstones within a kerbed space, the fourth
being separated from the others by a dividing kerb from east to west.
The first (from the north) is to "Joshua William Vitringa
Bernard, d.i., r.i.c, who died 22nd Sep* 1887."

493 wicklow.

• The inscription on the second is ' : —

'The third is to "Rachel Sophia Bernard who died 16th Feby
1898."'

'The fourth is to "Henry Edwin Sandys who died May 27th
1883 aged 54."

' The portion of this east end of the church which is south of
the south wall of the nave is railed off, and constitutes, along with
a railed-in space (Hon. Colonel Wingfield of Cork Abbey) outside
the church and opening into the above-mentioned portion of the
ruins, ground belonging to the Verner family. In the plot within
the church, with its back to the south wall at the east end, is a
marble headstone with the following inscription in block capitals ' : —

Within a kerb at the west end of the plot, but facing the east,
are two marble headstones. The one nearest the south wall has in
block capitals : —

' The other is "In memory of Florence Winifred Wingfield,
dau. of Ed. Wingfield Verner, M.P. died June 1. 1875, aged 5.'

'The " Cork Abbey " ground lying outside the church has no
entrance except by the gate of the above Verner ground, and thence
through a cut-stone doorway, with pointed arch, in the wall of the
church opposite. The only memorial is a slab lying unevenly on

WICKLOW. 494

some stones level with the surface. This stone is along the south
side of the ground, which is some 12 feet by 14 in size ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of

Richard Wingfield

who departed this life on the 24th of April 1808.

Aged 5 Years and 3 months.

Son of the Honble Coln Wingfield of Cork Abbey.

And to the Memory of

Amelia Wingfield

his daughter.

who died on the 12th of April 1808.

Aged 2 Years and 4 months.

Also of

Harriett [sic] Jane

Daughter of LT Coln Verner

of Churchill in the County of Armagh

and of Harriett [sic] his wife, daughter of Coln Wingfield

she departed this life at Cork Abbey

the 15th of January 1828

Aged 7 Years and 6 months.

This lovely Bud so young and fair

called hence by early doom.
Just came to show how sweet a flower
in Paradise would bloom.
Cecilia Dau. of Sir W. Verner Bt k.ch.m.p.

died Nov. 20. 1848, Aged 1G.

Col. the HoNble E. Wingfield of Cork Abbey

Son of Richard 3rd Viscount Powerscourt

died Aug. 24. 1859, Aged 87.

And

Harriet [sic] Hester his Wife Dau. of H. Westenra* Esq M.P.

died Dec. 16. 1858, Aged 82.

' Having completed the record of the memorials within the old
church, I now give the inscription on a headstone facing the south,
and adjoining, on the east side, the stone recorded at the end of
page 217 (Thomas Scott) ':—

* Father of the second Lord Eossmore (the first of this name).

495 wicklow.

'On the same line as the two " Scott " memorials (see page
217), but after an interval of a few feet, and to the west, stands a
granite headstone with a gray tablet inserted, on which is the
following in block capitals, except the text, which is in italics ' : —

41 year. | " There is therefore now no | condemnation to
them \ which are in Christ Jesus.''

' I may add that there seem once to have been two fire-places
(now built up) in the east wall of the church. The inscriptions
given above were taken by me in 1905, with the exception of that in
the " Cork Abbey " ground, copied in June, 1907. On this occasion
there were on the lawn in front of the house military tents — a
regiment from Dublin having been invited by Lord Powerscourt for,
I believe, a week's outing in the demesne. On my visit during
June, 1908, I found that the gardener had the graveyard in hands,
and had cut down some of the numerous trees which pleasantly
shade most of the ground, as well as shrubs. He had also had some
of the tombs and slabs cleaned. The churchyard is largely covered
with ground ivy, intermingled with primroses and various wild
flowers, which, along with the shade and ruined walls of the church,
make it a resting-place alike pleasant to the eye and of solemn
calmness.'

496

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standing on the north side of the Liney, but also because, especially
during the latter portion of this period, it was the most fashionable
parish in Dublin. It is no exaggeration to say that the perusal of
these pages brings the century before one in a vivid light, as there
meets one's eye name after name of men who were remarkable in
that period. To mention only a few names, we find entries of the
families of Sir John Temple, Earl of Fingall, Wentworth Dillon,
Earl of Roscommon (the poet), the Countess of Desmond, the Earl
of Drogheda, Sir Laurence Parsons, Sir Hercules Langford, and
others, bishops, judges, government officials, &c. The entries are
no brief lists of names, but contain the rank, trade, or profession of
the parties, and frequently most minute notes are made of the
positions in the church where the bodies were interred. Altogether
it is difficult to imagine a more interesting register.

The first portion of the second issue of the Society for 1907
consists of extracts from the note-books of Provost Winter, which
contain not only a record of his visits to the estates of Trinity
College, but also entries of the baptisms and marriages performed
by him, mostly in the course of his journeys. These latter have
been printed in this volume as being of great interest to the genea-
logist. The most notable entry is that of the baptism of Oliver, the
infant child of Henry Cromwell, in Christ Church Cathedral. An
able preface, giving much information about Provost Winter's life,
has been written by the Editor.

The second part of this volume is taken up with the Register of
the Liberties of Cashel, 1654-7, which Mr. Mills shows was kept
under an Act of " Barebone's " Parliament of 1653, by which all
marriages were to take place before a Justice of the Peace, and were

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to be entered along with the births and burials in special registers.
This register contains only entries of marriages. It is of great
interest as being the only known record of civil registration of
marriages in this country before 1845. That there was any result
of this Act of " Barebone's " Parliament in Ireland was not hitherto
generally known, and we are much indebted to Mr. Mills for adding
to our knowledge of the history of that period. Finally, it may be
added that there are excellent indexes of the names of places and
persons to these two parts of the second volume.

International Genealogical Directory.

The Editor, Mr. Charles A. Bernau, invites those interested in
genealogy to send him in their names and addresses for the second
edition of the above-named work, which will be published as early
as possible in 1909. Part I will contain an alphabetical list of the
names and addresses of those interested in genealogy, and Part II
will contain an alphabetical list of the surnames of the families in
whose history those in Part I are interested, with a number against
■each indicating that the persons so numbered in Part I invite
correspondence about the family named. Part III will contain in
alphabetical order a collection of queries relating to individuals
about whom those in Part I desire information. These queries will
secure world-wide publicity amongst genealogists.

The first edition of the Directory was published in June, 1907,
as a result of the co-operation of 1,387 genealogical students —
amateur and professional.

Each of these 1,387 contributors required a work of reference
which would bring him into touch with those of his fellow-workers
who could help him or whom he could help.

Unknown to each other, many were investigating the history of
the same families. Some wanted information about the families
.allied to them through the marriages of their ancestors, without
knowing the proper quarters to which to address their inquiries.
Others desired the names and addresses of those who would be
interested either in genealogical works they had compiled, or in
special information they had gleaned about various families or
individuals.

Since the publication of the first edition the Editor has received
over 900 letters from contributors, statingHhat they have had a
satisfactory experience of this new system of co-operation. The
late Sir Edmund Bewley, ll.d., f.s.a., m.r.i.a., wrote as follows : —
u I send herewith for your acceptance an article on ' An Irish
Branch of the Fleetwood Family,' which will, I think, be of some
interest to you as illustrating the use of ' The International Genea-
logical Directory.' One of the subscribers to the Directory, per-

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ceiving from it that 1 was interested in Irish Fleetwoods, entered
into correspondence with me, with the result that, from his
suggestion, I was eventually able to complete the modern portion of
the family pedigree. But for this, the pedigree would have remained
imperfect."

Mr. Bernau's address is Pendeen, Bowes Eoad, Walton-on-
Thames, England.

The O'Neills of Ulster, their History and Genealogy, is the
title of a work, in three volumes, by Thomas Mathews, author of
" The O'Dempseys of Clanmaliere."

This clan history extends from the earliest times to the close of
the seventeenth century, and traces the origin of the O'Neills of
Tyrone, Clannaboy (corrupted to Clandeboy), Killitra, Killelagh,
Kilmacevet, Kinnaird, and of Shane's Castle (formerly called Eden-
duff-carrig).

There are several pedigrees ; the illustrations include Speed's
Map of Ulster, 1610 ; the Shrines of St. Patrick's Bell, and of St.
Mura's Bell ; the Lia Fail, or Stone of Destiny, now under the
Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey ; the Inauguration Stone
Chair of the O'Neills of Clannaboy ; the Cashel, or Stone Fort,
known as the Greenan of Aileach, in the County Donegal ; the
fourteenth -century seals of Hugh and of Murtagh O'Neill; the
Memorial in St. Peter's, Rome, to Hugh oge O'Neill, Earl of
Tyrone, 1609 ; and portraits of Turlogh Leynagh O'Neill, Hugh
O'Neill, Owen Roe O'Neill, and Phelim O'Neill of Kinnaird.

This book was printed by Sealy, Bryers, and Walker, Dublin,
who issued it in January last at the price of 35s.

The Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.

We should like to bring to the notice of our readers the Journal.
of the above-named Society, which is published quarterly, and is now
in its seventeenth year of publication. The Society was founded
in 1891 for the collecting, preservation, and diffusing of all available
information regarding the history, archaeology, and literature of the
City and County of Cork and province of Munster generally.

The following are some of the principal articles that have
appeared in the Journal : —

The Ancient and Present History of the City and County of
Cork, by Charles Smith, m.d. (with numerous original
notes, &c, from the MSS. of the late Thomas Crofton
Croker, f.s.a., and Richard Caulfield, ll.d.) and with maps,
illustrations, etc. (First published in 1749.)

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The Ancient History of the Kingdom of Kerry, from a MS.

in the Royal Irish Academy, written circa 1740, and

brought down to that date.
Compendium of the Catholic History of Ireland, by Philip

O'Sullivan Beare, translated from the Latin by M. J.

Byrne.
Notes on the Irish Judiciary, 1660-1685, by Francis Elrington

Ball, M.K.I. A.
The Goldsmiths' Company of Dublin, with lists of warders,

wardens, and apprentices, by H. F. Berry, m.r.i.a.
Lists of Fia,nts of Philip and Mary relating to County Cork.
The following Indexes have also been published in the Journal : —
Index to the Diocesan Wills of Cork and Ross from the

earliest recorded to the year 1833.
Index to the Marriage Licence Bonds of the Diocese of Cloyne,

from 1630 to 1800, edited by George H. Green, m.r.i.a.,

with an appendix giving list of parishes in the Diocese of

Cloyne, with dates of registers of baptisms, marriages, and

burials.
Index to the Marriage Licence Bonds of the Diocese of Cork

and Ross, edited by H. W. Gillman, from 1623 to 1750.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post-Mortem.
The following lists have also been published in the Journal : —
Members of Parliament for the City and County of Cork, from

earliest times to end of 1892.
Justices of the Peace for the County of Cork, from earliest

times to 1800.
List of names in the Hearth Money Rolls for the County

Tipperary for the year 1666.

There is a section for Notes and Queries and also for Reviews of
Books, Journals, &c.

Genealogy and family history are specially dealt with ; and many
interesting articles have appeared from time to time, accompanied
by chart pedigrees, of which special mention may be made of the
following: — Spenser (poet), O'Hurly, Roche, Garde, Barry, Uniacke,
FitzGerald (Earls of Desmond), MacCarthy, O'Mahony, etc.

We venture to say that the Journal is indispensable to those
interested in the genealogy, history, and archaeology of the County
of Cork and province of Munster.

The subscription to the Journal is 7s. 6d. per annum, post free ;
and a limited number of the back numbers can still be supplied to
new members who may desire them.

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A Key to the Ancient Parish Registers of England and Wales.

By Arthur Meredyth Burke.

Published by the Sackville Press, 32 George Street, Hanover Square,
London, W. 10s. 6<l. net.

Mr. Burke has produced a work involving great labour and
research, which has always been urgently needed by those who, for
business or pleasure, are engaged in the study of pedigrees, and by
those who as writers and students of history realize the great and
unexplored treasure of facts which lie buried in the old parish
registers of this country. Until now the pedigree-searcher and the
historian have been severely handicapped. Without any full or
complete record of the parish registers, with the dates of their
earliest entries, they have been checked at every turn in their
attempt to trace back the history of English families, or to discover
the forefathers of individuals. It has been impossible in thousands
of cases to discover the entries of marriages upon which depend not
only the family history of characters in the past, but the present
present fortunes of many people whose descent is in doubt.

It is of the highest interest to the great majority of people to
trace back their family tree to the time when it first struck its roots
into British soil. Americans have long taken the lead in these
private studies. Eagerly and zealously they search out any fact
that may throw a light upon the origin of their name and stock,
and give them a legitimate claim to kinship with the old families of
renown in the early days of British history. This Key to the Parish
Registers will open up a new world of discovery for them ; and it will
now be comparatively easy for them, if they can but get some clue
to the district in England from which their people crossed over to
America, to discover the parish entries proving beyond a doubt their
origin and family associations.

But Americans are not the only people who are fascinated in
tracing back, link by link, the long line of forefathers from which
they have sprung. It is to some extent the duty, and it should
certainly be the pleasure, of every British man and woman, to
know who they are, how they got their name, and from whom they
have come. This research often results in surprising discoveries.
It is one of the curious facts of history that the proudest blood of
the United Kingdom may now be found in descendants of quite
humble rank, and that among the middle-classes of the United
Kingdom of to-day there are many who may claim kinship with the
most illustrious families and with the most exalted titles in British
history.

But quite apart from the profound interest and importance of
such personal researches, which will be made infinitely more easy

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by this Key to the Ancient Parish Registers, a very valuable store of
historical information will be laid open by this guide.

Mr. Burke in his Preface and Introduction gives a great deal of
valuable and curious information about the general history of the
registers. He points out the lack of care formerly taken of them
by their custodians, and the dangers to which they are liable by
fire or neglect.

"It was stated in evidence before a Select Committee of the
House of Commons that a certain rector ' used to direct his pheasants
with the parchment of his old registers.' Another clergyman, in
Worcestershire, detected an individual who had been given access to
the registers * with his mouth full of parchment nearly chewed to
pieces.' Many indeed have been the disasters that have befallen these
precious and irreplacable records. Even the bare recital of their
vicissitudes, the story of hairbreadth escapes, partial rescues, or
total destruction, is enough to turn the genealogist's hair white ' in
a single night ' and to fill the antiquary's soul with anguish."

Fortunately a vast number of them have been, as it were,
miraculously preserved ; and of these Mr. Burke gives the fullest
information, set forth in the clearest possible way, for the purposes
of reference.

The following is a summary of the book's contents : —

1. An historical and general account of the parish registers,

illustrated with interesting facsimiles of, and extracts
from, parochial records.

2. A complete chronological list of the parishes in England

and Wales having registers of an earlier date than 1813.

3. The date of the earliest entry in each.

4. References to all the parish registers that have been printed

up to the time of going to press.

5. The period and the nature of the entries that have been

transcribed and printed.

6. The title, authorship, &c, of the book containing the

printed transcript.

7. Various notes likely to be of service to the searcher in

parish registers.

Memorial Rings.

A Catalogue of English Mourning Rings in the possession of
Frederick Arthur Crisp, f.s.a.

" Memorial Rings " is a descriptive catalogue of over one thousand
rings commemorating English men and women of all classes of
society, for the most part belonging to the eighteenth century. All
the rings bear inscriptions which are given verbatim ; and the
notes include abstracts from registers of burials, monumental
inscriptions, abstracts of wills, and brief biographical memoirs.

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The arrangement is chronological, showing the changes in the pre-
vailing form of mourning ring ; but a list of rings in alphabetical
order is also given, and the volume is fully indexed.

Subscription price, two guineas. 373 pp. royal 4to. One
hundred and fifty copies only have been printed on best Dutch
hand-made paper at the Private Press of F. A. Crisp, f.s.a., "Grove
Park Press," 270 Walworth Road, S.E., each copy being numbered
and signed ; bound in three-quarter vellum.

Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society
of Antiquaries of London, have issued a circular giving direc-
tions for recording churchyard and church inscriptions.
Approved by the Congress held on July 3rd, 1907.
Copies can be obtained from Ralph Nevill, f.s.a., Hon. Sec,
Castle Hill, Guildford, England.

As we stated before, we wish the committee every success in
their undertaking.

The Genealogist's Pocket Library.

" Some Special Studies in Genealogy" is the title of the first
volume of " The Genealogist's Pocket Library." It contains three
chapters : —

Chapter I. — Emigrants to America — How to Trace their English
Ancestry. By Gerald Fothergill.

Chapter II. — The Quaker Records. By Josiah Newman,

F.R.HIST.SOC

Chapter III. — The Genealogy of the Submerged. By Chas. A.
Bernau.

The second volume of "Genealogist's Pocket Library": —
" Chancery Proceedings." By George F. T. Sherwood — contains
three chapters : —

Chapter I. — What they are, and where they are.

Chapter II. — What they Contain.

Chapter III. — Means of Reference.

Published by Charles A. Bernau, Walton-on-Thames, England.
Price 2s. 8d. post free.

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NOTES.

The Roberts Family of Stradbally, Queen's County.

Arthr Roberts, of Stradbally Mared to Elizth Brown, of
Partington, 26th of March, 1775, ten minutes after six in the Even.

Brown Dallen Roberts was Boron- 15th Febry 1776 & died
20th of sd month.

Stepn Dallen Roberts Boron 11th Augst 1777 ten minutes after
Eleven in forenoon

Anthony . . .

1778 Brown Roberts boren 19th Decr & died 25th sd mounth.

1780. Janry 8th Jane Roberts boren at 12 o'clock in the forenoon.

1781 Janry 3(1, Sydney Roberts boren 45 minutes after Eleven in
forenoon.

1782 Febry 17th Brown Robertes was boren at seven o'clock at
noone [four words uncertain].

1783. Augs* 31 Arthr Phillip Roberts was boren at 9 o'clock at
night.

[In pencil]

Died at Stradbally 13th April 1826, aged 43.

N.B. — Above taken from a volume consisting of (1) Book of
Common Prayer, Oxford, 1719 ; (2) Bible, London, 1735 (N. T.,
1734) ; and (3) the Psalms in verse (Tate and Brady), London,
1739. The volume resembled Dublin binding of the eighteenth
century.

E. R. McC. Dix.

The Crawford Family.

Bally tromery, the Townland on which Crumlin, County Antrim,
is mainly built, has the honour of giving to the world three famous
men, the sons of Rev. T. Crawford, who was for fifty-eight years
Presbyterian minister in Crumlin. The wife of this gentleman [nee
Anne M'Kay) was sister to Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, an authoress
of repute.

The eldest son, Rev. William Crawford, was a man of great
learning, one of whose books was so marked by ability that it was
supplied to the students of Oxford as an antidote to the famous
letters of Lord Chesterfield. He died in 1801, being Presbyterian
minister at Holy wood at the time.

John Crawford, the second son, a surgeon in the service of the
East India Company, owed his fame to the introduction of mercury

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for medical purposes, especially for liver complaints ; and he describes
in an essay, dedicated to Sir George Colebrooke in 1769, the success
of his practice. He died at Baltimore in America in 1813.

The third son, Adair Crawford, was a physician who practised
in London, and was the most famous of the three brothers. His
works attracted the attention of philosophers all over the Continent,
and especially his treatise on animal heat. This ingenious, learned,
and amiable man, as the Eev. Dr. Cupples describes him, died of a
consumption, occasioned by close application to his literary and
professional pursuits, at Leamington, in 1795.

A. Long.

MISCELLANEA.

The Presbyterian Historical Society Rooms,
20 Assembly Buildings, Belfast.

The last year has witnessed the formation of a society which has
for its object the collection and preservation of records connected
with the history of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. We are
glad to see, from the report recently published, that it has already
met with a great measure of success owing to the munificence of
several private individuals in presenting books and manuscripts.
The " Adair MS.," presented by Mr. Classon Porter, Barrister-at-
Law, of Dublin, is of particular interest. It gives an account of the
original founding of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and appears
to have been copied about 1697, by William Adair, from the author's
original MS. We must also notice the Campbell MS. of 350 pages,
which, though written nearly one hundred years later, has an
infinitely wider interest in preserving original letters from such
celebrated statesmen as Henry Grattan, Lord Charlemont, the Earl
of Northington, and the Duke of Rutland.

From a genealogical point of view our readers will also be
interested to see the very valuable list of Presbyterian manuscripts
which the Society has compiled, and which describes the precise
nature of every known manuscript bearing on the history of the
Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the names of the present owners
being given in each case Some of these records date back to the
middle of the seventeenth century, and include registers, minute
books, congregational records, session books, &c. Nor do they alone
concern the North of Ireland, the minutes of the Dublin Presbytery
being extant from 1786; while Mr. Tenison Groves, b.e., has in his
possession the autobiography of the Rev. John Cooke, minister of
Waterford, 1704-1717.

T. U. S.

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William Maginn, ll.d.

The following has appeared in the June number of the " Journal
of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society " : —

Memorial to William Maginn, ll.d.

A project for providing a suitable memorial to this distinguished
Corkman has been started. The object of it is to erect a handsome
Celtic cross over his grave in the churchyard of Walton-on-Thames ;
also to place a stained memorial in the church there, and an
inscribed marble tablet on the house in Marlborough Street, Cork,
where he was born.

A committee, with power to add to their number, has been
formed to carry out all this. The names already on it are : —
The Eight Eev. Dr. Dowden, Bishop of Edinburgh, Robert Day,
j.p., f.s.a., m.r.i. a. ; Arthur Percival Graves, Major J. B. O'Connor,
f.r.hist.soc. ; Colonel Grove White, m.r.s.a.i. ; James Coleman,
m.r.s.a.i., Hon. Sec. c.h. &a.soc. ; James Buckley, m.r.s.a.i. ;
Miss Nellie Mahony, Francis Maginn, Canon Courtenay Moore,
m.a., v.p.r.s.a.i. Some subscriptions have already been received,
and more are now asked for. Professor Dowden writes : — " I think
it lamentable that Maginn's grave is without a headstone." Mr.
Francis Maginn, 12 Wilmot Terrace, Lisburn Road, Belfast, will
act as Treasurer to the fund.

The FitzGerald Tomb in St. Werburgh's, Dublin.

Should not an effort be made to remove this most interesting
monument from its present site in St. Werburgh's to some more
suitable place ? At present it is built into the church wall in a most
unsuitable position, the different portions appearing like slabs in a
wall quite at variance with its original arrangement. It is largely
complete, and was erected as an altar-tomb, with recumbent figures,
forming one of the finest of its sort in Ireland. It is the one
remaining link of old All Hallows Abbey, which long flourished on
the site now occupied by Trinity College. It is, as well, the best of
the Kildare or Leinster family memorials left to us, and should be
highly valued by the Irish people. Could not a suitable site be
obtained for it in Trinity College near its original place, where it
could be restored to its former condition ? If in the grounds, an
artistic canopy could be placed over it. Trinity College with all its
traditions would not have a monument around which more historic
associations linger, and another link with the past would be firmly
riveted. No more suitable place could be found, nor one where it
would be more appreciated. Its removal from St. Werburgh's
would take away a stigma of neglect, as well as the incongruity of

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having the recumbent figures of an ancient knight and his dame
built into the side wall of a Georgian city church. I think this is
a subject worthy of consideration by the Society for the Preserva-
tion of the Memorials of the Dead.

Francis Joseph Bigger.

Ardrigh, Belfast;, 21th August, 1008.

O'Twomy the Poet.

John O'Twomy, or Toomy — in Irish, Sean O'Tuama — to whose
memory his grandson, John Welsh, erected the headstone in Croom
Churchyard (see the Journal, vol. vi, p. 578), died at the age of 67
on August 30th, 1775. His life thus coincided with the first three-
quarters of the eighteenth century. O'Twomy was an Irish poet of
great distinction, and his collected poems, which are mostly lyrics,
are published in " Filidhe na Maighe," the Maigue Poets, edited by
Rev. P. S. Dinneen (Gill and Son, 1906). O'Twomy kept a tavern
at Croom, and afterwards in Limerick, to which the poets and wits
of the greater part of Munster resorted, as to an academy or a club.
His hospitality was unbounded. There was even a stanza written
on the signboard of his tavern, declaring that noble Gaels and
members of the bardic fraternity were welcome to his house even
though they had not wherewithal to pay. He was president of the
assemblies of the bards that used to be held in Bruree and at Croom.
There is a warrant or proclamation in prose and verse extant (see
work above quoted, p. 100) in which O'Twomy, as chief ollamh or
poet of Munster, summons the bards of the province to their
accustomed session in the year 1754, the year in which MacDonnell,
his predecessor in the presidentship of these sessions, died.
O'Twomy was in his literary life intimately associated with Andrew
MacGrath, the " Maugaire Sugach," or " Jolly Pedlar," as he was
called, another distinguished singer of that period. Many of the
best lyrics and satire of these two poets are in the form of attack
and reply. Among his poetical associates also was Rev. Nicholas
O'Donnell (in religion Bona venture) of the Franciscan Order, who
held the office of Guardian of the Franciscan Convent of Adare, at
intervals between the years 1733 and 1759. O'Twomy's poetical
remains consist chiefly of lyrics and satires, in both of which species
of composition he excelled. As a lyric poet he is unsurpassed in
melody and sweetness ; as a satirist he is severe without being ill-
natured. The volume of elegiac poetry that was poured forth at
his death by his brother bards is a proof of the genuine esteem in
which he was held by the poetical fraternity of his time. For
further details of his life, as well as a description of the times in
which he lived, see the introduction to " The Maigue Poets " above
referred to.

Contributed by the Rev. P. S.Dinneen.

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QUERIES.

Tenison Family.

Thomas Tenison, father of Richard Tenison, Bishop of Meath,
was of Carrickfergus, 1642 ; Sheriff or Bailiff of that town in 1645.
He was " cozen " of Archbishop Tenison. Can any of your readers
give any information as to his parentage, marriage, &c. ? It is said
he was an officer in the Royal Army ; but I have not been able to
find confirmation of this.

CM. Tenison.

The Preston Family.

" Margaret Viscountess Dow, Gormanstown," was buried in
St. James's, Piccadilly, 22nd Oct. 1733. Who was she ? " G.E.C."
says "her identity is not clear." She cannot have been Margaret,
wife of the seventh Viscount, for she died in 1711 [coffin plate].

C. M. Tenison.

The Holmes Family.

I am anxious to discover the parentage of Gilbert Holmes, of
Belmont, King's County, High Sheriff, 1771, who m., 1752, Mary,
daughter of Francis Saunderson, of Castle Saunderson, County
Cavan, and died in 1810, leaving three sons : (1) Peter ; (2)
Alexander ; and (3) Gilbert, ancestor of Holmes of St. David's (see
" Landed Gentry ").

Peter Holmes, the eldest son, was of Peterfield, County Tipperary,
having been adopted by Peter Holmes, of Peterfield, m.p. for
Doneraile, to whose estates he succeeded in 1802. I have par-
ticulars of the ancestry of this latter Peter Holmes, who was only
son of Robert Holmes, of Johnstown, otherwise Peterfield, and
grandson of Peter Holmes, of Johnstown, m.p. for Athlone.

It is certain that Gilbert Holmes was related to the family
originally seated at Peterfield ; but in what degree I have so far been
unable to find out.

Thomas U. Sadleir,

9 Gardiner's Place,

Dublin.

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M'Pike, M'Donald, Halley, and Stewart Families.

The writer would be very grateful for any data concerning tlu
ancestry of one James M'Pike (or Pike, or Pyke), who appears to
have been born circa 1751, of Scotch parentage. Tradition indicates
that his mother was a Miss Stewart, of Edinburgh, or a Miss Halley
or Haley, of London. His father is described as an educated
Scotchman, a linen merchant, presumably in Edinburgh, where he
seems also to have been in the service of the Stewarts in some
capacity. The son, James, was, it is said, sent to Dublin, whence
he emigrated, circa 1772, to Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., having
had "a sister who married a M'Donald of Ireland." A connexion
between the Halley and Pyke families was established in The
Genealogist (London) for July, 1908, pp. 5-14.

Eugene F. M'Pike,

1 Park Row, Chicago,

U.S.A.

The Mahony or O Mahony Family.

I should be much obliged for any information respecting the
annexed pedigree, and especially as to the following points : —

1. The name of Cornelius Mahony 's first wife.

2. The name of John Mahony's wife (son of Cornelius Mahony),
and the marriages of his children and their present representatives.

3. The marriages of the children of Dennis Mahony of Mount
Collins, by Honoria Sheaghane, his wife, and their present
representatives.

4. The Christian name of the daughter of Dennis Mahony, who
married Henry Duggan of Knocknaseed, Co. Kerry.

Peirce Gun Mahony,

Cork Herald
Office of Arms,
Dublin.

MAHONY PEDIGREE.

Sk1

and BaUyniorrough,'
Co. Limerick,

K.iU'U.S- Ot U|.|".- ' ■ ,.!■..

ricci 6i yenrs.
bur. at Brosnn, il

= Richard Barry.

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oE Clc-gunne, Co. Kerry.

IDungh.Co. Kerry.

<.m'.v.17i'.. "'"

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[To face page 508.]

Ellen. Catherine.

3 daughters married Henry Duggan
Knocknaseed. Co. Kerry.]

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FitzGerald Family.

Conte Nicolo de Galleani, sometime an officer in the armies of
the Empire, Savoy, and the Two Sicilies, married, in 1799, a Miss
FitzGerald of Co. Cork, whose father was at that time in Paris.
Can any reader kindly give the Christian names of the bride and
her father, and state to what branch of the FitzGerald family they
belonged ?

R. M. Glencross, f.r.s.a.l,

3 Challoner Street,

West Kensington,

London, W.

The McVeagh Mural Monument (1794) in Athboy
Church, Co. Meath.

The inscription on this monument is given on p. 422 of the
Journal. As there stated, it is surmounted by a shield bearing a
coat-of-arms which is not the McVeagh Arms.

The sketch here given, by Mr. J. R. Blake shows the device.
Can any of our readers identify these Arms ?

M M

VOL. VII,

IpOp.

NO. Ill, Pt. 1

ASSOCIATION

FOR THE

JOURNAL FOE, THE YEAR 1909.

V?5

*: *v.

* '^^i.

nEnMSSDTEEV- NICH0LAS DONNELLY
■ D.D., M.R.I.A., Bishop of Canea.
|KEV. CANON J. F. M. PFRENCH, M E I A
LORD WALTEB F1TZGEEALD, rill 1,

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT:

THE REV. E. O'LEARY, P.P., M.R.S.A.I.
E. R. M'CLINTOCK DIX, M.R.I.A., Hon.Treas.
PEIRCE G.MAHONY, M.R.I.A., Cork Herald of Arms.
THOMAS U. SADLEIR, M.R.S.A.I.

511 ANTRIM.

REPORTS FROM COUNTIES.

COUNTY ANTRIM.

Itelf'ast, Clifton Street Cemetery.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

' The following inscription is on a flat stone in the old portion
of Clifton Street Cemetery,* Belfast, close to the fourth walk beyond
the dividing wall. It was taken by me in 1884, with the exception
of the record of the last burial and the text, which have been added
since. This ground (consisting of two grave-spaces) being one that
belonged to connexions and relatives, I have had enclosed with a
railing of a couple of bars, and most of the older inscriptions
recut, with some corrections of the spelling. The stone lies with
its head to the walk, facing the east, at the left-hand side of the
space. This ground being fully occupied, the elder daughters of the
two last-named deceased are buried in the " City Cemetery," in an
enclosure with headstone recording the names and the dates of
deaths (1882, 1896). Their remaining child, Frances, widow of
the late Richard Maffett, m.d., f.e.c.s.i. (who, dying in 1846, lies in
the vault, Monaghan Churchyard), is interred with her only
daughter at Mount Jerome (1901, 1907). Seven persons (the fourth

* This "Burial Ground," which belongs to the "Belfast Charitable Society "
("Old Poor House"), the oldest charity in the city, was opened in the year
1797, though still called "The New Burying Ground" (Benn's "History of
Belfast," 1877). "The Ulster Journal of Archaeology," of July, 1905, gives an
extract from the " Northern Whig " of 6th February, 1832, with respect to
" Body-snatching " in Belfast. It states that, in consequence of the men
employed by relatives to watch the graves of those recently interred here,
alarming the neighbourhood and injuring the tombstones by firing guns
charged with slugs and bullets, the Committee (of the " Charitable Society ") have
engaged two responsible persons for the purpose, who will require a trifling
remuneration. They will be well armed, it is added, and have watch-dogs
continually with them. The name to the east of the "Stephens" ground, I
may here mention, is "Vint," to the south "Blair," to the north " Gribben."
The Ewart family have a burial-place here, and I believe that I observed the
name " Drennan " on one of the memorials. Not a few of the older residents of
Belfast must have mortuary records here which would be of considerable interest
if anyone took the trouble of copying them.

N N

ANTRIM. 512

and fifth being unrecorded on the stone) have been buried in the
Clifton Street ground : — (1) Isabella Stephens, maiden name
Mitchell (Monaghan). She was sister of James Mitchell (resident for
some time in Banbridge), father of the last interred, as recorded on
the stone ; (2) infant (and I believe only) child of John Chambers*
and Mary his second wife, only child of Joseph Stephens, married
after the death of her mother, and died subsequently to that of her
father, but before the death of his second wife ; (3) Joseph
Stephens, first of " The Lodge," Old Lodge Road, and afterwards
of " Rose-vale, "+ Merchant, Belfast, settled at Liverpool before
coming to the North of Ireland. His will is dated 13th June, 1833,
the executors named including John B. Shannon, whose daughter
afterwards left a large sum of money for the building of three
churches in Dublin, and James Chambers ; (4) John M'Dowell,
husband of a niece of the second Mrs. Stephens (not related to the
latter, though bearing the same surname as hers before her
marriage), must have died between 1834 and 1843 (leave for burial
having been given by Mrs. Stephens). His wife (maiden name
Thompson) was buried at Balmoral, near Belfast, after 1870 ;
(5) Margaret, second wife of Joseph Stephens. She was a sister of
Samuel McDowell, m.d.,J Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
of Edinburgh, and surgeon to the Monaghan Infirmary, and must
have died between 10th March, 1841, and 7th September, 1843, the
dates respectively of the English grants of administration of
Joseph Stephens' will to her and to a daughter of the two last
named on the stone ; (6) Thomas Gihon Ferguson, Merchant,
Belfast. He had a brother, Robert, of Dromore ; (7) Isabella
Ferguson. Her elder sister, Frances Mitchell, Monaghan, was

* Mr. John Chambers, Merchant, Dublin, left by his will, dated and proved
1841 (executors John Moore, Fairview Avenue, Merchant; Kev. Andrew
M'Creight, Rev. Henry Maffett, Monaghan, and two others), a sum of £300 to
the Presbyterian Church (late Secession Synod). D'Olier Street, Dublin. The
surviving daughter of his three children by his first wife, Elizabeth Chambers,
was interred at Mount Jerome in 1865.

f" Rose- vale — Belfast— Mr. Joseph Stephens" (" Directory to the Seats of
Downshire" in Atkinson's "Ireland," vol. i, 1823).

J The meaning and origin of this surname are given by Dr. O'Donovan
(Ordnance Survey MSS., r.i.a) in connexion with the following story, which
may possibly, indeed, have referred to the above-named medical man (or his
son, Dr. John S. McDowell): — "Evatt [the Rev. Charles Evatt, Rector of
Monaghan] tells an anecdote of three doctors who met together at Monaghan,
of whom one was named Macmahon, the second MacDowell, and the third was
of English extraction. They spoke and argued upon various subjects, and the
two Celts became rather noisy. At last the third-mentioned cried out : 'I must
depart. I have no chance in contending with two such dangerous adversaries
as the Son of the Bear and the Son of the Devil.'' MacDowell, however, does not
mean the Son of the Devil. Dowell is the same as the Scotch Dugald, and was a
name (nickname) given by the Irish and Caledonians to the sons of Irish
families who had intermarried with the Danes. "Dub §aII, at the period the name
was first given, signified ' the Black Dane: "

513

ANTRIM.

married to the Rev. Samuel Maffett, m.a., t.c.d.,
Schoolmaster, Monaghan. The inscription is as follows
In memory of
Isabella Stephens wife to Joseph
Stephens of Belfast who departed this
Life 20th day of August 1810 aged 70 years.
She was universally beloved and deeply

Regretted by all that knew her.

Here lieth the body of Joseph Stephens

who departed this life 21st day of Dec. 1834

aged 90 years

also

the infant child of John and

Mary Chambers

Here also are interred the remains of

Thomas Gihon Ferguson

who departed this life 11th May 1852

aged 70 years.

And of Isabella his Wife

died 22nd June 1870 Aged 82 years

Then shall the dust return to the earth

as it was : and the spirit shall return unto

God who gave it. Eccles. xii. 7.

Diocesan

Belfast, friar's Jtusli Cemetery.

[From Mr. W. Livingstone.]
'The "Friar's Grave" is marked by a circular- topped stone
inscribed ' : —

Ys Stone Marks Ye Friars Grave.

' The illustration is from a photograph by Mr. Livingstone.'

ANTRIM.

514

Duneany Cliui'cliyartl.

[Contributed by Major E. R. Crookshank, and copied by the
Rev. Martin Fahy, m.a.]

Underneath this stone

are interred

The remains of Thomas Morris Jones Esqr

Who departed this life the 27th of May 1818

Aged 74 Years

Underneath this Stone

Are also deposited the remains of

Kenwick Morris Jones Hamilton Esqr

The only surviving son of the above named

Thos Morris Jones, who departed this

life the 31st of March 1830 aged 45 years

Also of Tho8 Crookshank Esq of Toome House

in the County Antrim Grandson of the above

named Thomas Morris Jones

Who departed this life on the 24th of July 1860

Aged 49 years

And also of Harriet Crookshank

the daughter of the above named Thomas

Morris Jones and mother of the above

named Thomas Crookshank

who departed this life on the 21st of March 1868

Aged 78 years

515

ANTRIM.

X)EU5 ^X)EXT£T?^MEUS

Here lieth the body of

Captn William Dobbin who

Departed this life the 7th of OctBr

1723 aged 73 years. Also the

Body of James Dobbin his son

Who died the 11th of April 1714

Aged 32 years. Also the Body

of Wm Morris Jones Esqr who depd

this Life in ye year 1735 aged 45 years

Here also the Body of Tho8 Morris

Jones, Esq. who depd this life ye 12th of

April 1769 aged 57 years. Also Anne Ms

Jones who died ye year 1764 aged 69 yrs

Also Rob* Morris Jones, Esq who deptd

this life ye 7th of Jany 1775 aged 42 yrs. Also

Captn Tho8 M. Jones Hamilton who depd

this life ye 12th of Octr 1807 aged 29 years

And also the body of Letitia Morris

Jones Wife of Tho3 M. Jones of Moneyglass

Esq. who depd ye 1st May, 1813, aged 60 years

ANTRIM.

tfasn^aa^^^-^sffBa

Here Lyeth the body of Major
John Dobbin who departed this life
The 15th Day of January A D 1716 in
The 68 year of his age. All this
done at the expense of Do Do
Here also lys the body of my dr nese
Mrs Dorothy Kennedy who departed
This life Augest the 4th 1725 in the
23rd Year of Her Ege. Done by D- D-

Flat slab level with ground ' :-

Here lys Interred the remains
of Humphry Dobbin who depd
this life the 16th of April, 1721
Aged 71 years

Here also lye interred the remains
of M(r) Rigby Dobbin, who departd
this life on the 22d of April 1764
Aged 88 years

Here is also interred his Son

John Dobbin who died on the

10th (?) of April 1762 aged 46 years

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ANTRIM,

Here is also interred
Esther (?) Dobbin wife of the sd
Rigby Dobbin who died on the 9th of
April 1760 aged 71 years

Here interred the remains

Ester Dobbin . . . the wife of

Rigby Dobbin who

April 1782 (?) aged 62

his wife Elizabeth

Years

iWoliisk Churchyard, Parish of Temple Patrick,

[From Mr. W. Livingstone.]

' The illustration here given is from a photograph by Mr.
Livingstone, and shows the old frame of the Watcher's lamp, a
relic of the " body-snatching " times.'

ANTRIM. 518

Ports 1 on one Cliapel of Ease, Aliog-liill Parish.

[From Mr. Francis Joseph Bigger.]

' I have copied the following inscriptions in the Protestant
church at Portglenone, County Antrim. The building is a small»
quaint, early Georgian structure, of no architectural merit, but is
at least reverent in its own way as compared with the other reli-
gious buildings in this pretty town by the Bann, saving the
Catholic church, which is very dignified and beautiful, and an
example of cleanliness, order, and appropriate quietude, embowered
in trees and flowering shrubs ' : —

THE GIFT OF "iE REVD MR LESLIE A.D. 1735.

The above is around the cap of the small black marble font in
the chancel.

THE GIFT OF ST JOHN O'NEILL ESQr TO THE CHAPEL OF PORTGLENONE.

The above is on the copper collecting-ladle.

1 The following is on a white marble tablet, with black border,
on south wall inside the church ' : —

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF THE

REV. EDWARD HUDSON

RECTOR OF AHOGHILL

WITH EMINENT TALENT EVER

ACTIVELY EMPLOYED IN THE RELIEF

OF DISTRESS

THE WIDOW AND THE ORPHAN BLESSED HIM

AS AT ONCE

THEIR PASTOR AND THEIR FRIEND

HE DIED 1st MAY 1804 AGED 62

AND WAS BURIED IN THE AISLE OF

THIS CHURCH

BESIDE HIM REPOSE THE REMAINS OF

ELIZABETH HIS WIFE

WHO DIED 2nd OCTOBER 1835 AGED 93

IN THE SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE

OF A BLESSED RESURRECTION.

519 ARMAGH.

On a slate slab on the north side of the east window ' : —

IN A VAULT UNDER THE COMMUNION TABLE

LYE THE REMAINS

OF DR FRANCIS HUTCHINSON

LATE BISHOP OF DOWN & CONNOR

AT WHOSE EXPENSE CHIEFLY

THIS CHURCH WAS ERECTED

HE WAS BORN AT CARSON IN DERBYSHIRE

& WAS MINISTER OF ST JAMES IN ST EDMUNDSBURY

HE WAS A CAREFUL DILIGENT CHARITABLE PASTOR

A LEARNED PRELATE & AN HONEST GOOD MAN

HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 23rd 1739

AGED ABOUT 80 YEARS

IN THE SAME PLACE IS INTERRED

ANNE HIS WIDOW
WHO SURVIVED HIM 19 YEARS.

' On a white marble tablet on the south side of the east
window' : —

TO THE MEMORY OF

JOHN HAMILTON o'HARA ESQUIRE

OF PORTGLENONE AND CREBILLY CO. ANTRIM

BORN IN 1757 DIED 1822

WHOSE MORTAL REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THE

VAULT UNDERNEATH THE COMMUNION TABLE OF THIS

CHURCH NEAR THOSE OF HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER

DR FRANCIS HUTCHINSON

BISHOP OF DOWN AND CONNOR

AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY

THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED BY HIS ONLY DAUGHTER

MARY WIDOW OF GENERAL WARDLAN C.B.

COUNTY ARMAGH

Church Hill, near Verner's Bridgre.

[From Mr. Francis Joseph Bigger.]

1 There is a very old graveyard in Verner's Demesne known as
Church-Hill, near the shores of Lough Neagh, in the County of
Armagh.

' On a slight rise adjoining the churchyard there is a well-cut

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tablet built into the face of a rustic house, on which the following
inscription is cut ' : —

THE MEMORY OF

A SOLDIERS' FRIEND

AND

COMPANION

IN ADVERSITY AND SUCCESS

IN THE PRIVATIONS OF TOILSOME MARCHING

IN THE ANXIOUS WATCHES OF THE NIGHT

IN THE SHOCK OF MANY BATTLES

THROUGH THE DAY OF

WATERLOO

THROUGH MANY PAINFUL YEARS WHICH HAVE

ELAPSED SINCE THAT

CROWNING VICTORY

CONSTANTIA

DIED NOVEMBER 1835 AGED 33 YEARS

JOB CHAPTER XXXIX VERSES 19-23, 24 & 25.

Kilmore Clmrcli.

[From Mr. C. J. Hobson, New York.]
' Tablet in north wall of church ' : —

To THE MEMORY OF THE

Keverend Edward Chichester, M.A.

17 YEARS KECTOR OF JKlLMORE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 16th 1840

This tablet has been erected
By his sorrowing family.

' On the south side of the church, and in what has the appearance
of being the oldest portion of the churchyard, I have copied the
following inscriptions from two small headstones standing beside
each other in the same burial-plot. The inscriptions are as
follows ' : —

HERE LYETH

YE BODY OF JAMES

MULLIEN WHO DEPAR

TED Ys LIFE YE 13th OF JULY

1729 AGED 24 YEARS

ALSO YE BODY OF HENRY

MULLIEN WHO DIED YE

29 OF 8BER 1731 AGED

22 YEARS.

To face page 521.]

PORTION OF THE HARTPOLE ALTAR-TOMB, 1594.

[From a photograph supplied by Canon ffrench.]

521 CARLOW.

IHS

Here lyeth ye body

of Annie Guillana3

Mullan who deptd

this life May 3d 1739

aged 21 years.

* Small headstone near south-east corner of the churchyard

HERE LIETH THE
BODY OF JOHN
LOGAN WHO DEP
ARTED AUGUST

THE 1st 1782
AGED 66 YEARS.

1 The burial-place of Primate Hampton has been neatly repaired,
and the rubbish complained of in a former issue of The Jouknal
carefully removed (see vol. vi, p. 428). During the summer the
expenditure of a few shillings, cutting nettles, &c, in this church-
yard, would greatly improve its appearance. This churchyard
contains many interesting monuments.'

COUNTY CARLOW

Oak Park, near Carlow.

[From Canon ffrencli.]

' On the opposite page is shown a fragment of the sides of an
altar-tomb which was bought in the first half of the last century by
Colonel Bruen, m.p., father of the Right Hon. Henry Bruen, and is
said to have been found at some distance below Shrule Castle in
the River Barrow. At present it rests on a heap of debris against
the garden wall at Oak Park, and this heap of stones all probably
formed part of the original monument. It is like the monument
itself of black marble, and contains many finely cut and moulded
stones. The present gross width of the stone, from which the
figure stands in relief, is 2 feet 3 inches. The height of the stone
figure, and the height of the pillar alongside it, is 21 inches ; the
gross width of the figure is 13 inches. It seems to be represented
as vested in a steel cuirass. Possibly it may be a long-waisted,

cavan. 522

peaked, and close-fitting doublet ; but it looks more like a cuirass,
and over it, around the neck, there is a collar turned down. Some
light open headpiece, probably the " salade " or morion, was worn,
which is now greatly defaced. The face shows a short fringe of
hair across the forehead. In England a monument can be easily
dated from the armour or costume, but this is not the case in Ireland,
where new customs came in slowly, and were often overlapped by
older ones. There is no doubt that this is one of several figures,
each of which occupied a niche in the sides of an altar-tomb, and
represented the children of Eobert Hartpole, Constable of Carlow
Castle, by his wife Grania O'Byrne. Their children were Sir
"William, George, James, Henry, Pierce, Helen, Margaret, and
another daughter, who was the wife of John Hovenden, of
Ballyfoyle, in the Queen's County.

' Robert Hartpole in his Will expressed the wish to be buried in
St. Mary's Church in Carlow ; and his death took place on the
3rd October, 1594. The effigy- slab of his tomb now lies in the
grounds of " Kilnacourt," Portarlington, where it was removed
some years ago by the then occupant, a Miss Bowen, who claimed
descent from Robert Hartpole. For an account of the vicissitudes
undergone by this slab, see The Journal, vol. iii, p. 134, and
vol. vi, p. 137.'

COUNTY CAVAN.

Drang*.

[Copied from MSS. of the late Colonel P. D. Vigors, by
Mr. T. U. Sadleir.]

1 The church-plate consists of flagon, chalice, and paten of
silver, each with three hall-marks, viz. : the initials J. H. ; the
harp crowned ; and the date-letter 1ft, old English capital, in shield
with engrailed top. In the centre of the paten is a coat-of-arms,
" Two bends wavy, on a chief, three bezants, impaling a cross
engrailed between four roses," and round the edge : " The Gift of
Mrs. Elizabeth Clement to the Church of Drung, 1727." The same
coat and inscription are on the other pieces, and the lid of the
flagon bears the crest of Clements, a hawk.

1 The marks show that the plate was of Dublin manufacture of
1727, and this is partly confirmed by the inscription. It is prob-
able that the maker's initials are those of John Hamilton, though
the rubbing sent to Colonel Vigors does not reveal the " crown, ;;
which is usually found over them.

523 cork.

1 Mrs. Elizabeth Clements was wife of the Et. Hon. Theophilus
Clements, of Eathkenny, County Cavan, M.P. (eldest son of Eobert,
of Eathkenny, by Catherine, daughter of Theophilus Sandford, of
Moyglare, County Meath), and daughter of Francis Burton, of
Buncraggy, County Clare. The arms represent Clements, impaling
Burton.'

COUNTY CORK.

Bally sallagJi, County (oik.

[From Mr. James Buckley.]

' Beside the stone erected to the memory of the famous poet
Seagan Clanag, the following remarkable inscription occurs' : —

I-S-I H I-S-

HEEE • LIES • THE • BO

DY • OF • DENNIS • GEA

DY • WHO • DEPAETED

THE • 5th OF • MAY • BEING

THE • 480th [sic] • YEAE • OF

HIS • AGE • 1722

1 N.B. — The inscription to John MacDonnell as published in
Vol. VI., p. 231, would be correct if the word " Anno " were
inserted before and not after " 63 " in the last line but one.'

Cai'i'igrtlowiiaiie Cliiircliyai'd.

[From Mr. A. B. E. Hellas.]

1 A mural tablet built into the wall of the ruined "Abbey " ' : —

To the Memory of Maurice Eoche

of Carrickdowning who Died 1771 Aged 42.

His Wife Mary died 1813 Aged 77 years.

Their son William died 1820 Aged 60

May they rest in Peace, Amen.

We whose bones are here

Are waiting for your bones.

cork. 524

1 On another tablet ' : —

Hie Jac* Rd Joan8 0'Brn

En Famila Arenm Vir ad m1

Doct8 Nostr* & Ling88

Peretiss8 que edm Etm

Poema suava in Script8

Post se Eeln q8 ob*

Nat8 56 An0

[There is no date.]

Croaghanc Churchyard, near Cratloc.

[From Mr. V Hussey- Walsh.]

I.N. I.H.S. R.I.

This tomb was erected by David

Henchy in Memory of his Father

John Henchy who departed this

life April the 17th 1787 Aged 78 years

Also his Mother who departed the

year 1807 Aged 80.

May they rest in Peace.

Kilcrea Ah»ey. County Cork.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

1 Within a mile east of Kilcrea Station on the Cork and Macroom
Railway stand the ruins of the Franciscan Abbey of Kilcrea,
founded in the year 1494, by Sir Cormac McCarthy, who built the
fine old castle adjacent to it. The ruins of this abbey are in good
preservation, the walls and windows being, for the most part, intact,
especially those of the conventual buildings. But the interior is
rendered most unsightly owing to the number of graves here, of
which Windele complained over sixty years ago, and burials still
continue, all within the interior of the abbey, there being no graves
on the outside. One of the conventual buildings is nearly taken up
by one ambitious family's grave-plot, yet no inscription is visible to
show who its members were that lie beneath. The tomb most

525 cork.

admired by the country people is a huge monstrosity in another
portion of the abbey, about 20 feet high, in the upper part of which
is a Latin inscription now partly concealed from view by the shrubs
which have grown up from a ledge in front of it. The most notable
inscriptions here are those, over the MacCarthy and O'Leary
tombs which are mentioned in Windele's " Cork." The MacCarthy
table-tomb is built up against the south wall of the choir, and the
first inscription on it runs, instead of crosswise as usual, parallel to
the south wall. The second inscription extends across the west
end of the tomb at right angles to the first one. The former one
runs —

Here lyeth the Body of Denis | MacCarthy Esq. who
Departed This | Life April the 2nd 1739 Aged 45.

Let Honour Valour Virtue Justice Mourn
Cloghroe's McCarty Liveless in this Urn.
Let all Distressed Draw near & Make their Moan
Their Patron Lies Confined Beneath this Stone.

Here lies the Body of Colo | nell Charles McCartye of
Ballea who dyed on (20th) of May 1704.

1 To these MacCarthy s belonged Ballea Castle near Carrigaline.'

1 The O'Leary table-tomb is railed in in an angle at the south side
of the nave. O'Leary's horse was the winner in a race, in which
was beaten that of a party named Morris. The latter, taking-
advantage of the law which forbade a Papist to possess a horse over
£5 in value, offered that sum to O'Leary, who refused to accept it.
A quarrel ensued. O'Leary then made for home, but, at the
instigation of Morris, was outlawed and shot by order of the local
authorities, the British Government, as named in the inscription,
probably never having heard of the sad affair till it was all over.
Morris was eventually shot by a brother of O'Leary, who made his
escape to America.

Lo ! Arthur Leary, generous | Handsome & Brave Slain
in | His Bloom Lies in this Humble | Grave Died May
4th 1773, Aged 26 years.

1 Inserted beneath which, apparently at a later period, in small
capitals, is the following' : — '

HAVING SERVED THE EMPRESS MARIA THERESA AS CAPTAIN
OF HUNGARIAN | HUSSARS HE RETURNED HOME TO BE OUT-
LAWED AND TREACHEROUSLY SHOT BY ORDER OF THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT | HIS SOLE CRIME BEING THAT HE REFUSED TO
PART WITH A HORSE FOR THE SUM OF FIVE POUNDS.

cork. 526

' Beneath these lines is another inscription of seemingly the
same age as that above, but the words " Cornelius O'Leary,
Barrister," are all that are legible.'

' In the west wall of the transept is a headstone about a couple
of feet above ground, on which is the inscription ' : —

Here lyeth the Body of William O'Brien who Depd.
this Life Jany 6th 1793, aged 66 Years.

' This William O'Brien was a priest, whose reputation for holi-
ness was such that rounds are paid at his grave. It is somewhat
pitiable to find that most of the votive offerings here consist of such
incongruous objects as gingerbeer-bottles.'

' The following is a hurried selection from some of the remaining
inscriptions here ' : —

This is the Burying Place of Daniel Mahony and his
Son Denis Mahony and Family 1778.

Erected by Ellen Herlihy in Memory of her Parents
Thos. and Margt. The former died March 1820 and

the latter Sept. 1848.

This is the Burial Place of William Fowler and His
Family who Departed this Life the 12 of Sep* 1796
aged 54 years.

This is the Burying Place of Humphry Leary & Family.
Here lyeth ye Body of Danl. his Son who Depd this Life
June 9th 1801 Agd 24 years.

Erected by John Hallessy in memo17 of his brother
Timothy who departed this Life January 8, 1790 May
he rest in peace Amen. Also here lieth the Body of
John Hallessy who departed this life Dec 9th 1810 Aged
41 years.

Table-tomb ' :—

This is the Burying ground of Jeremiah MacSwiney of
Cork & Family.

527 cork.

The Burial place of Daniel Lyons of Cork, Cabinet
Maker and his Family. A.D. 1807.

Here lyeth the Body of Tho. Bork, who Departed this
Life September the 9 1796, Aged 84 years. This Stone
was erected by his Sons Thos Mathue Willim Bork
[Remainder illegible.]

Table-tomb ' : —

The Burial Place of Edmond Connell and Family of
Cork, This tomb was erected by Him in Memory of his
Beloved Wife Juliana who Depd this Life 9th June 1798
[Remainder illegible.]

Erected by Henry Gready in memory of his son John
Gready who died January 5th 1821 aged 24 years

This was Erected for Timothy Diluaher of Farran-
sashesry & Catherine his wife as also the Burying Place
of his Family who Depd this Life the 9th of March 1799
Aged 72 years.

Table-tomb ' :—

In this Tomb is Interred Mr [?] Morgan McSwyney of
Cudnim and Family Who Departed this Life January ye
19th 1763 aged 60 years.

Here Lyeth the Body of Tim McCarthy of BaHneadig,
who Depd Thi8 Life, June 19th 1797" Aged 73 years.
Also Anorah his wife Died Nov 2nd 1780 Agd 46 years.
Also Their Son, June 4th 1797 Agd 26 years.

Here lyes ye Body of Fat | her Timothy Lyne who
Depart | ed THIS Life ye 5th Febr* Ann. Dom. 1735
aged 31 years.

Here lyeth ye Body ] of Rev. Dan1 Cunn | ingham who
departd ys Life Feby ye 1st 1777 aged 29 Requiescat &c

Table-tomb, railed in ' : —

Here lyeth the Body | of Daniel Connellan Who Departed
This Life ye 3rd Day of March | Anno 1760 Aged 60
Years. Daniel Connellan Esq Who Departed Lief
July 30 1849 aged 52 years.

o o

cork. 528

Here | lyeth the body of | John 0 Leary of Kilbawn
who | Departed this Life June 8th 1792 Aged 68 years.

This is the Burying Place of [ Jeremiah McCarthy of
Rath & family j Here lyeth the Body of | Margaret his
Mother who Departed this Life Nov. 29th 1810 Aged 81
years. Requiescat &c

' On a lofty and imposing monument in one of the outbuildings
of the Abbey is the following inscription ' : —

Coat of arms

and motto : " Pace et amore."

Tablet on entrance to vault ' : —

* On tablet in south wall of choir ' : —

This is the Burying | Place of the McCarthy of . . . Bally -
neadig Erected by Chas McCarthy and Callaghan in
memory | of their Father Tim | McCarthy of Lyradane |
Grandson to Capt Tiege McCarthy of Ballyneadig . . .
December 1766 Aged 49 | Also the Body of Marg.
O'Donoghue Wife to said Callaghan daughter to Jeoffrey
O'Donoghue . . . County Kerry.

' [This inscription is given in full in D. McCarthy's (Glas.)
" MacCarthys of Glennachroim." The MacCarthys of Ballineadig
are the only MacCarthys still represented in this locality.']

529 cork.

Olclcoiii't G-raveyanl (near Doneraile).

[From Mr. James Buckley.]

1 By far the most interesting stone here is that erected to the
memory of the poet-priest, Eoghan O'Keeffe, who died 18th April,
1726. In the year 1899 the Kev. Cornelius Buckley, of Jordans-
town, Buttevant, set a subscription list on foot, and received such a
response that he was enabled to raise a beautiful memorial over the
grave, in the centre of which the ancient stone, which is inscribed
in Gaelic on one side and English on the other, is inserted.

' The following are a few of the oldest inscriptions ' : —

+
IHS

Here Lyeth the Body of

Thomas Heanny who

died May the 7th 1768

Aged 62 Year.

+
IHS

Here Lyes the Body of

William [H] annan son to Rodger

an Who departed this e the

of and in the 27th year of

h e Anno Domi 1726

Likewise

the Body of his Brother

Ro . . . Who departed this Life the

y of January 1726 aged 21

years.

1 This stone is very much weather-worn, and is fast scaling
away.'

THIS IS THE BUR

EYING PLACE OF ELLEN KEEFFE

& HER FAMILY

1758 Q naoim acep
Oe guioe oppin

ORDERED BY PATRICK
LEAN HER HUSBAND

CORK. 530

HERE LIES THE BODY OF
PATRICK LANE WHO
DIED MARCH THE 9
1763 AGED 60 YEARS
ALSO HIS DAUGHTER
MARY WHO DIED FEB
2 1761 AGED 22 YEARS
AND ELLEN LANE WHO
DIED JAN 15th 1781 AGED
20 YEARS

IHS

Here Lyeth the Body of | Catherine Hannan who | De-
parted this Life 30 | Day of June 1763 | in the 37th
Year of her Age.

+
IHS
Lord have mercy on the soul of Michael | Ready who
departed this life the 15 of august | 1793 aged 78

YEARS.

IHS

Erected by Ellen Sullivan wife to Dennis | Harrigon
He Deceased the 27th day of | December 1762 aged 36
years

Teuipleroan Churchward (near Castletownroche).

[From Mr. James Buckley.]

1 A considerable portion of the ancient parish church still
remains. The earliest inscription dates from about the end of the
first quarter of the eighteenth century, and commemorates a
member of the Nagle family.'

Here lieth the Body of | Lawrence Butler who | Deed

June 3d 1761 | Aged 64 Years.

This is The Burial | Place of James Daly | And Family
His Son Peter Died | Febry The 20 1789 | Aged 23 yr

531 CORK.

Tisaxon Graveyard.

[From Mr. James Coleman, M.R.S.A.I.]

' Tisaxon, or Tissasson, graveyard lies near the waterside, at
the head of an inlet of Kinsale Harbour, about three miles to the
west of Kinsale Town. It is fairly well kept, but its appearance
is somewhat marred by the exposed roots of the trees that formerly
grew here, and were cut down. It was anciently called Taxaxon,
that is the Saxon's or Englishman's House, from Hubutan, a Saxon
pilgrim who settled here (according to the Rev. J. H. Cole's
Diocesan Records). There is no trace of the old church, but there
is a small house in it which seems as if it had been an early
ecclesiastical building, judging by the narrow windows in the east
end. It consisted, however, of two stories, the fireplace and the
roof now falling down being evidently recent. The following are
representative inscriptions here ' : —

< Table-tomb ' :—

Here lieth the Body of | David Meade of Kinsale Esq |
who Departed this | Life the 3rd of Septr 1781 aged
75 (?) years.

< Table-tomb ' :—

Alicia Creed | Aged 82 years | Died June 9th 1829.

This Stone was Erected | by Jeremiah Daly junior of
Ballinleerrick (?) in memory of Catherine — his daugh-
ter who Depd | this life Feby 3rd 1803 aged 3 years.

DONEGAL. 532

This is the Burying | Place of Martin Boughane Late |
of Ballanacurra | & Family | He Depd This Life Sepr
27th J 1802 aged 59 years.

This is the Burying Place of Timothy Canty & Family
He departed this Life Oct 4th 1768 Aged 58 | years.

This is Erectd | in memory of Malachy Crowly who
Died the 4th of December 1794 | Aged 55 years.

To the . . . y | Eugene Murphy who died March
1811.

Here lieth the Body of Maurice Murphy | Deceasd Augst
3rd 1770 Agd 70 yrs.

COUNTY DONEGAL.

Doiiii^ limore Clmrclij ai'd.

[From Mr. W. F. Reynolds.]

' Upright stone ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF ELIZABETH
RANDELS DIED MARCH 15 ANNO DO 1694.

Flat stone close to above ; inscription almost illegible' : —

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF JAMS (sic)
RANDELS WHO DECEASED OCTOBER 18 1700.

533 down.

COUNTY DOWN.

Ai'riglass Cliurcli and Burial (xiouml.

[From the Ven. E. D. Atkinson, Archdeacon of Dromore.]

Sacred | To the Memory of | William Ogilvie Esqr |
of Ardglass Castle, Who departed this life | on the 18th
of November 1832 in the 92nd year of his age, | and was
here interred. | In the year 1774 | He married Emily
Lennox Dowager Duchess of Leinster | And by her had
two daughters | Cecilia wife of C. Lock Esqrof Norbury
Park, Surrey ; | and Emily wife of C. G. Beauclerk
Esqr | of St Leonard's Forrest, Sussex.
A long life, and a powerful constitution unimpaired by |
the Vices of Society, which he devoted to useful
purposes, | enabled him to restore the ancient town of
Ardglass | which had fallen to ruin. He erected this
Church : | established a School ; and Constructed the
Harbour. | Works which will long remain testimonies
of his energy | industry and attachment to his tenantry. |
The unswerving simplicity and regularity of his habits |
caused him to pass through life | affected by few of its
infirmities. | He retained the vigour of his mind to the
last : | and dying regretted by a numerous family | left
behind him an example [ worthy the imitation of | every
landlord in I Ireland.

Plate on font ' : —

down. 534

Job i. 21

1 In the churchyard' : —

It a ill) i ill;; c Presbyterian Cliurcli,I>owiisl»irelfcoad.

[From Capt. R. Linn, Christcburch, New Zealand.]

' The inscription here following is inscribed on a memorial
tablet erected in the vestibule of the church to the memory of the
Dunbar family. I enclose photograph of this beautiful memorial.
It is planted on a background of polished Dore marble, supported
by a white marble base. The entire structure is an elegant work
of art ' : —

ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS

OF THIS CONGREGATION

TO THE MEMORY OF

HUGH DUNBAR

AND SISTERS :—

ANN DUNBAR, JANE DUNBAR,

ISABELLA DUNBAR,

ELIZABETH HERRON AND HER HUSBAND

HENRY HERRON OF GILFORD ;

[To face page 534.

THE DUNBAR MONUMENT IN BANBRIDGE
CHURCH.

[From a block kindly lent by Captain R. Linn.~\

535 down.

as a memorial

of the deep and earnest interest

they took in its welfare

and their munificent contributions

towards its support ;

as well as their

unostentatious generosity

to all benevolent objects.

" Blessed is he that considereth the poor."

Psalm xli., 1.

1 Note. — It is curious that there is no date on the inscription, nor
ages given. We know from the baptismal register of the congrega-
tion that Hugh Dunbar was born in 1789. The date of death was
in 1848. Hugh Dunbar was the founder of the great linen thread
firm of Dunbar, M'Master & Co., of Gilford. He helped with no
stinted hand during the famine ; and at the moment of his death,
which was sudden, was actually distributing aid to famine-stricken
people of the town.'

The Conelaml Island, Parish of Bang or,

[By Mr. Francis Joseph Bigger.]

'I visited the large Copeland Island on the 18th October, 1908.
On the west side there is a small inlet called Chapel Bay, on the
shores of which there is a small triangular enclosure filled with
graves. There are no traces of any building. The burials are all
to the east. Many of the graves have simply large unhewn stones
to mark them; and some have little earns above them. The place
is very simple and well cared for, and suitably enclosed. There is
a place on the eastern side of the island called St. Ninion's port.
St. Ninion was bishop at Whithorn, on the opposite coast of Scot-
land. These islands are about three miles from the mainland in
Carrickfergus Bay. They were called after William de Coupeland,
one of the first settlers in the Ardes after the coming of the English.
At the dissolution the islands belonged to the Abbey of Bangor,
and were granted in 1630 to James Hamilton, Viscount Claneboy.

' The following are verbatim copies of some of the inscriptions
on the stones in the chapel yard ' : —

ERECTED

JOHN GUNNING

OF COPELAND ISLES

IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE

GRACE GUNNING ALIAS CLEGG

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 8th NOVEMBER 1862

AGED 34 YEARS.

* The above is on a sandstone.'

down. 536

HERE LIETH Ye

BODY OF JAMES BROUN

WHO DIED JULY Ye 14th 1742

AGED 78 YEARS ALSO HIS

WIFE JANNET WIELY.

' The above is well cut on a slate.'

HERE LIETH Ye BODY
OF ELIZABETH AGNEU
WIFE TO ROBERT BOYD
WHO DIED JUNE Ye 28
1746 AGED 22 YEARS.

The above is well cut on slate.'

Donag liatlee CIiiir<*liyar<l.

[From Francis C. Crossle, m.b., and Philip Crossle.}
(Continued from page 287.)

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

HERE LYETH Y BODY OF
MARGARET SHANKEY W
HO DIED Y 0th OF SETbr
1758 AGED 64 YEARS AL
SO ALEXANDER GOUDY
WHO D

'Rest of inscription buried.'

Upright slate headstone ' : —

ERECTED
By John Jameson, in memory of
his Daughter Jane Jameson
who departed this life January
the 28th 1812 aged 26 years.
Also Agness [sic] Jameson alias Scott
Wife to said John Jameson who departe'1
this life 16th Novr 1836 aged 83 Years.
Also said John Jameson who departed
this life 28th July 1841 Aged 91 Years.
And likewise in memory of his Son Joseph Jameson.
Who departed this life on the 30th day of May, A.D.
1833, Aged 53 Years.

537 down.

Upright slate headstone ' : —
Here Lieth the Body of John | Taylor son of James
Taylor | who Died March 1775 Aged | 121 Years.

Flat granite slab ' : —

Upright freestone headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body | of Robert Munk Who | Deptd

80
This Life March | the 10 1799 Aged years [sic]

Upright slate headstone ' : —

ERECTED | By | PATRICK COLMAN | in memory
of his Father who | departed this Life August the (
21. 1828 M 72 years. Also his mother who died the
14th of April 1829, M 70 years.

1 Upright slate headstone ' : —

Alexr Carson [ This is William Catherwoods'| Buring [sic\
place 1786 — where | lies 2 of his Children | Also his
Grand daughter Ellen Ennis | who died 16th Decr 1886
aged 74 years.

* Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the | Body of David Kennedy | who died
Novr 19th 1757 | Aged 56 Years.

1 Upright freestone headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body Of | Jean Munk who deptd | This

Life August 24th 1797 j Aged 2 years. | Also James

Munk Who | Departed This Life | April 19th 1779

Aged years [sic]
26

down. 538

' Upright freestone headstone ' : —

HERE LYETH Y BOD
OF JOHN MCMINN
WHO DIED MAY Y 28
1732 AGED 38 YEARS
ALSO HIS WIFE JANE
BROWN WHO DIED

DECEMBER Y 14
1735 AGED 50 YEARS.

Upright freestone headstone ' : —

HERE LYETH THE
BODY OF DENIS
0 BYRNE WHO DIED
JAN1 14 1661
HERE ALSO LYETH
THE BODY OF
ANDREW BEATTY
WHO DIED APRIL
1741 AGED 41 YEARS.

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

i Upright freestone headstone ' : —

539 down.

Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here lieth ye Body of Sarah | McKleland wife to Alexr |
Camlin who Departed this | life Jan.ry. ye 4th 1740
Aged | 75 years.

Upright slate headstone '

HERE LYETH THE BOYs [sic]

OF ANN AND

MARGRET COMLIN

WHO DEPARTED THS [sic]

LIFE 1734

1 Upright slate headstone ' : —

Upright slate headstone ' : —

Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of | John Maffett, who Departd
this Life, June the 16 1777 | Aged 71 Years.

Upright slate headstone ' : —

ERE • LIES YE • BODY • OF
JEAN ■ GLASGO • WHO
DEPARTED • THIS ■ LIFE
THE • 21 • DAY • OF • MAY
1722 • AGED • 60 • YEARS
ALSO HER HUSBAND : FINDLA
CAMPBEL • WHO • DIED • APRILE
YE • 15 • 1730 • AGED 69 YEARS.

DOWN. 540

' Upright slate headstone ' : —
ere lieth ye
Body : of jean vane wife
to william Dill : who departed
this life : Aguft ye 1724. Aged
52 years. ^^ Alfo her fon

[Best of inscription buried.]

Dundonald Churchyard.

[From Mr. W. Livingstone.]

' On a large slab ' : —

HERE LYETH THE

BODY OF IOHN REED

WHO DIED YE 3d OF

IANUARY 1783 AGED

86 YEARS.

also his son Wm Reid

who died June the 1st 1771

aged 73 years.
Also his Grand Son Ias (?)
Reid who died Decr the
21st 1815 Aged 58 years
Also his Wife Elizabeth
Reid who died the 28th
Septr 1817 Aged 57 years

Killyleag li Churchyard.

[From Mr. W. F. Reynolds.]

IV IA

MARCH 10 1656.

HERE RESTETH IN THE LORD THE BODY OF HENRY
SLOAN WHO DYED THE 15th OF MAY 1659.

Here lieth the body of John Henery of Killileagh who
departed this life Novr ye 3d 1787 aged 77 years and
Jane his wife who died Janry ye 20th 1788 aged 72 years

541 DOWN.

HERE RESTETH IN THE LORD THE BODY
OF ANN GRIER LATE WIFE TO WILLIAM
GRIER, MARCH'*' IN KILLELEAGH, WHO DE-
PARTED THIS LIFE THE 10th OF SEPT 1680
AND OF AGE 2 — YEARS.

HERE RESTS A VERTUOUS PRUDENT LOVING
WIFE REAPING THE FRUIT OF HER CHASTE
PIOUS LIFE

VIZ
MARGARET MAIRS WIF TO MR JOHN MAIRS
WITH VII OF THER CHILDREN WHO DIED
IN THE LORD THE XVth OF FEB 1686.

HERE RESTETH IN THE LORD THE BODY
OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON OF KILLELA,
MERCHANT, WHO DYED THE 26th OF JANVREY
1676.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF ROBERT
HAMILTON LA.TE OF KILLELEAH, MERCHANT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 3 OF JUNE
1689.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF JEAN HAMIL-
TON ALIAS PHILLIP [S] WIFE TO ROBERT
HAMILTON MERCHANT KILLELEAH WHO DE-
PARTED THIS LIFE THE 10th OF SEPTEMBR
1699.

Here lyeth tlie body of Hugh Hamilton late of Bally-
brettagh in the County of Down Gen* who departed this
life the 6th day of Novembr 1728 aged abl 60 years.
Here also lyeth the body of Hugh Hamilton, son to the
above named Hugh Hamilton, who dyed the 17 day of
Janr 1729 aged abl 22.

DUBLIN. 542

COUNTY DUBLIN.

Di'iiniconrtra Cliurcli.

[From Miss E.G. O'Mahony.]

' White marble monument ' : —

Marmaduke Coghill Eldeft son of Sr John Coghill of
Coghill Hall in the County of York, Knight, was born
in Dublin | on the Twenty Eighth Day of December
1678 ;

In 1687 He was admitted a Fellow Commoner in Trinity
H College Dublin ;

In 1691 He took his degree of Doctor of Civil Law ;
In 1692 He was Elected Reprefentative for the Borough
of Armagh, and in every Succeeding Parlia-
ment was | Unanimously Chosen to Re-
prefent the Univerfity of Dublin ;
In 1699 He Succeeded his Father as Judge of his

Majefty's Court of Prerogative ;
In 1729 He was fworn of his Majefty's moft Honour-
able Privy Council, and appointed one of the
Commifsioners | of His Majefty's Revenue;
In 1735 He was Advanced to the Office of Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and held that Post till
his Death ;
In Publick Life, His great Abilities and Unwearied
Diligence, the Calmnefs of his Temper and Clearnefs |
of His Judgment, His Extenfive Knowledge in the
Canon and Civil Laws, and His Inflexible Regard to
Juftice, | render'd him a most Discerning and Impartial
Judge ;

His Experience of the true Interest of His Prince and
of His Country, and His Strict Attention | and In-
violable Regard to Both, Qualify 'd Him equally to dis-
charge His Trust, as a Counfellor and | Servant of the
Crown and as a Reprefentative of the Subject ;
In Private Life, He was a most Zealous Active Friend,
the Patron of Merit, the Arbitrator | amidst Jarring
Interests and Parties ;

His Univerfal Benevolence, Endeared by the most
Engaging and Affable Behaviour, & Animated | with
the greatest Zeal and Abilities, Diftinguish'd Him in
Every Scene and Period of Life, as the Friend of |

543

DUBLIN.

Mankind, and Caused his Death to be Juftly Lamented
as a National Loss.

He died of the Gout in his Stomach on the Ninth Day
of March 1738, after a long and | painfull Illnefs, which
he Supported with Patience, Fortitude and Kesignation ;
Mary Coghill hath built this House for the Worfhip of
God, and Erected this Monument to ye Memory | of so
Valuable a Brother whofe Body is laid in ye Vault
belonging to his family in S* Andrew's Church Dublin

Monument placed at north side of Church.

' Note. — This inscription is placed on the pedestal of monu-
ment; beneath it, partly concealed by new pews, is the coat-of-
arms — a chevron gules, between three cocks, with crest carved in
relief, a cock clapping his wings, standing upon a mount, over a
crest-wreath.

' Fine seated statue of Marmaduke Coghill on pedestal, white
marble, with dark marble obelisk as background. He is attired in
judicial robes, and holds a pen. Beneath statue the words.

P. Scheemakers, Ft.

At west of pedestal, statue of Minerva.
At east, statue of female holding a book.

p p

DUBLIN.

544

Wall tablet, black and white marble, on east wall ' : —

Sacred to the memory

SIR JOSIAH COGHILL COGHILL BART

Vice Admiral of the Red

WHO DIED AT CHELTENHAM ON THE 20th DAY OF JUNE 1850

IN THE 77™ YEAR OF HIS AGE

HIS REMAINS WERE INTERRED

IN THE VAULTS OF TRINITY CHURCH CHELTENHAM

ALSO OF SOPHIA HIS FIRST WIFE

WHO DIED AT VALOGNE IN NORMANDY IN 1817

and of ANNA MARIA his 2nd wife

WHO DIED AT CHELTENHAM
ON THE 10TH DAY OF MARCH 1848
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THEIR AFFECTIONATE
CHILDREN.

Naval trophy carved above, coat-of-arms beneath.'

J. Kirk, r.h.a.
Sculpt

545 DUBLIN.

White marble tablet in Drumcondra Church, south wall ' : —

Sacred to the memory of
MRS MAETHA BONNER

WHO DIED AUGUST 1812

SHE POSSESSED ALL THOSE VIRTUES THAT GIVE

LUSTRE TO THE CHARACTER OF A TRUE CHRISTIAN,

RELIGIOUS, BENEVOLENT AND KIND, A TENDER

AND AFFECTIONATE PARENT AND WIFE «

AND A SINCERE FRIEND.

ERECTED BY HER SON CAPTN BONNER,

AS A TESTIMONY OF AFFECTION AND ESTEEM.

[She is interred on the N.E. side of the church-yard.]

White marble tablet on south wall ' : —

May her loved offspring, wandering here below
Live as she lived, like her in virtue grow
So mild, so pure, pafs through life's fleeting state
And so resigned with calmnefs yield to fate —
May her last precepts graven on each mind
Still bid them be, affectionate and kind

Williamson Tablet.

' A large tablet, placed beside the east window, partly hidden by
the organ and in an extremely dark corner. Even with gas-light it
was difficult fco see the exact outline of the crest-coronet, so it has
to be left rather indistinct. It seems to have lines like a mural
crown, and to be surrounded with pearls and trefoils alternately.
The year of Matthew Williamson's death cannot be seen on the
tablet on account of the organ frame intercepting ; but I supplied it
from a mural tablet in the churchyard which gives a very lengthy
list of the family names, and states that they were ''formerly of
Armagh."

DUBLIN. 546

' White marble tablet in Drumcondra Church, east wall. In-
scription in small capitals throughout ' : —

Sacred to the memory of

Matthew Williamson esq.

Late of the City of Dublin

who departed this life the 28th March 1829

Aged 63 Years

also

to the memory of

MRS Margaret Williamson

wife of the above

who died the 30tn october 1844

Aged 85 years.

This tablet has been erected in

accordance with the wishes of his brother

Arthur Williamson Esq., deceased.

who, with the above-mentioned lies buried

in the graveyard adjoining this church.

[Coat-of-arms carved above inscription. Family burying-ground
to north-west of churchyard, several mural tablets there.]

547 DUBLIN,

1 These arms are depicted on a convex plaque, surrounded by-
gilded and red-painted moulding, with gilded effigies of sword and
mace crossed beneath, placed high up near cornice, above window
in middle of south wall over two pews which were formerly reserved
for the Corporation of Dublin when in old days they attended
service in Drumcondra Church. (Local tradition.)

' From an old drawing of the church in Grose's " Antiquities,"
1791, it would seem that the principal door of the church occupied
the place of this window, so that worshippers entered directly in
front of the Coghill monument. The present porch at the west end
must have been added later, and this south door closed; possibly the
city arms were then set up, if not there already. It is scarcely
possible to make a satisfactory drawing, as the strong light from the
window is very dazzling. I could not ascertain whether the work
was done in carved wood or stucco. The slanting position of the
black official cap is very curious.'

'Mural Tablets.— Monument, north-west wall. On medallion,
upper part of monument ' : —

This

MONUMENT

HAS * BEEN * ERECTED

BY " HER * SURVIVING * SONS

M. A. & J. WILLIAMSON

AS ' A * MARK * OF ' THEIR ' FILIAL

AFFECTION * TO * THEIR

DECEASED * PARENT.

M.DCCCXIX.

DUBLIN. 548

1 Centre panel ' : —

HERE LIE BURIED

THE BODIES OF MRS ANNIE WILLIAMSON LATE OF PARADISE ROW

IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND FORMERLY OF THE CITY OF ARMAGH, WHO

DIED 10th APRIL 181G, AGED 80 YEARS. ALSO OF EDWARD WILLIAMSON

HER SON WHO DIED 13th MAY 1799, AGED 29 YEARS. OF MARY WILLIAMSON

HER DAUGHTER WHO DIED 8TI1 SEPTEMBER 1804, AGED 30 YEARS.

OF RICHARD WILLIAMSON HER GRANDSON WHO DIED 18th APRIL 1808 AGED 6

MONTHS, AND OF JANE T. WILLIAMSON HER GRANDDAUGHTER AND WHO

DIED 26th OCTOBER 1816, AGED 6 YEARS. ALSO THE BODIES OF

MATTHEW WILLIAMSON, HER ELDEST SON, WHO DIED 28th MARCH

1829 AGED 63 YEARS. MKS JANE WAUGH, HER DAUGHTER WHO DIED

30th MAY 1836. OF MRS ELIZABETH CLARKE HER DAUGHTER WHO

DIED FEBRUARY 1838, AGED 75 YEARS. ALSO THAT OF HER SON

JOHN WILLIAMSON, OF MONKSTOWN IN THE COUNTY OF DUBLIN WHO

DIED 6TH DECEMBER 1841, AGED 63 YEARS, AND OF

MRS MARGARET WILLIAMSON, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE

MATTHEW WILLIAMSON, WHO DIED 30th OCTOBER 1844, AND OF HER

SECOND SON ARTHUR WILLIAMSON, ALSO OF MONKSTOWN, WHO DIED 6th OF

SEPTEMBER 1846, AGED 75 YEARS. AND ALSO OF EMILY WILLIAMSON

WIDOW OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED 5th APRIL 1872, AGED 85 YEARS.

' On white marble cross within enclosure' : —

" Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth : yea, saith the
Spirit that they may rest from their
Labours and their works do follow them."

ERECTED IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF

ANNA WILLIAMSON

BORN 1st MARCH 1809, DIED 30™ JULY 1881.

ISABELLA E. WILLIAMSON

BORN 14th NOVr 1813, DIED 4th SEPT. 1882.

BY THEIR SISTER HENRIETTE JOHNSTON

AND HER CHILDREN.

* Inscription on pulpit ' : —

Dedicated to the Honour and Glory of God and in
Memory of | The Rev. Henry Carleton, M.A : 25 Years
Rector of this Parish. | Erected by his Parishioners and
Friends, 4th December, 1898.

549 DUBLIN.

Inscriptions from the Churchyard.

* Altar-tomb south-west of church. White marble tablet, almost
obliterated, on south face ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of Arthur Dunn Esquire,

many years Crown Solicitor for the Province of Connaught

and first Captain of the Yeomanry [Regim1] of Cavalry,

Selected by his King and Country for this [honourable]

[post] in the year 1798, one of the most

eventful periods in the annals of Ireland. He was

no lefs distinguished by his Humanity

than by his Firmnefs and conciliatory Conduct in the

discharge of his important and
arduous duties. Having spent a long life with honor

to himself and advantage to

his Country, he died suddenly on the 21st of February

1814, in the 77th year of his age ;

leaving to his Family a proud recollection of his Virtues,

and to his Profefsion an

Example worthy of imitation.

1 Flat stone, south-west, near church path, under sycamore
This Stone was Erected by | John Rufsell, of Little
Britain Street | in the City of Dublin Cooper, in memory |
of his beloved Wife Mary Rufsell who | departed this
life the 18th December | 1804 aged 36 years.

Weep not for I am happy
Not loft but gone before.
Requiescant in Pace. Amen.

DUBLIN. 550

' Upright stone, sunk into ground, under sycamore, near path,
south-west ' : —

' Altar-tomb, built of hewen granite blocks, covered with large
limestone slab. South-west, near church door. Crest carved
above inscription : Demi wild-cat, holding palm branch ' : —

Here also lieth the Remains of George Son to the
above | John Palmer who departed this life the 5th of
February 1784 | Aged 38 Years. Alfo 2 of his Chil-
dren. | Here alfo lieth the Remains of the above John
Palmer | who Departed this Life the 23rd of Janry 1788
Aged 70 Years | Alfo Mrs. Mary Palmer Daughter in
Law of the above John | who Departed this Life Octr
the 26th 1795 Aged 35 Years.

' This tomb is mentioned by Grose in his " Antiquities," 1791,
where he copies the verse engraved upon it, when describing the

551 DUBLIN.

large "Cemetery" around Drumcondra Church. His own grave
is situated within a stone's cast of it, on the other side of the
church path, near the east end.'

i Railed enclosure near gate. South-west. Inscription on
tablet at west end ' : —

4 Tablet at north side ' : —

Flat stone, near Palmer tomb. South-west ' : —

This Stone and Burial Place belongs to Mr Thomas
Brackin | of Watling Street Skinner and his | Posterity
Here Lieth 10 of his Children Anno Domini 1767 |
Here Lyeth the Body of the above | Mr Thomas Brackin
who Departed | this Life Jan: 8th 1768 in the 61st Year
of his | age | Here alfo Lyeth the Body of his Son Jas
Brackin who Departed this Life April j 13th 1768 in the
31 Year of his age.

1 Flat stone, near church path, middle of south-west part of
ground ' : —

Frances Harvey | Died 17th Novr 1818 | Philip Whit-
field Harvey | Died 6th Aug* 1826 | Aged 46 Years.

Flat stone, broken, south-west, near church door ' : —

DUBLIN. 552

< Upright stone, south of church door ' : —

Flat tombstone near church door, south ' : —

1 Flat stone, south-west corner, under great ash tree ' : —

This Stone & Burial Place | Belongeth to Frederick
Bell | Book Binder High St. | Here Lyeth 3 of his
Children.

Flat tombstone, near church door, south ' : —

Flat stone on path beneath gable ' : —

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Flat stone, west of church, beneath bell gable ' : —

This Stone and Burial place | Belongeth to Jofeph
Barrett of | the City of Dublin and his | Pofterity Here

Upright stone. West ' : —
This Stone was Erected by | Patr* Killin, of Ormond
Market in the | City of Dublin, in memory of his
beloved wife Bridget Killin, who departed this I life
on the 23rd day of October, 1820, | Aged 36 Years |
Here also are Interred the remains of | four of their
Children who died Young.

' Square granite monument, ornamented with carved designs,
and surmounted by obelisk, north-east, near wall ' : —

To the Memory of

THOMAS FURLONG, Esqr

in whom the purest principles of

PATRIOTISM and HONOR

were combined with

SUPERIOR POETICAL GENIS [sic].

This Memorial of Friendship

is erected by those who valued and admired

His Various talents, Public Integrity

and Private worth.

He died 25th July 1827, aged 33 years

MAY HE REST IN PEACE

1 North-east, upright stone, close to Furlong Monument. On
east face of stone ' : —

1 On west face of stone ' : —

Here lyeth the Remains of Mr Peter | Roblaftre De-
parted this life the 7th | day of December in the Year of
our | Lord 1798 Father of the within

DUBLIN. 554

1 Flat stone, raised on pillars, near church door, south-west '

This Stone Erected by
Frederick Hamilton
of Dunfierth in the County of Kildare, Esqr*

To the Memory of his Mother Delphine
Lady Boyne who Departed this Life the
11th day of August 1805 Aged 50 Years.

Also to the Memory of his Aunt Mifs Anne Smyth

Who Departed this Life on the 24th of Septr 1815

Aged 60 Years

Also John A. Hamilton Grandson of the
above Frederick who died on the 3rd of
July 1853, aged 14 years.

On the 25th of May 1858
Margaret Hamilton died aged 27 years
and on the 30th of April 1859
William Hamilton departed this Life in
his 17th year. Grandchildren of the above
Fredk Hamilton Esqe

Died on the 10th of August 1861
Frederick Gust Hamilton in his 28th year.

also

Thomas Hamilton, Grandson of the above

Lady Viscts Boyne.

departed this life 24th March 1872 aged 61 years

Alexander Gustvs Hamilton, third son of the above

Thomas, departed this life 4th Feby 1876, aged 30 years

Sarah Emily wife of the above Thomas Hamilton

departed this life 13th March 1883.

1 White marble tablet at foot of this tomb ' : —

In loving memory of Mary, relict of the late

Edmund T. Wrigley, Esq

and second daughter of

Frederick Hamilton,

of dunfierth c° kildare esquire

" Until the day break, and the shadows flee away."

See Vol. II, p. 511.

555 DUBLIN.

1 Upright stone, north-east' : —

Upright stone, north-east, middle part of ground ' : —

This Stone and Burial Place | Belongeth to M1' John
Severs of | Bridge Street Weaver and his | Pofterity
1769 Here lieth 3 of his I Children.

Upright stone, north-east, middle of ground ' : —

12th Day of February 1768 | in the | age

Alfo three of | ildr .... [Stone

sunk under ground.]

' Upright Stone, south-west, beside church path ' : —

This Stone was Erected by John Hugh | of the City of
Dublin Slator for him and his | Pofterity | Here Lieth
the Body of his Wife Margret [sic"] Hugh j who Departed
this Life the 3rd day of August 1771 | Aged 55 Years.

1 South-west, flat stone on upright stones ' : —

DUBLIN. 556

' South-west corner, beside Lentaigne Tomb, mentioned
below. Upright tombstone ' : —

This Stone was Erected by Iohn | O'Brien of ye City of
Dublin merch* | in memory of his wife Catherine |
O'Brien who departed this life | decr ye 11th 1763 aged
54 years.

' Altar-tomb, south-west, north side panel ' : —

Sacred to the memory of Benjamin Lentaigne, m.d. |
a native of Caen in Normandy. | Firm to his Faith, true
to his King preferring honour to interest he forsook his
Country | to follow his exiled Princes ; | Banging him-
self under their banners he adhered to their fortunes
long after hope had fled ; | and then sought an asylum
in Ireland where the amiable qualities of his heart |
attached to him many affectionate Friends ; | Whilst his
distinguished talents gained him the esteem and admira-
tion | of its Worthy Inhabitants. | Wept by the poor as
a Protector mourned by his friends as a Brother |
regretted by all as an ornament to human nature ; | He
departed this life Octr xix mdcccxiii. | aged xli.

Edwd Nowlan Facit.

East panel

* West panel ' : —

Pray for the Soul

Victor Hervieu m d

Who Departed this life

6th August 1831

Aged 41 Years

Pray for the Soul of

Phillis Mary Lentaigne.

the dearly loved Wife of

John Lentaigne, f.r.c.s.

who died Dec. 12. 1893, aged 34 years.

also her Son, John Francis
who died Jan. 10. 1890, aged 2 years.

Inscription on south side ' : —

I.H. S

Hie jacet Benjaminus Lentaigne Cadomi in Gallia
natus, | M D ex Dubliensi S.S. Trinitatis Collegio. |
Ingenuis artibus a teneris institutus in illis excelluit. j
Sseviente ilia tempestate qua quassata f uit Gallia patrium
solum Fraterne Sanguine madens. | mutare coactus est,

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Ipse a Eebellibus nova designatus Victima. | Fortis
anima Castra petiit in quibus Nobilissimaa Cohortes
sub Principibus ex Augusta | Borbontorum stirpe Pro
Religione, Rege et Patria militabant | Legionibus illus
occulta Dei consilio dimissis ad hospitales Imperii
Britannici oras confugit, | Dublinii Medicinam summa
cum laude septemdecim annos exercuit Omnibus
acceptus. | Cams maxime Pauperibus quo. consiliis et
aere suo levabat | Sic foenerabatur Domino a quo
mercedem reciperet. | Clarissimus vir ingenti Omnium
luctu praematura abreptus est morte quam pie excepit |
Anno suaa setatis xlt Die xix. Octobris a.d. mdcccxiii. j
Requiescat in Pace. | Hoc Monumentum erexit Dilec-
tissimae Conjugis Pietas.

[Beautifully carved stone panels at each corner of tomb, like a
piece of drapery caught up with ribbon, resembling Cipriani's designs.
Lettering very clear and distinct on panels of white marble.]

1 Upright tombstone, south-west part, middle ' : —

' Large flat tombstone, raised on upright stones, south-west ' : —
Erected by
N. Callwell of College Green
1805

' Upright tombstone, leaning against small ash-tree, near Dunn
altar-tomb. Back of tree grown over part of the inscription; lower
part of stone buried in clay, hiding the concluding lines ' : —

Here Lyeth (in Hope of a joyfull
Refurrection) the Remains of Mr
Iohn Sleane Sen1' late of the City
of Dublin Serjeant at Mace who
died 26th Novemr 1775 refpected and
regretted by All whofe Esteem . . .

and Sorrow could reflect Cr

on him or do Honour to

own Candour and

Mt&t . . .

Here also lyeth ,

of the above

DUBLIN. 558

1 South-west, upright tombstone ' : —

' Upright stone, south-west ' : —

' South-west corner, near cottage, sloping tombstone ' : —

1 Upright tombstone, south-west corner ' : —

This Stone was Placed here | by Mr Mattw Lynan in
Memory | of his Daughter Eliz Lynan I who died in
Capel Street | the 21 of Aug. 1767 | Aged' 16 years.

Upright tombstone, west of church ' : —

Flat tombstone, west of church ' : —

Here lieth the body of | James Leeson | departed this
life January 4th 1821 | Aged 56 years.

Upright stone, north-west of church ' : —

559 DUBLIN.

Upright stone, west of church ' : —

' Upright stone, inscription sunk under ground, west of
church ' :—

Here lieth the Body of John | Delaney who Departed
this Life | the 23d of Jany 1771 aged

' Upright tombstone, west of church. Top of stone only above
ground ' : —

This Burialplace belongs | to Iames Carmi | chael FebRY
ye 17th J 1753.

Flat tombstone, west of church ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of | M1'8 Anne Dunn wife of |
Dennis Dunn of | Dorset Street who died 13th | of March
1807 Aged 33 Years.

Upright tombstone, west of church ' : —

Flat tombstone, near monument of Arthur Dunn ' : —

1 South-west, upright stone once, sloping now ' : —

Q Q

DUBLIN. 560

' South-west, tombstone sloping backward. Lower part of
inscription hidden by clay ' : —

This Stone and burial place Belongetli to | Thomas
Tolin of Hampstead lane County | of Dublin Dary [sic]
man and his Pofterity | who Departed his [sic] life the
318t day of Ianuary | 1776 aged 80 years here Alfo lieth
the | Body of Ann Tolin his beloved Wile who j Departed
her life Decembr the 218t 1766 | Aged 73 years here Alfo
lieth the Body of | James Tolin Son of the above Thomas
who | departed his life the 16th day of March 1752 I
aged 24 years here Alfo lieth the Body of | Patrick
Tolin Son of the above Thomas

1 West, upright stone. Inscription partly buried ' : —

' Large flat tombstone south-east of church ' : —

To the Memory

Captain Francis Grose

F.R.S.

Who whilst in cheerful conversation

With his Friends

Expired in their Arms

Without a Sigh

18th of May

1791

Aged 90.

' Local tradition states that the architect of the Custom House,,
James Gandon, was buried in this tomb thirty-three years after
Captain Grose had been laid there. " They had been great friends."

561 DUBLIN.

Mr. Gandon died at Lucan, aged eighty-two, in the year 1824.
There is no inscription commemorating him, though there is ample
space on the slab.'

1 Inscription on an old coloured print of Drumcondra Church
hanging up in the vestry ' : —

Published Sep. 17. 1791 by S. Hooper. Sparrow Sculp.

To James Gandon & Samuel Walker Efqrs Mr Horace
Hone & Kichd Edwd Mercier, who attended the funeral
of the late Francis Grose Efqr to the Church of Drum-
condra near Dublin where his Remains were deposited
18th May 1791 This View is inscribed by their Humble
Servant Samuel Hooper

1 The figure of Captain Grose in the print is placed on his own
grave.'

' An uncoloured copy of the print, also hanging up in the vestry,
is marked with a reference to Grose's " Antiquities of Ireland,"
vol. i, 1791. In it also the figure of Captain Grose appears,
placed as if regarding the church, with his back to the spectators.
He wears a long brown coat and a queue. The church at that time
had no porch. It was built in 1750, and the door was directly
opposite the Coghill Monument in the south wall.'

Altar-tomb, south side of church, north face ' : —

South face ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of Sir William Gleadowe Newcomen
Bar | who Departed this Life the 21st day of August
1807 | Aged 66 Years [ Here also Lieth the Body of the
Right | Honourable Thomas Lord Viscount Newcomen |
who died on the 10th [?] day of January 1825 | Aged
48 Years.

DUBLIN. 562

' West face, towards path ' : —

' Coat-of-arms, carved in stone, with crest and motto
" Vigilant." '

" Newcomen's Bank, now the offices of the City Treasurer, was
founded by Thomas Gleadowe, who married Charlotte, daughter
and heiress of Charles Newcomen, of Carrickglas, in County of
Longford, and who was created a Baronet in 1731, when he
assumed the arms and surname of Newcomen." — " Dublin," by
S. A. Ossory FitzPafcrick, p. 241, note.

' The first bridge on the Royal Canal is known as Newcomen
Bridge, " so called from Sir William Gleadowe Newcomen, the
great banker in Castle Street in the eighteenth century, and whose
country residence was Carrickglas, Co. Longford, now the home of
the Lefroy family."—" Sketches of Old Dublin," A. Peter, p. 244.

' The Newcomen family residence at Drumcondra is said to have
been the present Missionary College of All Hallows adjoining the
churchyard.'

fMHIS STONE
^ilig AND BURIAL

* place belong
eth to Patrick Doyle
of the City of Dublin
Baker and his Poster
ity Anno Dom 1684

' Inscription on west face of upright tombstone, near church
path, Drumcondra churchyard, south-west side.

563

DUBLIN.

' On east face of stone, chipped and worn by age, there is a
coat-of-arms carved with mantling around.

'Shield: Three unicorns' heads erased (horns chipped away),
Above it an esquire's helmet. Over this a crest-wreath.
< Crest : A unicorn's head armed, couped at the neck.'

This Stone was Erected j by Sederiah Martin, Temple
Barr, Dublin, in Memory | of her Beloved Hufband
Mr William Martin who | Departed this Life March
ye 4th 1771 Aged 54 years | Alfo 2 of his Children.

4 Upright tombstone half buried in the ground ' :-

This Stone and Bur1, place | . . . th to Mr. Thos. Piercy
of the Dublin Breafr and his |

This Stone and Burial place belong | to Mr John Ker of
the City of Dub | lin Shoemaker for him and his
Pofterity.

DUBLIN. 561

This Stone and burial | place belong to the | posterity
of pat Douglas | of Church Street Merc1 | Who Depd
this Life octr ye 12. 1766 Aged 48 years

' Tombstone standing west of Drumcondra Church, County
Dublin ' :—

' All the coats-of-arms which appear among the Drumcondra
inscriptions, and which add greatly to their interest, were especially
drawn for The Journal by Miss Eileen Grace O'Mahony.'

Holy Well in Drumcondra Churchyard.

' At the north-west corner of the graveyard, under the high wall
which separates it from All Hallows' Missionary Training College,
the well is situate, built round with large stones placed so as to
slope inward, as if there were once a " hood " over it, though now
there is none. The diameter is about 3 feet 8 inches. About 6
inches of water at present in the well, which can never have been
very deep ; it lies in a grassy hollow, about 5 feet below the level of
the churchyard. There is a local tradition that the water is a cure
for sore eyes. To whom the well was dedicated is forgotten ; but
probably, like the church, it was dedicated to St. John the Baptist.'

565 DUBLIN.

Ball.i fermot ( lmnli>ai<[.

[From Captain G. S. Cary, k.i.c]

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

IHS
Momento Mori.
This stone was erected by John Fitzpatrick of the city
of Dublin Parchment Maker for him and his posterity.
Here lieth two his children who died young. Here lieth
the body of his son in law John White of Thomas
Street who departed this life Sept. the 20. 1803. aged 85
years. Here also lieth the body of Henry White, son to
the above John White, aged one year.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

I. H. S.

This stone erected by Mr Peter Fleming of Mill Street,
for himself and posterity. Here lies the Eemains of five
of his children who died young, also the remains of his
father and Mother Pat & Mary Wymes. Requescant in
Pace.

A.D. 1817.
This Stone was erected by Tho8 Smartt of Kilmainham
in the Co. of Dublin for him and his Posterity. Here
lieth the remains of his Father and Mother and several
of his children and grandchildren.

[Stone broken and part of it set up on another grave.]

Sacred to the Memory of Richard Dawson of the Royal
Irish Artillery who departed this life Novbr the 6th 1815.
Erected by his disconsolate widow Margaret Dawson as
a small but just tribute due to the best of Husb [ands] .
Here also are [buried] Seven of th [Rest of stone
buried.]

Erected by Mary Gibson in Memory of her belovd
husband Jon Gibson. Departed this life the 9th day of
Nov. 1810. son Gustavus Gibson who depd Sep1 22nd
1799, aged 22 years also [ ] Son James. [Rest

of stone buried.]

DUBLIN. 56$

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

+
I. H. S.

Momento Mori.
This stone was erected by James Moore of Island Bridge
in Gratefull Remembrance of bis respected Father and
Mother Maurice & Martha Moore also his former wife
Mary Moore and three of his children [No date,
probably beginning of nineteenth century.]

Erected by Michael McMahon of Palmerstown in
Memory of his beloved Mother Mary McMahon who
departed this life 17th Oct1 1838 aged 60 years, also his
beloved daughter Mary Anne who died Aug1 3rd 1851
aged 9 years. Grant Eternal rest 0 Lord to their Souls
and let perpetual light shine unto them.

Brownstown Cliurc*liyai*<l.

[From Thomas U. Sadleir.]

' Small circular graveyard, situated in the parish of Newcastle-
Lyons, not far from the canal bank and about a mile to the east of
Hazlehatch Bridge. There are no ruins of any sort, and very few
headstones. It would appear to have been seldom used for inter-
ments in recent years ' : —

17 I. H. S. 58

This stone was erected by George Burk. Here lyes his
Father and Mother and 5 of his children.

This stone was erected by Mrs Mary Daly in memory of
her beloved husband M1 Denis Daly who departed this
life Oct. 14th 1826, aged 66 years ; also three of her
children and two of her Grand children, and his brother
Thomas Daly and wife. Requiescat in Pacem.

This stone was erected by Mr Peter Madden, of John's
Lane, in the City of Dublin, Merchant Tailor, in
memory of his beloved father Mr John Madden, who
departed this life on 12 June 1791, aged 62 years, also
his beloved brother John Madden, who departed this life
on 16 Aug. 1807, aged 18 years, and also his most
beloved wife Mrs Mary Madden, who having discharged
the duties of an affectionate wife, & of a tender and

567 DUBLIN.

indulgent mother, was distinguished by the most
humane and charitable disposition. She departed this
life on 3 July 1827 in the 32nd year of her age, to the
inexpressible regret of an affectionate family, & deeply
lamented by all who knew her.

This stone was erected by Marg1 Byrne, to the memory
of her husband Steven Byrne, who departed this life on
17 day of July 1798, aged 55 years. Here lieth the
bodies of her Father and Mother, Luke and Ann
FitzPatrick, also the bodies of her brother and sister
Michael and Alice FitzPatrick.

Dublin. Mount Jerome.

[From Mr. Peirce Gun Mahony, Cork Herald.]

The Mahony Vault.

Peiece Mahony

Died 19th February 1853

Aged 60 Years.
Peirce Kenifeck Mahony
Died 21st July 1850
Aged 32 Years.
Jane Mahony
Died 19th July 1860
Aged 69 Years.
' The Peirce Mahony of this inscription (born 1793) was the
elder son of Peirce Mahony and Anna Maria Maunsell, his wife.
He was at one time m.p. for Kinsale, and was a d.l. for the County
of Kerry. He married 10th January, 1815, Jane Kenifeck (whose
inscription is above recorded), daughter of Edmund Kenifeck, of
Seafort, County Cork (now known as Ballindeasig).
' They had issue ' : —

(1) Peirce Kenifeck Mahony (born 1817), whose inscription

is also recorded above

(2) David Mahony (born 1820), d.l. for County Wicklow.

(3) Anna Maria Mahony (born 16th September, 1823), who

married Lieut. -Colonel Francis W. Johnstone, son of
James Eaymond Johnstone, of Alva, Scotland.

' The said Peirce Kenifeck Mahony married, 15th November,
1839, Jane, third daughter of Kobert Gun Cuningham, d.l., of
Mount Kennedy, County Wicklow (see Burke's "Landed Gentry of
Ireland.")

' Their eldest son Peirce Robert George Gun Mahony (born 13th
September, 1840), and who died in May, 1844, is also interred in
this vault.

DUBLIN. 568

Dublin. St. George's Chapel of Ease, Hill Street.

[From Mr. E. R. M'C. Dix, m.r.i.a.]

4 This old graveyard has been for several years in charge of the
Corporation as an " Open Space," and is well kept. Only the
tower of the church remains. The rest was taken down. The
head-stones and tombs are preserved, some inside and others round

569 DUBLIN.

the walls. The Dix tomb is isolated by the surrounding paths,
and a stone border or edging. The inscription was recut some
years ago ' : —

The Dix Family Tomb.

* Side tablet ' .—

4 End tablet ' :—

DUBLIN. 570

II om Hi £t. Mary's Churchyard.

[From the " Journal of the R. S.A.I. ," part 4, vol. xxxvii.]

' A Paper on the St. Lawrences, Lords of Howth, from the end
of the twelfth to the middle of the sixteenth century, with a
description of the family tomb in St. Mary's Church at Howth, was
published in the " Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of
Ireland" for 1907; the writer of it — Lord Walter FitzGerald —
there proves that the effigies on it represent Sir Christopher
fitz Stephen St. Lawrence, Lord of Howth, and his wife, Anne
Plunkett; that the former died between the years 1462 and 1465;
and that his widow Anne re-married with one Anthony Percy.

' The description of the St. Lawrence altar-tomb in the
" R. S.A.I. Journal" is given as follows: —

' " This tomb stands at the east end of the south aisle of the
ruined Church of St. Mary. With the exception of the inscription,
it is in a very good state of preservation. The covering-slab, which
measures 7 feet 2 inches in length and 3 feet 11 inches in breadth,
bears the effigies of Sir Christopher St. Lawrence, Lord of Howth,
and his wife, Anne Plunkett, who was, according to the " Peerages,"
a daughter of the House of Rathmore.

' " The knight is clad in plate armour, and a coat of chain-mail
is visible at the neck and hips. His head rests on a cushion, and
his feet on a dog. He wears a conical helmet, and his sword, the
guard -ends of which curve downwards, is slung well to the front.
The lady lies on his right side ; tasselled cushions support her head
and feet, and she wears the horned head-dress of the period. In
both figures the hands are placed open, palms downwards, on the
breast.

1 " The Inscription.

1 " Running round the bevelled edge of the slab is an inscrip-
tion cut in slightly raised Lombardic letters. Unfortunately, owing
to weather wear and the decayed state of the slab, a large portion
of the inscription, including the date, is quite illegible, and even
where there are traces of some isolated letters, they do not assist
one in deciphering the words; nor could I obtain any information
from Lord Howth on the subject.

1 " The inscription commences on the north side of the tomb,
just above the point of the sword-scabbard. One can read the
words : — hic iacent cristoferus, and the side apparently ends with
the word dominus. W7hen complete, the full name would be
cristoferus de sancto laurencio. The west end portion of the
inscription, where legible, is unintelligible to me.

1 " Coming to the south side, it recommences: — . . obitus +
cristo dominas ; then it becomes illegible or unintelligible, till one
reaches the words quorum animabus at the end of this side, followed

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on the east side by deus propicietur me fecit (these

last two words in Roman capitals). The name of the sculptor is,
unfortunately, entirely worn away. As it occupied only 9 inches,
the name must have been a short one.

1 " There is a bevelled space of about 18 inches between the
north-east corner of the tomb and the point of the sword-scabbard,
but no letters were cut on it.

1 " The Sculpturing on the Sides.
1 " The height of the sides is 2 feet 5 inches. The two ends are
each divided into four panels containing human figures.

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1 " The four panels at the east end, going from right to left,
contain the following saints : —

' " (1) St. Peter, holding a large key in his right hand, and a

book in the left.
1 " (2) St. Catherine, holding a sword in her right hand, and
the wheel of her martyrdom in the left.
" (3) A mitred ecclesiastic, a cross-topped staff in the left
hand, and the right raised in the benediction-giving
posture (? St. Patrick).
" (4) A nun, holding the book in her right hand, and a
crozier* in her left (? St. Brigid).

* The head or crook of the crozier is turned outwards, showing that this nun
or abbess had jurisdiction outside the limits of her convent.

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572

1 " At the west end the two outer panels contain each an angel
swinging a censer. Of the remaining two panels the winged figure
of St. Michael the Archangel occupies one ; on his left arm hangs
a cross-bearing shield, and in his right hand he holds a spear, the
butt of which is thrust into the throat of a dragon lying at his feet.
The other panel contains the Crucifixion, with St. John and the
Blessed Virgin Mary standing on either side of the cross.

1 " The south and north sides of the tomb are each divided into
six panels, ogee-headed, and richly decorated with foliage ornaments,
similar to the panels at the ends, but they contain no sculptures in
them. There are, however, on each side five shields bearing coats-
of-arms (with the exception of one, which is carved with religious
emblems) occupying the spaces above and between the tops of the
panels.

' " Commencing on the south side, and going from right to left,
the coats-of-arms are carved in the following order : —

' " Shield I. bears the St. Lawrence and Plunkett arms impaled,

viz. : —

" Gules, two swords in saltire, blades upwards proper,
between four roses argent." For St. Lawrence.

' " Sable, a bend argent, in sinister chief, a tower triple-
towered of the last. For Plunkett. This coat, however, is

[To face page 572.

THE ST. LAWRENCE TOMB IN ST. MARY'S, HOWTH.

The hand to the right points to the commencement of the Inscription.
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roduced with the permission of the Council of the Koyal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.

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in error shown reversed on the shield. On the ' bend y

appears ' an annulet,' a mark of decadence denoting a fifth

son.*

' " In this instance the stone-carver has wrongly placed

the St. Lawrence Arms in the sinister, instead of the dexter,

half of the shield.
'" Shield II. — These Arms consist of 'a chief indented.'

They may belong to either the Le Poer family—' Argent, a

chief indented sable,' or to the Butlers — < Or, a chief

indented azure.'
1 " Shield III.— The Plunkett Arms, as on Shield I.
' " Shield IV.— The Fleming Arms, viz. :— < Vair, a chief

chequy or and gules.'
1 " Shield V.— The Cusack Arms, viz. :— < Per pale or and azure

a fess counterchanged.'

1 " Continuing in the same order on the north side of the tomb
the remainder of the coats-of-arms are : —

1 " Shield VI.— The Bellew Arms—' Sable, fretty or.'

' " Shield VII.— Appears to be ' Barry of Eight,' or ' Three
bars,' but it may be intended for the De Barry coat—
1 Argent, three bars gemels gules.' The only other coat it
resembles is that of the ancient Meath family of Hussey,
viz. :— ' Barry of six ermine and gules, on a canton of the
last a cross or.'

1 " Shield VIII.— The St. Lawrence Arms, as on Shield I.

1 " Shield IX.— The White Arms, viz. :— < Argent, a chevron
engrailed, between three roses gules.' An error of the
stone-cutter is apparent in the manner in which he has.
reproduced these arms, as he has sunk the chevron instead
of cutting it in relief.!

" ' Shield X. bears the emblems of our Lord's Passion and
Crucifixion. The cross occupies the middle of the shield.
To the left of it are the three nails, the crown of thorns,
three scourges, and the spear. To the right of it a hammer'
pincers, ladder, the seamless vesture, and three dice.

' " All the coats-of-arms above described prove that the Lords
of Howth intermarried with members of the Plunkett, Fleming
Cusack, Bellew, (?) Hussey, and White families, previous to the
middle of the sixteenth century; but, with the exception of

«. *T>?ri °f.the !hiflds on the fifteenth-century Talbot tomb at Malahide bears
the Plunkett coat-of-arms, also distinguished with « an annulet." In this case
the arms belong to the Killeen family.

t My thanks are due to Mr. G. D. Burtchaell, Athlone Pursuivant of Arms
for the trouble he took in identifying, as far as possible, these coats-of-arms

DUBLIN. 574

Plunkett, not one of them is mentioned in the ' Peerages.' The
only likely source of information that might throw light on the
marriages would be Lord Howth's family documents, which, I
believe, have not yet been calendared in the Historical Manuscripts
Series.' "

• It is not unlikely that the appearance of the White coat-of-
arms on the tomb may refer to the first wife of Sir Robert, son and
heir of the Sir Christopher fitz Stephen St. Lawrence to whose
memory the tomb was erected, as she was Alicia, daughter of
Nicholas White, of Killester, in the County Dublin (she is not
mentioned in the "Peerages"), Sir Robert's second wife being
Lady Joan Beaufort, daughter of Edward, Duke of Somerset. If
Sir Robert designed and superintended the erection of his father's
tomb, it is very probable that he included his then wife's family
arms in the line of escutcheons.

' As before mentioned, this tomb cannot be of a later date than
1465. D'Alton, in his " History of the County Dublin " (1838),
assigns the date at 1589, which is absurd ; and Grose, in his
"Antiquities of Ireland" (p. 20, vol. i., 1791), fixes it at 1430,
without any visible foundation for his statement. He also gives a
purely imaginary version of the inscription in English, which is
unworthy of notice, except to show how little reliance can be
placed on the rash statements and theories of archaeologists of the
eighteenth century.'

< With the death in 1909 of Sir William Ulick Tristram St.
Lawrence, k.p., Baron of Howth, and 4th Earl of Howth — the last
representative in the male line of an ancient race — the titles and
name become extinct.'

Itilliiio.r Old Cliurcli ami Clnii'cli.yai'<l.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

' Below are two of the inscriptions in the old churchyard of
Killiney, which I copied in 1895-6. The rest (to the number of
above a dozen), taken in the latter year, I hope to send at a future
time with some notes on the interior of the old church, its font, and
the small cross lying in the latter. It is curious how devoid this
ground is of old or interesting inscriptions, surrounding, as it does,
an ancient Irish church with square-headed door in the west end,
the lintel of which has a cross in relief on the side parallel to the

[To face page 574.

575 DUBLIN.

ground.* These ruins are preserved as a National Monument. To
the east of the east wall of the chancel, and nearer to it than to the
boundary of the churchyard, is a flat stone with the following'
inscription, in which the last three " A's " have two strokes
forming an angle, instead of a cross-stroke, and the second "1" in
the year extends below the line like the 7 and 9 ' : —

In this sequester'd spot to rest,
Is my last wish — my last request,

Till the last call surprise.
May you and I then rise in love,
And with the blefs'd rejoice above,

Nor death more cloud our Eyes. Amen.

Written by Elizabeth Murphy, who died on
the 12th day of Feby 1791. Aged 60.

She is Interred here agreeable to her desire,

and this Stone is laid by her

affectionate Niece Ann Fetherston.

' Another stone lying almost parallel to the northern part of the
ruins, and considerably nearer to it than to the churchyard wall,
has the inscription given below, in which the cross-stroke of the
initial " H " is ornamental. The head of this stone is on a line

* The height of this doorway, which is composed for the most part of
granite, is about G feet, its width at the bottom 2 feet 4 inches, and at the top
2 feet. The cross, which is of the Greek type, measures 1 foot 5 inches from
north to south, and 2 inches less from east to west. The width of the arms is
about 3 inches, and the cross varies in relief from three-eighths to half an inch.
The width of the stone on which it is sculptured is 2h feet (the thickness of the
walls here) and its length 3 feet 3 inches. The stone is 10 or 11 inches thick.
The west end of the entire ruins measures some 33 feet outside, the later
adjunct at the north side (extending along the nave and greater part of the
chancel to the length of some 35 feet, as compared with the 39, or so, of the
older building) not being so wide as the nave. There is a rectangular granite
dressed window with perpendicular mullion on the south side of the nave, a
good deal nearer the chancel than the west end of the wall. Each aperture
measures about 14^ inches in width and 27 in height. The chancel, which is
above one third of the entire length of the ruins, recedes about 2 feet, outside
measurement, from the line of the nave, and has in the east end a square-
headed aperture 6i inches wide and about 2| feet high. The east end of the
adjunct (outside measurement about 16 feet 8 inches) has a window with
rounded arch some 13 inches wide and 3 feet 4 inches high, and there are on the
north side of this part two square-topped apertures, some 2 feet in height by
half a foot in width, before we come to a granite doorway 2 feet 3 inches wide,
with pointed arch, from which there is a little more than 7 feet of wall to the
west end of the ruins. The height of the west wall of this adjunct runs from
some 3 to 9 feet. These particulars, I think, are pretty accurate, though taken
from notes made some twelve years ago. It remains to say that the gables of
the nave and chancel are perfect.

R R

DUBLIN.

576

with the east jamb of the arched doorway, and the inscription reads
the usual way. I do not find the deceased's name in Todd's
" Catalogue of Graduates of Dublin University"; but the date of
his death, as recorded on the stone, makes it more than probable
that it is he who is referred to in the following entries in Cotton's
"Fasti," under " Prebendaries of St. Michael's" (Christ Church
Cathedral), and "Third Canons" (Kildare Cathedral), respec-
tively :— " 1798. John William Dudley Ryves, M.A., elected October
12th; admitted October 20th; installed October 22nd. He died in
1801."—" 1799. Dudley Ryves, installed April 13th. He died in
1801." Volume V of the "Fasti" shows that the Prebendary
and Canon were the same person. The only place in the Journal
in which the surname occurs is, I believe, at pp. 198-4 of
Volume V ' : —

Here lieth the Remains of the Rev1

Dudley Ryves. Late Minister, of the

Parish of Monckstown, [sic] & its Unions

departed this Life March ye Second, 1801.

Kill of III <" Grange Clim <«li.var«l.

[From Mr. V. Hussey- Walsh.]

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Motto : IN TE DOMINE SPEKAVI.

This Stone & Burial-place belongeth

to David Hinchy Esq1 of Rockville in the

County of Dublin. Here lieth the Body

of the above David Hinchy who

Departed this life May 8th 1820

Aged 80 Years

577 DUBXIN.

[The ancient name of this burial-ground was Clonkeen, the
patron saint being a St. Fintan, who was venerated either on the
7th February or on the 11th of May.]

M a la li ill e € Inn cli y a r«l .

[From Mr. John Hewetson.]

* The following appear in this parish churchyard ' : —

To the memory of | Mrs Charlotte Ann Pool | native of
Jersey. | Quo Fata Vocant.

[Upon an altar-tomb 9 feet by 4 feet and 2 feet high.]

[The stone containing above is an imposing upright one, though
of no special merit.]

578

MISCELLANEA,

The Families of Garritt and Goggin.

Mr. T. G. H. Green has kindly contributed the following
information on the above-named families, which he copied from
what was once the fly-leaf of a Bible, now forming part of a
collection of papers which belonged to Maurice Linehan, the
historian of Limerick : —

Elenore Garritt was Born ye 28th February 1724 it being lep

year 14 minets after won in the morning it being Sunday.
Elizabeth Garritt was born the 26th March at 8 of ye clock one

Saterday morning 1726.
Ann Garritt was born ye 21 April 58 minets past 6 of yc clock

in ye morning one Friday 1727.
Priscilla Garritt was born ye 2 of May 32 minets after one at

none on Friday 1728.
Abygal Garritt was born ye 8 of July 45 minets after 10 at

night one Tuesday 1729.
John Garret was born the 16th of August one Sonday morning

about 20 minits after six 1730.
Wm Garritt was born October ye 1 about — minits after six in

ye morning it being Friday 1731.
Harret Garritt was born 15 minets after 6 in morning one

Sunday January 1732.
January ye 23 Cabren Garritt was born about 30 minets after

fife in ye afternoone of a Tuesday andadomony [anno Domini]

1734/5.
September ye 15 Henry Garritt was born about 45 minets past

one in ye morning it being Wensday an Domony 1736.
Dember ye 17 Thomas Garritt was born on Saterday about six

in ye afternone and Domnoy 1737.
John Garritt was Born one Sonday about nine of the clock at

night one ye 28 Day 8ber and Domony 1739 one Simon and

Gudes.

I Wm Goggin was born the 14th day of December 172 [torn] so

that on Christmas Day 1753, new style, I was T

[torn] years old.

I was married to my D1' Wife Ellinore Goggin orse Garritt on
Tuesday the tenth day of July 1744 and my Dr Wife was
born on Sunday the 28th of February 1724/5 at 14 minits
after one in the morning.

579

1. My son Stephen was born Sunday 12th of May 1745.

2. My dau' Priscilla was born on Good Friday 17 of April 1747
near five oclock in the Morning.

3. My son Wm was born on Sunday the 12th day of June 1748.

4. My dau'" Mary was born on Monday the 7th May 1750 thirty

minits after one oclock in the afternoon.

5. My son Mathew was born on the 22d of May 1751 at the
half hour after eight in the forenoon.

6. My dau1' Ellinor was born on the 2nd of September 1752.

7. My son Thomas was born on Thursday the Tenth of January
1754 about six oclock in the morning — The Honble Tho8
Southwell Esqr.

8. My second son William was born on Monday the 24th March
between four and five in the evening.

The Children of Thomas Goggin.

1. My daughter Hannah Higgins was born 26th July, 1782.

2. My daughter Ellen was born the 1st October 1783.

3. My daughter Elliza was born the 10th November 1788.

4. My daughter Ann was born the 1st of December 1790.

5. My son Wm (?) was born on the 24th of March 1795.

I was Married the 19th of August 1781 to Jane Smyth Daughter
John Smyth Esq'.

My dear Father departed this Life the 2nd day of April 1819.
My dearest Mother departed this life the 20th day of November
1820.

E. Goggin.

NOTES.

Old Manor Maps, Rentals, &c.

In the Fortieth Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public
Records in Ireland, the following statement appears on page 6 : —

Attention has been called to the fact that the operation of the
Land Purchase Acts, in the cases of estates which are being com-
pletely sold, is calculated to risk the loss of many old estate records
which may be of interest. With the removal of any immediate
reason for keeping them, and the closing of the offices in which
they are now kept, there is a danger that old maps, early rentals,
Manor Court rolls, and other papers of very considerable value for
local history, may suffer from neglect or even be destroyed. Under
the 16th section of the Public Records Act " any trustee or other

580

person having the custody of any deeds or documents, which, in
the opinion of the Master of the Rolls, are fit to be deposited in the
Public Record Office," is authorized to deposit them there. It
would be very desirable that landowners and agents of estates, who
may be in possession of old records of real interest, which it is no
longer necessary to keep, should avail themselves of the provisions
of this section.

QUERIES.

The Family of McPike.

Regarding the allied families of Bruce, Haley, Halley, McDonald,
McPike, Pike, Pyke, Stewart, Stuart.

Certain family traditions (preserved in writing and partially
confirmed by circumstantial evidence) read as follows : —

" McPike from Scotland married to Miss Haley (or

Haly) from England ; she was granddaughter of Sir Edmund Haley
(astronomer), England. Children were : James M'Pike, Miss
M'Pike. Miss M'Pike married McDonald of Ireland."

" Capt. James M'Pike, Scotch, from England, 1772, to U.S.,
Baltimore ; . . . . married Martha Mountain."

(See " Notes and Queries," London, ninth series, xi, 205.)

Other family traditions (orally transmitted from generation to
generation and not confirmed by documentary evidence) indicate
that one Pike or Pyke, who is described as an educated Scotchman,
a linen merchant presumably in Edinburgh, Scotland (? circa 1700-
1750) married a Miss Stewart or Stuart of Edinburgh (? circa 1725-
1750), and had one child, a son (? James M'Pike, born circa 1751),
who was, it is added, sent to Dublin, Ireland, to acquire a military-
education, and migrated to Baltimore, in Maryland, U.S., in 1772,
then aged not more than twenty-one years.

(See " Devon Notes and Queries," Exeter, iv, July, 1906,
p. 86.)

Among the many printed notes relating to the above-mentioned
families are the following in " Notes and Queries," London : —

Bruce and Pike, 10th series, ix (June 6th 1908), p. 446.
Pyke and Halley, 10th series, ix (February 29th, 1908), p. 166.
Halley and Stewart, 10th series, ix (June 6th, 1908), p. 446.
Stewart and Pike, 9th series, xii (December 12th, 1903), p. 468.
McDonald and McPike, 10th series, ii (December 10th, 1904),
p. 467.

581

A synopsis of I [alley family history (showing connexion with
Pykes) appears in " The Genealogist," London, new series, July,
l'J08, with all authorities duly cited.

Any facts relating to the connexion formerly existing between
any of the above-mentioned families will be very gratefully received
by the undersigned.

Eugene Fairfield McPike,

1 Park Bow,

Chicago, Illinois,

U.S.A.

Bulkeley and Lamprey Families.

I shall be much obliged for any particulars as to Arthur
Bulkeley, of Ardee, County Louth, born 23rd September, 1623,
who married Elizabeth, daughter of James Fox, of Manchester
(son of Sir Patrick Fox, of Westmeath). Their daughter Margaret
married Bichard Lamprey, of Dublin, by license from the Arch-
bishop of Dublin, on the 25th of July, 1685, at St. Brigid's Church,
Dublin. Their son, Arthur Lamprey, was baptized at St. Brigid's
on the 28th November, 1700, and married Elinor Manypenny on
the 22nd of December, 1724. He afterwards became Sheriff of the
City of Dublin, 1755-6. Was Bichard Lamprey, of Dublin, con-
nected with the family of Lamprey of North Devon ? The late
Alderman Joseph Lamprey, Sheriff of the City of Dublin, 1824-5,
Senior Master of the Guild of Merchants, 1826, was, by direct
descent, the representative of this family in Ireland. He died on
the 29th of March, 1837, and left issue, and was buried in
St. \Yerburgh's, Dublin.

Colonel J. J. Lamprey,

Constitutional Club,

Northumberland Avenue,

London, W.C.

The Arms of the Evatt Family and the Riddlesford

Arms.

Surgeon-General G. J. H. Evatt, c.b. (Junior United Service
Club, St. James's, London, S.W.), would be grateful for informa-
tion on the following subject. He writes : —

The Evatt family at Mount Louise, Monaghan, descended from
Dean Evatt, of Elphin, Dean 1613-1634, bear as Arms— "Argent,

582

six escallops, sable," and as a Crest—" A single escallop," and
Motto--" Spectemur Agendo." These arms I have personally
verified on deeds at Mount Louise, dated 1688 and thereabouts.

I find these arms are the arms assigned to the Riddlesford
family— Walter de Riddlesford, Lord of Bray, County Wicklow.
His only daughter married Hugh de Laci, and secondly Stephen de
Longue Espee. His daughter, Emmeline, married Maurice fitz
Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Baron of Offaly.

In 1658 died Lady Lettice Digby, heiress to the Earls of
Kildare. Ten children' were born to her, seven sons and three
daughters.

Robert FitzGerald in 16G3 married Mary Clotworthy, of Money-
more, County Londonderry, daughter of Colonel James Clotworthy,
brother of Viscount Massereene.

The only way that any probable knowledge of the Riddleford
arms would come to the Evatt family would be that Sir Audley
Mervyn, cousin of the Evatts, 1660, was married to the daughter
of Sir John Clotworthy, afterwards Lord Massereene.

This seems a very vague and weak probability, and I would be
favoured if I could be told if the arms survived in use 1666-80, and
who used them.

The arms of the Evatt family date back to the St. George Roll,
a.d. 1240, as borne by Andreas L'Evaatt.

Humphry Evatt was cousin of Sir Audley Mervyn. He may
have seen the arms, and, perhaps, without warrant adopted them.
Any help towards a solution would be very gladly received.

BOOK NOTICES.

History of the Family of Stawell, of Cothelstone, Co. Somerset,
and of its Descendants the Barons Stawell, of Somerton, and
the Stawells, of Devonshire, and of the County Cork. By
Colonel G. I). Stawell.

An account of the above families has been compiled by Colonel
G. D. Stawell, late Director of Military Education in India, from
information obtained from private sources, from books, MSS., and
other documents in the British Museum, the Public Record Offices
of London and Dublin, and various Reference Libraries, and by
examination of Wills, Parish Registers, &c.

This work will be fully illustrated with photographs of residences
of the Stawells, and of churches, monuments, portraits, coats-of-
arms. It is dedicated to the Right Honourable the Lord Sherbourne,
who is the present representative of the family of the Lords Stawell
of Somerton, and it will contain full accounts of the parts taken by
members of the family in the undertaking of the peopling of
Munster circa a.d. 1586, the Civil War, &c.

583

The Galweys of Lota. By C. J. B. Bennett. Dublin : Hodges,
Figgis & Co., Ltd., Publishers to the University. 1909.

Contents : — Introduction ; The Galweys of Lota ; Genealogical
Table; The Galweys of Fort Richard ; The Galweys of Doon ; The
Story of a Younger Branch.

List of Illustrations : — The Galwey Monument in St. Mary's,
Limerick ; The Ruins of Dundanion Castle ; Rathconey and the
Vault of the Galweys of Lota ; John Galwey, of Lota and Westcourt
(from a miniature).

The Family of Houghton, of Kilthorpe, Co. Rutland ; Kingscliffe,
Co. Northampton ; Borrmount, Co. Wexford ; Staplestown,
Co. Carlow; and Springfield, Co. Antrim. Price 10s. 6d.

Major R. R. G. Crookshank, of Sloperton, Kingstown, County
Dublin, and the Rev. Philip Houghton, of Haxey Vicarage,
Lincolnshire, propose, if they receive sufficient support, to bring out
an account of the above family, and those descended from it, which
would date from John Houghton, of Stamford, Lincolnshire, and
Kilthorpe, Rutlandshire, who died in 1583, or, perhaps, earlier, if
possible, including, as far as possible, the families of Stoyte, of
Uffington, Lincolnshire ; Neville, of Holte, Leicestershire ; Tighe,
of Deeping, Lincolnshire ; Savage, of Dublin ; Barry, of New-
townbarry, Co. Wexford; Dowdall, of Mountown, Co. Meath ;
Parsons, of St. John's, Co. Wexford ; Hughes, of Ballytrent,
Co. Wexford ; Perkins, of Co. Carlow ; Miller, of Co. Wexford ;
Jacob, of Rathdowney, Co. Wexford ; Challoner, of Co. Dublin ;
Brassington, of Ballymacarney, Co. Meath.

With accounts of the families of W^alpole, of Pinchbeck, Lincoln-
shire ; Peyton, of St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk ; Wentworth, of
Nettlested, Suffolk ; Stafford, of Ballymacarn, Co. Wexford ; Henry
Jones, Bishop of Meath ; Lawrence, of Gormanstown, Co. Meath ;
Borr, of Borrmount, Co. Wexford ; Swiny, of Ballyteige, Co.
Wexford ; Dickson, of Ballybrickan, Co. Cork ; Gillespie, of
Cherry valley, Co. Down.

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PREFACE

H N presenting our members with the seventh volume of the
'-** Journal of our Association, we hope that they will con-
sider it to be equal in interest to any of our previous volumes.
The volume contains nearly 1000 pages, including the Funeral
Entries and Prefaces, and has upwards of 100 illustrations.

The membership of the Association now stands at 209, being
an increase of 10 as compared with our membership for the year
1908.

In 1906, when we concluded our sixth volume, our member-
ship was only 156, so that in the last three years we have had a
substantial increase.

The following are the names of those who have become
members of our Association since December 1st, 1908 : — The
Countess of Drogheda ; The Lady Ardilaun ; Martin J. Blake,
Esq. ; William Chamney, Esq. ; Mrs. H. Cartel Damant ;
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We much regret to have to announce the death of two of our
members, namely, The Rev. A. Eden, who became a member
in the year 1896, and Mr. R. G. Campion, who has been a
member since the year 1891.

We again appeal not only to our members, but to non-
members, and to all interested in the preservation of the inscrip-
tions on the memorials of the dead in Ireland, to send to our
tEditor material for the Journal ; and we would suggest that
every member should try and obtain some inscriptions from his
part of the country.

We would also beg to direct the special attention of our
members and readers to the appeal annexed to page v of our
Journal, and made by our Honorary Editor (Lord Walter
FitzGerald) for more material. Owing to the efforts of some
of the members of the Committee, we have been able to resume
the half-yearly issue of the Journal instead of the yearly issue ;
but it will be impossible to continue the half-yearly Journal
unless we receive further material.

No inscriptions have been received from the counties of
Leitrim, Longford, Sligo, and Wexford ; and we would beg to
direct the special attention of our members to these counties.
Material from all the other counties of Ireland is also urgently
required, with the exception of the counties of Cork and
Dublin.

A further instalment of the Funeral Certificates (or Entries)
of Ireland, specially transcribed for our Journal from the
original manuscript volume now in the British Museum
(London), appears with this number of the Journal ; and it is
intended to give illustrations and descriptions of all the arms
which are in the manuscript. The publication of these Funeral
Entries was commenced with the first number of this volume,
and they have a separate pagination. Particulars as to these
Funeral Entries, together with an account of their origin and
scope, will be found in the preface to the Funeral Entries on
page [1], and in the preface to the Journal for 1907, vol. vii,
No. 2, Part I, pages xii to xxiii.

On pages xxi to xxv of the preface to the Journal for 1908,
an account is given of a notable Irish funeral, namely, that of
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letters dated the 18th and 21st of August, 1668, and written
from Dublin.

The Association has issued this year an index of the
churchyards and buildings from which inscriptions on tombs
and mural slabs have appeared in the Journal from the year
1888 to the end of 1908. This index was compiled by Lord
Walter FitzGerald, to whom we wish to express our warmest
thanks and sincere gratitude. The index refers only to build-
ings and churchyards (not to parishes, which often contain two
or more burial-grounds within their limits) ; and it does not
include inscriptions on church plate or bells, nor reference to
parish registers.

It has been compiled solely for our members' convenience,
so that in sending in inscriptions they should be able to
ascertain from the volumes of the Journal what has not yet
appeared, thus saving them the trouble of copying those that
have already been done.

We wish to impress on our members and readers that
because they see the name of a churchyard in this index they
should by no means take it for granted that the place has been
thoroughly done, as, in some cases, the inscriptions dealing with
one particular family alone have been copied, and, in other
instances, the Latin inscriptions on the more ancient slabs have
not been attempted at all. Where this latter omission has
occurred, our members, if unable to decipher a "black-letter"
inscription, should make a careful " rubbing " of the lettering
on rough, thin paper, with heel-ball, so that the inscription may
be read by a competent person, and then printed in the Journal,
thus adding greatly to its interest and value. If they are,
however, unable to do this, mention at any rate should be made
of the existence of such a slab.

The following are some of the reviews of our Journal for
the year 1908 ; and we beg to thank the respective editors for
the reviews and help that they have so kindly given us : —

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" The Belfast News-Letter" (Belfast), February 12th, 1909:—

" A very considerable time has elapsed since an article, by the
present writer, on the work of the ' Association for the Preservation
of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland ' last appeared in ' The
Belfast News-Letter,' during which period three half-yearly parts
have been issued, containing much of value and interest, and
showing that the vitality of the Society is not on the wane. The
finances are maintaining their improved state, and the number of
annual members increasing. As regards the former, the credit
balance at the close of the accounts for 1906 was some £23, which
was increased in 1907 to above £35, a sum not sufficient, however,
to pay the printing of the second part of the Journal for that year.
With respect to members, there has been a net addition of twenty-
eight during 1907, bringing the roll up to 184 names, which
has been further increased, so that it stands now, the writer
believes, at about 195. The names of seven additional libraries
and institutions have been placed on the list of members — namely,
the New York State Library, the New York Historical Society, the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Manchester Eeference
Library, the Keform Club, London, the Royal Dublin Society, and
the Kevin Street Library, Dublin. The Association has suffered a
severe loss through the death of Sir Edmund T. Bewley, distinguished
as a genealogist, who had been a member of the Committee for some
years.

"In the 'Contents' no notes appear during 1907 under four
counties — namely, Armagh, Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo. Can
nothing be done with, or for, the last-named county ? During the
twenty years of the Society's existence notes have only appeared in
connexion with the County Sligo four times, in 1892, 1893, 1894,
and 1898, so that for the last nine years there have been no
inscriptions sent from it, or even contributed by a friendly non-
resident. Moreover, most of the inscriptions recorded in the above
four years were merely extracts, and not specially copied for the
Journal. Do none of the clergy or laymen of this County take any
interest in such matters, nor any lady resident within its bounds ?
Surely there are some churchyards in the County Sligo still
containing inscriptions of prior date to 1864, all previous to which
year are thankfully accepted for insertion in the pages of the
Journal.

" In the preface to the Journal for 1907 there are excerpts given
from several English antiquarian journals, reviewing, with no small
commendation, the work of the Irish Association for the Preserva-
tion of the Memorials of the Dead. ' The Antiquary ' very aptly
remarks that owing to the absence of early parish registers in
Ireland, except in Dublin, churchyard inscriptions are often the
only means of tracing pedigrees. This will be very evident to
anyone who cares to turn to the pages of the ' Thirteenth Report

of the Deputy- keeper of the Public Records in Ireland ' (1881),
where the dates of the registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials,
respectively, are given for the various parishes in Ireland, whether
these records have been removed to Dublin or remain under the care
of the parish clergyman. For Belfast, e.g., the registers only begin
in 1745, and for Connor in 1818. Lisburn is one of the compara-
tively few Irish parishes which have registers of the seventeenth
century ; and its baptismal records commence even as early as
1639, only five years after the date of the Canon ordering such to be
kept. The registers of Dromore begin in 1784, and those of Down
in 1750 (as to an earlier book of the latter parish, see the ' Ulster
Archaeological Journal ' for November, 1908). Among the parishes,
the names of which commence with A, B, or C, we find only eleven
registers of burials belonging to the seventeenth century, two of
which begin in 1700 — its last year. The other nine are — Athy,
1669 ; Ballymodan (Bandon), 1695 : Blessington, 1683 ; Bray, 1666 ;
Clones, 1682 (some earlier burial entries of this parish are printed
in Shirley's ' History of the County of Monaghan,' Appendix V) ;
Comber, 1683 ; Holy Trinity, or Christ Church, Cork, 1644 ;
St. Mary, Shandon, Cork, 1671 ; and Croom, 1698. We may add
that the names of parishes beginning with the above letters occupy
fourteen (or above one-fourth) of the fifty-one pages which contain
the whole list of parishes ; and that the burial registers of the
eighteenth century found in these fourteen pages amount to 114,
and those beginning in the nineteenth century to 301. It should
also be noted that there are often large gaps in the registers
through the loss of books; the Croom registers, e.g., being shown
in the list to be of two periods, viz., ' 1698-1740,' and < 1789-1874.'
This is not all, for sometimes several years' entries are absent from
apparently one of the extant books. Thus one would suppose from
the list that Bray possessed records of all burials during the period
1 1666-1875,' whereas no burials are recorded in these registers
between November 3rd, 1705, and February 2nd, 1709, as we are
informed in the first of the three parts of the Journal under review.
We find not a few places of more or less importance with late registers,
e.g., Bangor, 1803; Belturbet, 1801; Billy, 1804; Carlingford,
1816; Donegal, 1803 ; Longford, 1795 ; Monaghan, 1802 (for some
earlier entries, see Shirley) ; Newtownards, 1845, for burials,
though the baptisms and marriages begin in 1701 ; Sligo, 1802 ;
while a parish like Ballycanew is possessed of registers from 1733 ;
Ballybay from 1728, and Delgany from 1666. Moreover, loss of
registers still continues, as in the Thirty-ninth Report (1907) of the
Deputy-keeper of the Public Records it is stated that during the
past nine years it had been discovered that books, committed to the
parish safe in six parishes, are not now known to exist. A County
Antrim and a County Louth parish appear in this unenviable
position during the last of these years, and in each case two books
are not now forthcoming. In several other instances, we are told,

books, said not to be found, bave been recovered on representations
made from the Eecord Office. In all these cases the books were
reported by the clergy as safe and in good order year after year, and
it was only on the appointment of a new incumbent, or on some
chance inquiry, that the discovery of their loss could be made. In
some cases the safes have become so bad, it is stated, that the
orders for retention of the books have been withdrawn. In the next
Report (1908) the following occurs : —

'"Further evidence of the existence of parish registers not in
legal custody has been furnished by the publication in the 'Journal
of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the
Dead in Ireland,' of extracts from a lost register of the parish of
Cloncha, of much earlier date than the register returned to this
office. The lost book had passed out of the hands of the parish
clergyman before the transfer of the books to this office. The
gentleman who supplied the extracts is dead, and I have failed as
yet to obtain any information as to the present whereabouts of the
book.'

11 To return to the Journal, the above-mentioned preface, that
for 1907, makes a strong appeal for more material ; otherwise the
Association, we are told, must revert to a yearly issue of its
periodical, instead of a half-yearly (a warning which has had to be
put into effect, we regret to say, for 1908 will be represented by
only one part, to be shortly issued). Sketches, photographs, and
rubbings of monumental stones, or of armorial bearings, are much
desired, as well as copies of inscriptions ; and it is mentioned that
arms found on tombstones or tablets dating prior to 1800 are
evidence for a confirmation of arms. An important announcement
in the preface is that each year an article of general interest is to
be printed, the first being inserted in the Journal for 1907, viz.,.
' An Illustrated Account of the celebrated Vaults under St. Michan's
Church, Dublin.' In this connection the writer may, perhaps,
suggest that an occasional paper of notes on the Dedications of the
Churches of a county might be useful as well as of interest. There
is not, as far as he is aware, any work dealing with such in relation
to Ireland corresponding to Miss Arnold-Foster's three volumes of
' Studies in Church Dedications ; or England's Patron Saints.'

" A paper on common ornaments found on tombstones, with
illustrations, and on the technical terms descriptive of monumental
architecture, might be acceptable to the reader, as well as of use for
the proper and succinct description of such by those contributors
who may not be versed in these matters. Suggestions on the
improvement and proper keeping of graveyards, and the most
suitable mode of adorning graves, would also be advantageous.
Perhaps, too, an occasional paper on the memorials of noted
Irishmen in English or other churchyards outside Ireland might
not be out of place.

" The year 1907 may, indeed, be said to have two articles of

general interest, as eleven pages of this preface are taken up with
a valuable historical sketch (compiled from various sources) of
funeral certificates. It was after the appointment of the second
'Ulster King of Arms,' which was in 1567, that the custom of
taking and recording these funeral certificates came into use in
Ireland (following, presumably, its introduction into England in
1568); but though Nicholas Narbon held office for twenty years,
only about a dozen such, taken by him, are now known to exist,
and they all relate, we are told, to persons belonging to Dublin.
The attendance of the officers of arms at funerals was formerly
required in connection with the depicting of the armorial bearings
of the deceased on escutcheons attached to the bier, and the
marshalling of the procession. The preface tells us that ' the last
great heraldic funeral which took place in Edinburgh was that
of the Provost Alexander Kincaid, who died 21st January, 1777.'
In the last decade of the seventeenth century the practice of
entering ' Funeral Certificates ' almost entirely ceased in Ireland ;
but ' Funeral Entries ' (which can be still made at the Office of
Arms in Dublin, upon the payment of a fee) were not long after-
wards enjoined under, it seems, a somewhat different plan. The
volumes of Funeral Certificates are kept at the Irish Office of
Arms; but one volume had curiously found its way to the British
Museum ; and this, on the suggestion we believe of Mr. Peirce Gun
Mahony, Cork Herald of Arms, who has lately joined the Com-
mittee of the Association, is being printed in the Journal, two
instalments having already appeared ; the arms attached to the
Certificates are, we believe, to be given later on. The Editor says
that the Council of the Association endeavoured to obtain leave
from the late Ulster King of Arms to print in the Journal the
volumes which were in his keeping (about eighteen in number), but
were not successful. It would certainly be well to have these
volumes published in some other form, under some State authority,
if it is still considered impossible, or open to objection, to permit
the ' Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead '
to print the Certificates in their Journal — which may, perhaps, be
considered an unsuitable mode of safeguarding the preservation of
these valuable documents.

" With respect to the first part of the Journal for 1906, the
writer can only add to the few remarks which he made in the last
article, that the inscription to the late Colonel Vigors (in which
mention is made of his having founded this Association) occurs at
page 553. A portion of the Bishop's sermon on the dedication of
the memorial, which is an Episcopal throne placed in Leighlin
Cathedral, is also given. The second part for the above year, also,
he can only treat of briefly by noting the illustrations which it
contains, viz. : — Sketches of slabs (1612 and 1616), Clonfert
Cathedral; a slab with armorial bearings (1548) from Lyons
Churchyard ; and the Carpenter tombstone, Naas (1655) ; figures

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of ecclesiastics, Jerpoint Abbey ; sculpturing on a chimney-piece
in Carstown House, County Loath (1612) ; the inscription on the
O'Kelly altar-tomb, County Mayo (1623) ; a rubbing by the Editor
from the Elliott slab, with four coats-of-arms (about 1614) in
Balsoon Church ruins, County Meath, discovered some time since
in his search for Ussher memorials by the Kev. W. Ball Wright,
author of ' Memoirs of the Ussher Family ' and ' Ball Family
Records ' (a second edition of which latter work has just been
brought out) ; the Hacket coat-of-arms in Fethard Church (1508) ;
a Bishop's tomb-slab in St. Mogue's Cathedral, Ferns ; the Ball
coat-of-arms (1744), from St. Paul's Churchyard, Bray ; and a
sketch of figures on a stone in Killadreenan Churchyard, County
Wicklow. The Index is contained in this last part of the sixth
volume of the Jouknal.

" The frontispiece of the first part of the Journal for 1907 (and
of the seventh volume of the ' Memorials of the Dead ') is the coat-
of-arms of the Rev. Peter Collingwood (1732), carved on a tomb-
slab in Antrim churchyard. The Rev. H. B. Swanzy, at page 5,
gives the inscription with coat-of-arms, on a tablet in Belturbet
Church, to a descendant of Bishop Bedell's (Bedell Howard
Stanford, 1776), which he found among the manuscripts of the
late Rev. W. Reynell. It is accompanied by some genealogical
notes.

"From the County Cavan we have a rubbing also by another
contributor of a curious carving of armorial bearings on a monu-
ment erected to a Captain Reilly (1723), Drung churchyard. It
was placed in 1763 by three sons (one of them a clergyman) of the
deceased ; and there is added to the inscription the following : —
' N.B. Said Luke paid the whole cost of this tomb himself. Anno
1770.' Whether the sculptor had to wait for his money for seven
years, or the ' said Luke ' redeemed in the latter year the shares
originally paid by his brothers, is not clear.

" At page 9 we have a horrible account of the burning (1816) of
a barn in the County Cork, in which a dance was taking place after
a wedding. The conflagration was due to the pouring of whisky,
in mistake for water, on the fire that had been lit in the barn.
Thirty lives or more seem to have been lost.

" Under the heading of the County Down we have a contribu-
tion from the ' Archdeacon of Dromore,' apparently the Venerable
E. D. Atkinson. It would be well to place the name of the digni-
tary in such cases before the title ; and, on the other hand, in the
roll of members to prefix ' Lord ' to the titles of the Bishops of
both churches.

" Coming to the County Dublin, with which the first part again
ends, one of the most notable sets of inscriptions are those on the
memorials removed from the old chapel of Trinity College, which
stood where the Campanile was afterwards erected by Primate
Lord John George Beresford. Among them is that to Provost

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George Browne, 1699, which is not given in the ' Book of Trinity
College'; nor is the whole of that to Provost Andrews, whose name
is connected by a legacy with the foundation of the observatory at
Dunsink, as well as with the Professorship of Astronomy. The
1 Book of Trinity College ' says that there are ten tablets inside the
chapel, the inscription on one of which it gives. It might be well
to print these, though of comparatively late date, in the ' Memorials
of the Dead,' as well as the list of Fellows buried beneath the
College chapel, the last of whom was Provost M'Donnel, 1867>
before its being closed to interments. There are a few divergencies
between the inscriptions in the Journal and those in the above
volume. Stearne's inscription begins with a sentence from
Epictetus, ' It is an accursed thing not to die.' A note in the
'Book of Trinity College' says that Epictetus adds, 'that man,
like corn, having once been sown, must look forward with satisfac-
tion to the harvest when he shall also be reaped.' The meaning
of the passage of Epictetus makes the sowing of man to be (not at
his death), but at his birth, as we have recently observed that the
Dean of St. Patrick's interprets the words of St. Paul also. The
above-named book does not mention a former inscription on the
alabaster ' geological specimen,' as it terms Luke Challoner's
recumbent effigy in its present state, but leads one to suppose that
the more recent inscription on one of the sides, so described by the
Editor of the Journal, was the original one. The latter is con-
tained in his ' funeral entry ' at Ulster's Office. Taylor, in his
' History of the University of Dublin,' gives some curious, but to
him not quite satisfactory, statements about the early years of
Provost Baldwin, whose inscription is given in the Journal, and
to whose memory a fine piece of statuary stands in the Examina-
tion Hall, placed by a college not ungrateful for, among other
benefits, legacies of very large amount. It seems that the
' Shelley ' coat-of:arms has been carved on Provost Seele's slab
instead of the ' Seele ' arms.

" Some interesting inscriptions are given by Mrs. Long, one of
the most frequent and largest contributors to the Journal, under
' Glasnevin Churchyard ' — namely, those to Thomas Tickell, the
' Friend of Addison ' ; Dr. Patrick Delany, Dean of Down ; Dr. John
Barrett, the famous Vice-Provost of Trinity College, Dublin ; and
Sir Henry Jebb. The inscription on the salver, on one chalice, and
one paten is — ' Humbly dedicated to ye service of ye altar of
Glasnevin for ye curate & parishioners. Anno Dom. 1724.' There
are some rubbings at page 38 of the sixteenth-century ' Dermont '
slab, which was removed, it appears, some years ago from Lusk
Parish Church, and is now at the Roman Catholic Chapel. The
inscriptions from St. Kevin's, Dublin, are continued at page 51,
with an illustration of the ' Carmack ' Arms, 1740. From Swords
there is a rubbing of the Blakeney slab (1687) by the editor, and a
4 Taylor ' inscription of 1725. Daniel Byrne, the father of Sir

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Gregory Byrne, Bart., was married to an Anne Taylor, of Swords.
At page 85 is reproduced a sketch of the coat-of-arms and inscription
over the door of the Molyneux House in Peter Street, Dublin,
afterwards the Old Molyneux Asylum for the Blind. ' Stit ' in the
motto, ought, however, to be ' Stat.'

" Coming to the second part for 1907, we have, under County
Galway, two inscriptions — one, taken from ' The Gal way Archaeo-
logical Journal,' in reference to a slab to an O'Kelly (1401); the
other from a rubbing by the editor. Both slabs belonged to Abbey,
Knockmoy ; but the former is said to have been removed to
Bally glunin House. At page 117 there is a sketch of the figure of
a knight from Timolin Churchyard, County Kildare, which is
considered the oldest knight's effigy in Ireland, being, it is thought,
of the end of the twelfth century. From Limerick there are
interesting old sixteenth-century inscriptions, with illustrations,
contributed by the editor, who has several corrections to make in
those to be found in the Rev. J. Dowd's ' History of the Cathedral.'
On page 128, we may here observe that ' vol. iii, p. 88/ should be
' vol. iii, p 488.' Not only at times are tombstones removed to
other churches and private houses in the neighbourhood, but they
seem to be made presents of to mortuary sculptors*. Mr. Peirce
Gun Mahony, Cork Herald-of-Arms, says : ' Last May, when in
Limerick, I noticed a tombstone in the yard of Messrs. O'Doherty
& Sons, who have their stone and marble works close to St. Mary's
Cathedral. On inquiring how it came there, they informed me that
it came from the Cathedral, and that it was given to them.' It
appears that it was found six feet under ground when a new grave
was being dug, and that if it had not been removed it would have
been broken up. The attention of the Dean was called to the
matter, and, through Mr. Mahony's efforts, the stone has been
restored to the cathedral ground.

" Major Crookshank, Kingstown, contributes a Crookshank
inscription (1704), which was on a tombstone that was wrongly
built over when the chancel of Londonderry Cathedral was restored
by the late Dean Smyly. We are told that the Alderman John
Crookshank of the inscription was Captain of the Train of Artillery
during the siege, and that his great-granddaughter, Esther Kennedy,
was married to Alexander Crookshank, M.P., for Belfast, 1776-83.
We may say here that this very backward county was represented
in 1906 by a large number of inscriptions from the cathedral. What
no resident could be got to do it was left to a lady from Dublin to
initiate. It seems that the ' mensa ' or slab-top of the Holy Table
in the Church of St. Nicholas, Dundalk, as well as in that of

* From the June part of the " Journal of the K. S.A.I." we find that it was the
custom of a former caretaker of Jerpoint Abbey, County Kilkenny, to make
presents of sculptured stones belonging to the Abbey to persons visiting the

Carlingford, edifices belonging to the Church of Ireland, is of stone.
Miss Vigors and Miss Chatterton contribute jointly some inscriptions
from St. Nicholas' Churchyard, one of which, on a high column to
Agnes Burns, the sister of the poet, is as follows : — ' Sacred to the
Memory of Agnes Burns eldest sister of Robert Burns Who departed
this life at Stephenstown on the 17th October 1834 Aged 72 years
Her mortal remains lie interred in the S.E. corner of this church-
yard.' There is a valuable paper in elucidation of the illustration
of the ' Feld ' slab (1536), taken from a rubbing by the above-
mentioned ladies. This is the oldest extant monument in Dundalk,
and the date on it is very clear. The stone is not noticed in Isaac
Butler's MS. (1744), now in Armagh Library ; and D'Alton and
O'Flanagan (' History of Dundalk,' 1864) only note the date and a
very few of the words, The inscription, which is in Latin, was, it
seems, somewhat mistaken by these authors, as what they read,
1 presbyter ' is not so, we are told, but probably ' presente, ' qualify-
ing ' capelle,' and meaning ' this here.' One would expect
'presentis.' The inscription in the letterpress gives ' prest [? ete],'
and, lower down, '16° .kl. apile ' for one of the dates ; but, in the
illustration, the last letter is higher than the ordinary letters in
both phrases, especially the latter, suggesting to the writer, in this
case at any rate, a long ' s ' which is sometimes found in this
position. The paper says that the mode of recording the day of the
month of that (the ancient Kalendar of the Romans) is very unusual
in Irish inscriptions, and that inscriptions in the Irish language
seldom troubled about dates. Another peculiarity is that there is
no prayer for the souls of the deceased. The late Rector, the Rev.
Joseph Rainsford, d.d., had this stone mounted on masonry, it
being in a broken state. This rubbing, we believe, formed the
subject of a paper read before the Royal Irish Academy. It appears
that a very ancient black-letter inscription was unearthed last year
in this churchyard. From Kilmore, County Meath, there is the
rubbing of a slab which Lord Walter FitzGerald considers unique.
The date, in Arabic numerals, is 1575, and, in the centre, is a cross
with a small figure of our Lord crucified at the upper part. The
inscription is in Latin ; and there is also an inscription in Irish, the
translation of which was made by the Rev. P. S. Dinneen (editor of
the last two volumes of the Irish Texts Society) and Mr. M. J.
M'Enery, of the Dublin Record Office. The territory of the
MacMahons lay in Farney, County Monaghan. Mr. Peirce Gun
Mahony, Cork Herald-of-Arms, gives a number of inscriptions
reproduced, along with the illustrations, from Shirley's valuable
1 History of the County Monaghan.' Mrs. T. Long, of Dublin, has
a paper on Castlecaulfield Church, County Tyrone, the Church of
Donaghmore Parish, of which the Rev. C. Wolfe, author of the
well-known verses on the burial of Sir John Moore, was curate.
This paper gives an extract from ' The Newry Telegraph,' of
30th October, 1838, giving an account of the discovery and

re-interment of the remains of Governor Walker, beginning with
the following verses : —

" ' Thrice-honoured shade of Walker wise,
To Derry's cause so true,
Oh ! could you from the starry skies
Our sad condition view —

" ' How would your wounded spirit feel
The dark day to behold,
When all our fathers won by steel,

Their sons betrayed for gold ? ' " — Graham.

" There is an interesting illustration, from a drawing by
Miss C. F. Long, of ' Sculptured Stones in Donaghmore House,
County Tyrone.' This house, built, we believe, by Alexander
Mackenzie, Esq., is now owned by his descendants, the Lyle
family. The coats-of-arms which one of the stones bears are
unidentified, it is stated ; the paper adding that they are not like
those of the Rev. G. Walker. The other stone has the date 1683.
They appear to have been transferred from the old house, ' Mulla-
gruen,' which Lewis states ' was built in 1683 by the celebrated
Rev. G. Walker, defender of Londonderry, while he was rector of
this parish, as appears by a shield bearing his arms and initials.'
No initials are seen in the sketch. We find that Webb in his
' Compendium of Irish Biography,' says : — Local tradition assigns
to Walker the erection of a corn mill in Donaghmore, over the door
of which the initials of himself and wife— * G. W. I., 1684' — are
inscribed. More information as to these various stones is desirable,
as well as with respect to the authority for Walker's arms, and the
history of Mullagruen from its erection.*

" Under County Wicklow there are inscriptions to Viscount
Powerscourt's family from the old church situated inside the
demesne, close to Powerscourt House. Near it, in the lawn in
front of the house, Lord Powerscourt has for the last two years
permitted the Dublin regiments, in succession, to have a week's
outing for military exercises and for amusements. The notes
mention that the lands of Powerscourt (Feracualan) originally
belonged to the O'Toole's. An account of the death of Fiach
O'Toole was given to O'Curry, when at the place, by ' Old George
Burton and others' ('Ordnance Survey MBS.,' R.I.A.). We are
told that near Powerscourt Church they show a little valley which
is popularly known as the 'Killing hollow,' and that this hollow is
pointed out by tradition as the place in which General Jacques
Wingfield beheaded Fiach O'Toole in single, but unequal, combat.

*A note in the Rev. Philip Dwyer's edition (1893) of " The Siege of London-
derry in 1689, as set forth in the Literary Remains of Colonel the Rev. George
Walker, d.d.," has the following passage: — "The Editor is aware that a
gentleman of this Walker family, hailing from America, has been recently in
London, and consulted an adept in heraldic lore as to the Walker coat-of-arms,
but with little satisfaction/'

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The story is as follows : — ' Fiacb 0' Toole was a brave soldier, and
he used to hang every person that could not say Cii and Maddii
(i.e., hound and dog) in the Irish language on the top of that
moate over [there ?]. He never went out but on horseback, and
always with a steel bridle. He was often and often watched and
pursued by General Wingfield, but with little success, as Fiach was
too expert a horseman and swordsman. At last Fiach happened to
ride out one day with only leather reins to his bridle ; this his
enemy saw, and making a desperate attack on him, he succeeded
in cutting away the leather reins, by which Fiach's horse became
unmanageable, and he himself fell a victim to his more cunning
enemy, who cut off his head and carried it to Queen Elizabeth,
who only rewarded him with a smile and the shawl that she then
happened to wear on her neck. However, in the reign of the first
James, the family got a grant of the entire property of 0' Toole.'
Some inscriptions from Wicklow churchyard close this part of the
number.

" The Book Notices are a new feature and interesting, the
books reviewed having to do with Family History, Genealogy, and
Heraldry. The last Book Notice is of a most useful publication,
namely, the * Succession of Parochial Clergy, United Diocese of
Cashel and Emly.' We hope this good example will be followed
by every other diocese in Ireland, so that such lists may be a
valuable addition to Cotton's ' Fasti.' The work is a most valuable
handbook both for genealogist and tourist; and the Association is
worthy of far more support than it has hitherto commanded.

" The Honorary Treasurer is Mr. E. K. M'C. Dix, m.k.i.a.,
17 Kildare Street, Dublin."

The "Freeman's Journal " (Dublin), March 9th, 1909 :—

" The Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead has in all ages
and by all races been taken as a sacred duty. It is a task which
the ancient world carried through in a sort of hopeless clinging to
the visible token of a life that seemed snapped for ever ; the world,
made Christian, came to take it as a duty of reverence to that
which is not mortal in mortal man. Perhaps we do not to-day
honour graves as deeply as the ancients did, but we honour them
with a deeper feeling of another kind. To fight for the graves of
the dead, the tombs of the ancestors, was an appeal that every
ancient captain made to his soldiers before the fight, knowing that
it would stir the slowest and put fire into the coldest. To-day the
same efficacy is not there : we would fight rather for the living,
and, if for the dead, then for a dead past, for the idea of a nation,
of a history, of an ancient glory, rather than for the mere tombs of
the ancestors or of the friends we have lately known. The grave is
less to us : the soul is much more. Still that is not a reason for
neglecting the grave. The grave is still sacred. It happens, too,

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that, in Ireland especially where from troubled times written
records are meagre, the grave is often a very sure and useful
historian. The Association for the Preservation of the Memorials
of the Dead in Ireland publishes a journal which brings into strong
relief this duty and this usefulness. The Association, at the head
of whose Committee, is the Most Keverend Dr. Donnelly, m.r.i.a.,
Lord Bishop of Canea, was founded for a series of objects, all of
which commend themselves at sight to every Irish mind.

" The Journal of the Association, of which Part II of the
seventh volume is just published, contains inscriptions from tomb-
stones and tablets from all parts of Ireland, with illustrations of the
more important. Descriptions are given, and frequently illus-
trations, of the most interesting and useful quality, of arms
inscribed on funeral memorials ; there are notes from wills,
death-entries, and other records, with comments contributed by
well-know genealogists. Owing to the absence of early parish
registers, especially in Dublin, these inscriptions, with the
scholarly commentaries, are often the only means of tracing
pedigrees.

" It need hardly be said that they furnish also a wealth of
illumination upon the history of the country and the mind of its
people, and even sometimes upon questions of language. In the
handsome, beautifully-printed volume for this year there are hosts
of inscriptions in which, gathered from one end of the country or
another, there are records of the lives and deaths of members of
every great family or clan of Ireland — FitzGeralds and O'Neill's
and the like, alternating with simple souls like the Kichard Drake,
dying in 1750, whose tomb in Clenor is inscribed mainly in
English, but bears in Irish characters the sentence, ' A Croist dein
trocare orsin ' — forms which could not be written to-day. Who
were these people, Richard Drake and his family, who broke into
the Irish prayer on their English tomb ? Many of the tombs of
the old Irish carry pedigrees back several generations — as, for
example, that of the MacCarthys at Kilcrea Abbey, eleven miles
west of Cork City. Kilcrea was founded by Cormac Laidir
MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry, in 1465 ; his own grave is marked in
Latin ; but a very late descendant tells us in English of the death
of his father, Timothy MacCarthy, and traces the father back to an
Owen MacCarthy, four degrees backwards.

" The changes of names are often to be made out by means of
the graves : one Dermod Roe Murphy is referred to in the funeral
records as Darby Murphy ; probably all the the Darbys in Ireland
should be MacDermotts. Sometimes we get nicknames on the
tombs, as ' Mary Boogany, alias Condon.' Occasionally there are
scraps of real historical interest, as, for example, the perhaps too
boastful statement of ' William Phair, Esq., of Brook Lodge,' near
Kilronane that it was by ' his industry, skill, and perseverance that

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the manufacture of paper was improved, extended, and first brought
to great perfection in this country.'

"Often there are interesting legends: for example, a note by
Mr. James Fowler on the graveyard of Colmanstown, Co. Dublin,
near Rathcoole, tells how treasure is buried there and is guarded by
the spectre of a murdered man, mounted upon a white steed.
Many years ago, it appears, two people had the hardihood to dig
under the treasure-stone, and found a secret passage, at the end of
which they saw some ancient sacred vessels ; they were awed, and
went no further. The story, it is added, may have something in it :
' the road near the place sounds hollow when a car is driven over it.'

" The whole fascinating book abounds in sad laments over the
dismally neglected state of graveyards, overgrown with weeds, or so
burrowed by rabbits that a foot pressed down will bring a whole
superstructure of surface earth crashing in. In the churchyard of
Bathmore, a few miles from Athboy, there is a fifteenth-century
altar-tomb in dire decay : the effigies of a knight and his wife are
scattered about in a fragmentary condition ; there are clear traces
of interesting sculptured work still to be discovered — angels swinging-
censors, a bishop giving his blessing, St. Laurence carrying a book
and his emblematic gridiron.

" Sometimes the inscriptions, well and piously meant, are
frankly amusing. One tombstone of the O'Creans sings, rather
vaguely, of a wedding :

" We two are one by His decree
That reigneth from eternity,
That first erected here these stones
Wee, Eoebuck Crean and Mice Jones.

"The volume contains an appendix, highly valuable to
genealogists, continuing the transcript of ' Funeral entries of
Ireland ' from a manuscript in the British Museum ; the section
printed runs from Barrys to Hills, ending, for this issue, on James
Hill, of Allenstown, Co. Meath, 1634. The genealogies with
accounts of marriages and issue are often very minute and curious.
The Association appeals for further support — for subscribers at ten
shillings a year — and for information of all sorts, such as extracts
from chapter-books and registers, descriptions of ancient fonts,
bells, church plate, and memorial glass, with sketches, photographs
or rubbings, and copies of inscriptions and hall-marks on them.
It ought to be possible, in these days of increasing interest in every
evidence and trace of the past, for the Association to continue with
a strong membership and warm support a work whose results are
already very illuminative, and, when completed will be invaluable
as sidelights on a hundred questions."

" The Irish Times" (Dublin), March 9th, 1909:—

' ' We have received from the ' Association for the Preservation
of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland ' a substantial volume

containing the records of its faithful and pious labours during the
past year.

" From the standpoint alike of the patriot and the antiquary,
from the standpoint even of the finer and more delicate feelings of
humanity, it is surely a good and useful thing to rescue from
oblivion the quaint, often pathetic, and sometimes important,
memorials of the dead which lie scattered through the country
churchyards of Ireland. The ample volume before us is sound
testimony to the fidelity and devotion with which the Association
wages its battle against neglect and time. It contains an immense
number of interesting inscriptions from tombstones in all parts of
Ireland, and many careful reproductions of more important
memorials. A wealth of biographical detail is added, and there is
a continuation from a former volume of a valuable list of funeral
entries in Ireland, taken from a MS. in the British Museum.

" The Association has just come of age, for it was founded in
1888 by the late Colonel Vigors, of Bagenalstown, and its first
Journal was issued in that year. Since then it has rescued for
posterity innumerable records for which the historian of the future
will be truly grateful. It has at the present time 200 members,
drawn from all classes in Ireland ; and its income, while still very
modest, reached its highest point in the past year. The Association
appeals for further support in membership and subscriptions ; but it
is even more anxious to secure for its work a larger measure of
general co-operation.

" The Association appeals to the clergy and laity to send it
copies of interesting inscriptions from tombstones and tablets, and
to assist it in creating a public feeling upon what it truly calls ' the
very disgraceful state ' of many burial grounds in Ireland. Such
an appeal must surely find a response in the best instincts of the
Irish people ; and we are glad to give it the publicity which it
deserves. The parish clergy of all denominations in Ireland should
consider it a duty to promote the objects of the Association by
every means in their power. They can do work of really permanent
value by taking records of the interesting, but obscure, monuments
in their various districts. They will find the Association a willing
ally in promoting that honour and respect for the last resting-places
of humanity which should be a mark of all Christian civilization."

" The Kerry Evening Post " (Tralee), April 10th, 1909 :—

" Being issued for this year in one instead of two half-yearly
numbers, the 1908 section of the ' Journal of the Association for the
Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland ' is much
bulkier than its predecessors, and contains selections of inscriptions,
&c, from every county in Ireland, with the exceptions of Cavan,
Clare, and Galway. The County Cork— the largest of the counties
in Ireland — very appropriately furnishes inscriptions from the

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largest number of graveyards. But the most important and the
best illustrated of the contributions in the present issue are those
by Lord Walter FitzGerald, m.r.i.a., the Honorary Editor, on
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, and on St. Lawrence's Church,
Rathmore, County Meath, and that by the Eev. H. L. Denny, on
Tralee Abbey, which has been reproduced in ' The Kerry Evening
Post ' for the 20th, 24th, 27th, and 31st of March, and the 3rd of
April, 1909, and should be of special interest to natives of ' the
kingdom.' The Tralee article is accompanied by a very curious
illustration of the fragments of an Earl of Desmond's tomb, formerly
in Tralee Abbey, from a photograph obtained from a MS. in the
British Museum by Mr. Peirce Gun Mahony, m.r.i.a., Cork Herald-
of-Arms. An illustration is also given of the font in the parish
church, which is dated 1623; and there are also two illustrations of
manuscript entries in the Parish Church Bible. A novel but
highly interesting and useful contribution is that of the Rev. St. John
D. Seymour, b.d., on ' The Churches and Church Sites in the
Barony of Eliogarty, in the County Tipperary.' Pages 496 to 509
are devoted to Book Notices, including a highly commendatory one
on the ' Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society,'
with several notes and queries relating to various Irish families,
including one in reference to the Mahony family (p. 508) arranged
in the form of a chart pedigree. This query has also been
reproduced in the ' Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological
Society,' (see p. 156 of ' Journal' for 1908), and in the first number
of the ' Kerry Archaeological Magazine.' This County Kerry family
is mentioned in a MS. in the Royal Irish Academy as the Mahonys
of Broshnah (Brosna). This manuscript, it may be added, has been
printed in ' The Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological
Society ' (see p. 233 of the volume for the year 1899), and is named
' The Ancient History of the Kingdom of Kerry.'

"A further separately-paged selection of Funeral Entries or
Certificates of Ireland from a MS. in the British Museum (MS.
4820) constitutes the final section of the Journal for 1908, of whose
sustained value and varied and interesting contents its devoted
conductors have every reason to feel proud.

" Another pleasing feature connected with this praiseworthy
Society is the marked increase in its roll of members ; but, on the
other hand, it has lost a valued member and contributor in the late
Sir Edmund T. Bewley. f.s.a., m.r.i.a. and f.r.s.a.i., who took a
great interest in the work of the Association.

" On page xxi of the preface is given an account of a notable
Irish funeral, namely, that of Lady Arran, as to whom there is a
funeral entry in the Office of Arms, Dublin. The particulars are
taken from extracts out of letters dated 18th and 21st of August,
1668, and written from Dublin^

" The extracts from the highly laudatory notices of this Journal,
taken from the leading Archaeological and Genealogical Journals

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printed in the preface to the portion of the issue before us, bear
gratifying testimony to the appreciation and recognition now being
extended to the work of this Association.

" We notice that there are only two members of the Association
who are resident in Kerry ; but we hope that there will soon be an
increase of this number, and that some of our readers will forward
inscriptions to Lord Walter FitzGerald in order that the County
Kerry may be adequately represented in future numbers of the
Jouknal.

" Mr. E. R. M'C Dix, m.r.i.a., 17 Kildare Street, Dublin, is the
Honorary Treasurer of the Association."

" The Antiquary,"* New Series, vol. v, No. 5, page 190,

May, 1909 :—

" We have received Nos. 1 and 2 of Part II of vol. vii of the
1 Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials
of the Dead in Ireland ' — a thick part of some 350 well printed
pages. The Association is much to be congratulated on the good
work it is doing in preserving these memorials of the departed.
The part before us contains inscriptions from churchyards in
twenty-eight Irish counties, with particulars of arms, ornaments,
&c, carefully given. Incidentally many ecclesiological details find
record. At page 363, for example, there is a short history of
Tralee Church, followed by an account not only of the monuments
and inscriptions of the inscribed tiled pavement and font, but also
of a considerable collection of documentary records connected with
the church and parish of Tralee, arranged chronologically, and
referring chiefly to the Denny family. This long and valuable
contribution by the Rev. H. L. L. Denny is illustrated by a good
plate of the font in Tralee Church — an octagonal bowl on a spirally-
fluted pillar, dated 1623. The illustrations throughout the volume
are numerous and good : they include tombs, coats-of-arms,
inscriptions, portions of effigies, and the like. All students inte-
rested in Irish genealogy and history, both local and national,
should subscribe to the Association that issues this valuable
Journal."

" The Genealogist,"! vol. xxvi, Part I, page 62, July, 1909 :—

" It is always an agreeable task to call attention to the excellent
work which is being accomplished by the ' Association for the
Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland.' The
Journal for 1908, with its numerous illustrations and carefully
edited notes, is fully up to the high level of its predecessors, and
contains so many important memorial inscriptions that, our space
being very limited, we can only refer to a few. First there is the

* Published by Eliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Kow, London.

f Published by William Pollard & Co., Limited, Exeter, England.

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tomb of Sir John Meade, Bart., of Ballintobber, at Ballymartle
Church, County Cork, on which his death is recorded as having
occurred in 1709. From the same county comes the inscription
of the founder's tomb at Kilcrea Abbey, bearing the date 1494, and
rescued only just in time from oblivion, for it has been read with
•difficulty.

" The sixteenth-century slab to Patrick Barnewall, of Staffords-
ton, and his wife, in the church porch at Donabate, County Dublin,
is illustrated from a rubbing by Lord Walter FitzGerald, and bears
the arms of Barnewall and Delahide.

" The account of the monuments at Tralee, County Kerry,
contains a curious sketch of a tomb belonging to one of the Earls
of Desmond, and some genealogical notes relating to the family of
Denny.

"The Plunkett and Bligh monuments at Bathmore, County
Meath, with their armorial shields, are also most interesting.

" But, perhaps, the most valuable contribution is that of the
earlier inscriptions in the interior of Christ Church Cathedral,
Dublin, including a representation of the tomb incorrectly known
as Strongbow's, but which is of much later date, and belongs to an
unknown warrior, a clue to whose identity should be afforded by
the arms upon his shield, which appear to be, ' on a chief three
cross crosslets.'

"A further instalment is given in this volume of the ' Funeral
Entries of Ireland,' from a manuscript in the British Museum, to
which reference was made in our last notice of the work of this
Association."

" The Daily Express" (Dublin), October 26th, 1909, page 4:—
11 The ' Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the
Dead ' is v doing a much-needed and valuable work in a country
whose history is profoundly interesting, if sometimes forgotten.
We are glad to know that the public support to the excellent
movement is increasing ; and that its financial stability is being
gradually assured. The roll of members has increased to nearly
200 ; and within a very recent time the names of men specially
interested in history and antiquities have been added to the list.
The Association suffered a severe loss in the death of Sir Edmund
Bewley, who was keenly interested in its work, and knew its
importance.

11 Anyone even cursorily acquainted with the condition of the
parochial registers in Ireland will realize that in many cases the
churchyard inscriptions are the sole sources of filling up gaps in
genealogical trees, or otherwise verifying dates. For Belfast for
instance, the registers only began in 1745 ; and, generally speaking,
it is true to say that registers of the early part of the seventeenth
century are extremely rare. The Committee of the Association are
consequently very anxious for more material. Sketches, photo-
graphs, rubbings, and transcriptions of monumental stones are

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eagerly welcomed ; and for the purposes of keeping the Jouknal of
the Association in a condition of interest are absolutely indispens-
able. It is well that the public generally, and especially the
parochial clergy of Ireland, who are necessarily the custodians of
so many memorials, should be clearly acquainted with the objects
of the Association.

" The first purpose is to rouse the attention of the clergy and
laity to the very disgraceful state of many burial-grounds in
Ireland, and to educate public opinion, so that these ancient grave-
yards may be treated with the respect and veneration which is their
due. And in this connection it is desirable to secure a record of all
existing tombs and monuments of interest, by having their inscrip-
tions carefully copied, and by obtaining information, as far as may
be possible, concerning those which have been removed. In the
country parishes in the south and west of Ireland the clergy have
but sparse and scattered populations ; and the amount of parochial
work which falls upon them is necessarily small. Here is a sphere
freely opened for most useful, and from a historical standpoint
most productive, labour. And the Committee of the Association
would also welcome any accounts of fonts, bells, church plate, and
memorial glass, with copies of the inscriptions thereon.

" The Association has been singularly fortunate in securing as
its editor Lord Walter FitzGerald, who has long taken such a pro-
minent part in the preservation of national antiquities for Ireland.
The Geraldines are so entirely part of the history of Ireland that it
seems but fitting for a representative of that illustrious house to
thus associate his name with an Association which aims at pre-
serving in some visible form truly interesting mementoes of Irish
history. And if the Association did not undertake a work of this
kind, much reliable historical information might be irrevocably
lost. Thus the venerable cathedral church of St. Mary's, Limerick,
contains some inscriptions which it is manifestly difficult to deci-
pher, while the attempt to do so is of painstaking interest. In the
cathedral, for instance, there exists a mural slab to a friar of the
Augustinians, who died in 1531, and one word of this inscription is
totally illegible, A representation is also given of a curiously
sculptured slab in the same cathedral, which appears in a recent
number of the Journal of the Association, and is obviously worth
reproducing, with its grotesque animals, foliage, and a cross all cut
in bold relief.

" It is easy to see, from a perusal of the work which the Associa-
tion is doing, how great are its claims upon public attention and
support, and how spirited has been its effort to rouse men from a
slumbering indifference to the urgent need of rescuing from
oblivion so many records of national history. Carelessness and a
spirit of vandalism have wrought terrible havoc among these
national memorials of the past. Lord Walter FitzGerald is pain-
fully aware of this fact, which the Association is doing its very

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best to counteract. Thus the tomb of Gerald, eighth Earl of
Kildare, who died in 1513, found a resting place in Mountbrown
Cathedral, till early in the eighteenth century a Dean with little
reverence for antiquity demolished it in the course of some altera-
tions which he made in his cathedral fabric. We have said that
the support which this admirable Association receives is happily on
the increase. But, considering the nature of its work, it is still
very far from receiving that amount of public sympathy and
general support to which it is so obviously entitled. To attempt to
preserve for ourselves, and it may be for generations yet to come,
the ruined abbeys of Ireland, the mutilated effigies of pious founders,
the half effaced records of great upheavals, is surely a work worthy
of the sympathy of all Irishmen. We cordially recommend to our
readers the Journal of this Association. It is at once of local and
national interest, for its national work touches all parishes and
all religious denominations, and deserves the attention and generous
recognition of all. We should be glad to see thousands, instead of
hundreds, on its roll of members ; and we believe that this roll will
be strongly reinforced in the future, when the splendid work of the
Association is better known."

" Notes and Queries,"* Tenth Series, vol. xii, page 420,
November 20th, 1809.

"Last year was the twenty-first of the 'Association for the
Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland ' ; and it has
now fairly established itself by doing valuable record work in a
scholarly style. At Tenth Series, vol. x, page 3G0, we expressed
our warm commendation of the excellent and interesting results of
the energy of the editor and his supporters. The present substantial
volume shows the wide interest of the records which have now
reached the permanency of print, for they are more likely to be
preserved in this form than in positions open to the chances of the
weather and the casual hand of the innovator.

" A glance through the pages of records will show noteworthy
things alike in the texts and the comments on them. Ballyoughtera
Churchyard ' is in the most deplorably derelict condition, many of
the graves being furthermore so much burrowed by rabbits or other
animals as to make it dangerons to walk through it.' There are
other accounts of churchyards equally shocking.

" A monument in Templerobin Churchyard, near Queenstown,
shows that O'Healy is a correct form, though apparently some of
the Healys have regarded its insertion ' as next to an insult.'
There are several interesting inscriptions on the tombs of scholars
from Trinity College Chapel. In some of these obvious emenda-
tions suggest themselves ; but perhaps the sculptor himself has gone

* Published weekly by John C. Francis and J. Edward Francis, Bream's
Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, E.C.

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wrong, e.g., in putting ' Fantorem ' for Fautorem (p. 330, Professor
George Hall). In Tralee Abbey there are monuments to the
Geraldines and Earls of Desmond ; and a curious photograph which
concerns them is reproduced by the Cork Herald of Arms from a
MS. in the British Museum. The records of this parish include an
old MS. volume of early date known as the ' Denny Family Diary.' "

Our thanks are due to the following : — Kev. W. Ball Wright,
Miss K. E. Younge, Kev. J. F. Pillor, Mr. T. J. Westropp,
m.r.i.a. ; Mrs. E. M. Wheble, Major T. J. Chamberlayne,
Mr< J. R. Garstin, m.r.i.a. ; Rev. T. Monahan, p.p. ; Miss K. E.
Vize, Mr. R. W. Smith, Ptev. E. O'Leary, p.p., m.r.i.a; Count
de la Poer, Mr. J. Grene-Barry, Mr. H. W. Ogle, Mr. P. J.
Malone, Major R. R. G. Crookshank, Mr. J. H. Eakin,
Rev. Canon A. Lockett-Ford, Rev. T. Gogarty, c.c. ; Rev. T. R.
Brunskill, Captain G. S. Gary, Mrs. T. Long, Mr. E. Clarke,
Rev. W. Carrigan, p.p., m.r.i.a, ; Mr. M. J. M'Enery, m.r.i.a. ;
Rev. J. R. Sides, Dr. S. Lane-Poole, Mr. W. M. Carpendale,
Eev. R. S. MafTett, Mr. W. Livingstone, Mr. F. J. Bigger,
m.r.i.a. ; Canon J. F. M. ffrench, m.r.i.a. ; Mr. T. U. Sadleir,
Mr. J. Buckley, m.r.i.a. ; Mr. A. B. E. Hillas, Mr. V. Hussey-
Walsh, Mr. Peirce G. Mahony, Cork Herald ; Colonel Nash,
Miss M. de Courcy Macintosh, Mr. Martin J. Blake, The Rev.
St. John D. Seymour, Mr. J. Coleman, Mr. W. F. Reynolds,
The Ven. Archdeacon Atkinson, Captain R. Lynn (New Zealand),
Messrs. F. C. and P. Crossle, Miss E. G. O'Mahony, Mr. E. R.
M'C. Dix, m.r.i.a. ; Mr. J. Hewetson, Mr. M. Healy, Mr. T. J.
Maclnerney, Rev. H. L. L. Denny, Rev. W. E. Bentley,
Lord Walter FitzGerald, m.r.i.a.

We also wish to thank the editors of " The Evening
Telegraph," " The Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica,"
" The General Advertiser," " The Journal of the Cork Historical
and Archaeological Society," and " The Kilkenny Moderator,"
for the very good notices which they have so kindly given our
Journal.

To Messrs. Ponsonby & Gibbs of the University Press,
Dublin, our thanks are again due for the care and trouble they
have taken in regard to the printing of the Journal ; and to
Mr. Milford Lewis, of 21 Capel Street, Dublin, for the
illustrations.

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CONTENTS OF THE JOURNAL FOR 1909.

PAGE

Preface ... ... ... ... ... ... v

Contents ... ... ... ... ... ... xxvii

List of Illustrations ... ... ... ... ... xxxiii

List of Members ... ... ... ... ... xxxv

The Honorary Treasurer's Account for 1908 ... ... xliii

Book Notices, Miscellanea, Notes, Queries, &c. ... 578, 695

Pedigrees (O'Mahony, page 508 of Journal for 1908), Walsh 700

Corrigenda ... ... ... ... ... ... 703

Funeral Entries ... ... ... ... [77], [107]

Index to Vol. VII ... ... ... ... ... 705

EEPOETS FROM COUNTIES.

ANTRIM-
BELFAST, Clifton Street Cemetery ... ... 511

,, the Friar's Bush Cemetery ... ... 513

Duneane Churchyard ... ... ... ... 514

Molusk Churchyard ... ... . ... 517

portglenone chapel of ease ... .. ... 518

ARMAGH-
CHURCH Hill, near Verner's Bridge ... ... 519

Kilmore Church ... ... ... ... 520

CARLOW—

Oak Park Demesne ... ... ... ... 521

CAVAN —

Drung Church ... ... ... ... ... 522

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CLARE—

PAGE

Croaghane Churchyard

... 524

CORK—

Ballysallagh Churchyard

... 523

Carrigdownane Churchyard

... 523

Kilcrea Abbey ...

... 524

Oldcourt Graveyard

... 529

Templeroan Churchyard ...

... 530

Tisaxon Graveyard

... 531

DONEGAL—

DoNAGHMORE CHURCHYARD

532

DOWN

Ardglass Church
Banbridge Presbyterian Church
The Copeland Island Burial-ground
donaghadee churchyard ...
Dundonald Churchyard
klllyleagh churchyard ...

533
534
535
536
540
540

DUBLIN —

Ballyfermot Churchyard ..

Brownstown Churchyard ...

Drumcondra

Dublin, Mount Jerome

Dublin, St. George's Chapel of Ease

Howth, St. Mary's Church

Killiney Old Churchyard

Kill of the Grange Churchyard

Malahide Churchyard

565
566
542
567
568
570
574
576
577

FERMANAGH—

Devenish Island

585, 591

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GAL WAY—

Annaghdown Churchyard
Claregalway Abbey
Headford Churchyard
Spiddal Churchyard

PAGE

593
594
595
595

KERRY—

Annagh Church Euins
Ballynahaglish Church
Ballyseedy Church
Castleisland Church

KlLLAHENNY
MOLAHIFFE

596
597
598
599
600
600

KILDARE—

Athy, the White Castle ...
Ballymore-Eustace Churchyard
Carn Churchyard
Lackagh Churchyard
Timolin Churchyard
Tully Churchyard

600
602
601
603
606
606

KILKENNY—

Kilbeacon Churchyard ... ... ... ... 607

Kilfane Old Churchyard ... ... ... ... 608

Kilkenny, St. Canice's Cathedral Burial-ground ... 609

Kilmacow Churchyard ... ... ... ... 610

portnascully churchyard ... ... ... ... 611

kosconnell churchyard ... ... ... ... 611

KING'S COUNTY—

Ballintemple Churchyard
Kilcummin Churchyard
Shinrone Churchyard
Welsh Island Graveyard ...

614
616
617
617

LEITRIM— Nil.

XXX

LIMERICK—

PAGE

Askeaton Monastery

.. 620

Ballinard Graveyard

.. 621

Craggs ...

... 621

Fedamore Churchyard

.. 621

Kilkeedy Churchyard

.. 622

Limerick, St. John's Cathedral

.. 622

LONDONDERRY—

Ballinderry Churchyard ...

.. 623

Coleraine Churchyard

.. 623

Desertlyn Churchyard

.. 626

Duncrun (Magilligan) Churchyard ...

.. 626

Dungiven Priory

.. 623

Magilligan Roman Catholic Churchyard

.. 627

LONGFORD— AW.

LOUTH

Ardee Church

... 627

Drogheda Town ...

... 628

,, St. Mary's Church, Rectors of

... 630

Dromshallen Church

... 631

Dundalk Church

... 631

,, Churchyard

... 632

Louth Abbey

... 633

Termonfeckin Graveyard ...

... 634

MAYO—

The Neale Park Monument

638

MEATH —

Ardbraccan Church
culmullen churchyard
Kilbrew Churchyard
Kilmore Church

... 646
... 646
647, 654
... 647

PAGE

XXXI

M EATH — Continued.

Kilshine Church ... ... ... ... 648

Kilskeer Churchyard ... ... ... ... 649

Loughcrew Church ... ... ... ... 651

Moyagher Churchyard ... ... ... ... 652

Rathbeggan Churchyard ... ... ... ... 653

Rathregan Church ... ... ... ... 654

Eatoath Church ... ... ... ... 654

MONAGHAN—

Monaghan, List of Rectors ... ... ... 656

Tehallan Church ... ... ... ... 657

QUEEN'S COUNTY—

Abbeyleix Old Churchyard ... ... ... 659

kllmanman churchyard ... ... ... ... 662

Kilteale Churchyard ... ... ... ... 662

Toberboe Churchyard ... ... ... ... 665

ROSCOMMON—

Grange Demesne ... ... ... ... 666

kllnamanagh churchyard ... ... ... 667

SLIGO— Nil.

TIPPERARY—

Ballingarry Churchyard ... ... ... ... 613

Ballycahill Churchyard ... ... ... ... 668

Clogher Churchyard ... ... ... ... 669

Clonoulty Church ... ... ... ... 669

Emly Churchyard ... ... ... ... 670

Fertiana Churchyard ... ... ... ... 670

Glenkeen Churchyard ... ... ... ... 670

Holycross Abbey ... ... ... ... 673

Kilcooley Abbey ... ... ... ... 674

Kilvellane Churchyard ... ... ... ... 674

Moycarkey Churchyard ... ... ... ... 675

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TYRONE—

Castlecaulfield Church
donaghmore churchyard

675
676

WATERFORD-

klnsalebeg churchyard
Tramore Churchyard

678
680

WESTMEATH—
Almoritia Church
Delvin Church ...
Killulagh Churchyard

680
682

682

WEXFORD— Nil.

ICKLOW—

Delgany, New Churchyard

... 683

Kilfea Churchyard

... 686

PoWERSCOURT, OLD CHURCHYARD

... 686

Three Mile Water

... 689

Wicklow Church and Churchyard ...

... 692

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

2.
3.
4.
5.

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

21.

22.
23.

PAGE

The Friar's Grave, Friar's Bush Cemetery, Belfast ... 513

Jones Coat of Arms, Duneane, Co. Antrim ... ... 514

Dobbin Coat-of-Arms ,, ,, ... 515, 516

The Watcher's Lamp, Molusk Churchyard, Co. Antrim... 517

Portion of the sides of the Hartpole Altar-tomb, Oak

Park, Carlow ... ... "... ... ... 521

The Dunbar Monument, Banbridge Church, Co. Down ... 534
Coghill Coat-of-Arms, Drumcondra, Co. Dublin 543, 544

Williamson Coat-of-Arms ,, ,, ... 546

City of Dublin Arms ,, ,, ... 547

Palmer Family Crest ,, ,, ... 550

Newcomen Coat-of-Arms ,, ,, ... 562

Doyle Coat-of-Arms ,, ,, ... 563

Piercy Family Crest ,, ,, ... 563

Dalzell Family Crest ,, ,, ... 564

Inscription on the St. Lawrence Altar-tomb at Howth ... 570
The St. Lawrence Altar-tomb at Howth ... 571, 572

The Coats-of-Arms on the St. Lawrence Altar-tomb ... 573

St. Mary's Churchyard, Howth ... ... ... 574

Hinchy Coat-of-Arms, Kill of the Grange, Co. Dublin .. 576
Sculptured Stone in the Ruins of Annagh Church, Co.

Kerry ... ... ... ... ... 596

The Collis Monument in Bally nahaglish Church, Co.

Kerry ... ... ... ... ... 597

The Cossen Mural Slab (1575) in the White Castle of

A thy, Co. Kildare ... ... ... ... 601

The O'Dempsey Slab in the Ballintemple Churchyard,

King's County ... ... ... ... 616

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PAGE

24. Ground-plan of the Excavations in the Vestry of Ardee

Church (1908), Co. Louth ... ... ... 627

25. The Worrall-Wotton Mural Slab (1609), from a house in

Drogheda ... ... ... ... ... 628

26. Photograph of the Monument at The Neale Park, Co.

Mayo ... ... ... ... ... 639

27. The Inscription on the Cross-base (1526) at The Neale

Park ... .. ... ... ... 640

28. The Duncan Coat-of-Arms in Kilmore Church, Co. Meath 647

29. Plan of the Plunkett Tomb (1630) in Moyagher Church-

yard, Co. Meath ... ... ... ... 652

30. The Gorges Coat-of-Arms, from a Slab formerly in

Kilbrew Church, and now in Ratoath Church, Co.
Meath ... ... ... ... ... 655

31. The Coats-of-Arms on the Bourke Tomb (circa 1623) in

Glenkeen Churchyard, Co. Tipperary ... ... 672

32. Portion of a Black-letter Inscription (dated March, 1450)

at Holy Cross Abbey, Co. Tipperary ... ... 673

33. A curious cross-like figure on the Butler (?) Coat-of-Arms

at Holy Cross Abbey ... ... ... ... 674

34. The Ogle Slab (1682) in the Churchyard at Killulagh,

Co. Westmeath ... ... ... ... 682

35. The device on a Stone Vessel at the Rectory, Wicklow ... 694

XXXV

LIST OF MEMBERS FOR 1909.

[The names of " Life Members " are printed in " heavy -faced " type.~]

A * prefixed to a name indicates that the subscriptions for the
years 1907, 1908, and 1909 are still due, and a % that the subscriptions
for 1908 and 1909 are due.

Arms, The Office of ... Dublin

Academy, The Royal Irish ... 19 Dawson Street, Dublin

Antiquities, The National Queen Street, Edinburgh

Museum of

Atkinson, The Ven. E. Dupre, Waringstown, Co. Down

Archdeacon of Dromore

Ardilaun, Lady ... ... St. Anne's, Clontarf, Co. Dublin

Armstrong, Edmund C. R., Cyprus, Eglinton Road, Dublin

F.S.A., M.R.I. A.

Avlward Mrs Toler i ShankiU Castle> Ca Kilkenny

Aylwara, Mrs. loler ... jyerona> Monkstown

Bagwell, Mrs. Richard ... Marlfield, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

Ball, F. Elrington, m.r.i.a. ... 6 Wilton Place, Dublin

Barry, J. G., j.p. ... ... Sandville House, Ballyneety,

Limerick
Barrymore, The Right Hon. Fota, Cork

Lord, f.r. s.a.i.
Bernau, Charles A. ... ... Pendeen, Bowes Road, Walton-on-

Thames, England
Berry, H. F., m.a., litt.d. Public Record Office, Dublin
(Dublin), i.s.o., m.r.i.a.,
Assistant Deputy Keeper
Public Records
Bigger, F. Joseph, m.r.i.a. ... Ardrie, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Blake, J. R. ... ... 44 Belmont Avenue, Dublin

Blake, Martin J. ... ... Heath House, Maryboro', Queen's

Co.
Board of Education ... ... South Kensington, London, W.C.

Bolton, C. Perceval, j.p. ... Brook Lodge, Halfway House,

Waterford

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... Gorteen, Limavady, Co. London-
derry
... 11 Homefield Koad, Wimbledon,

Surrey, England
... The Elms, Bitteswell, Lutterworth,
England
Burke, H.Farnham, c.v.o.,f.s.a., Heralds' College, London, E.C.

Somerset Herald of Arms
Burnett, Rev. R. ... ... The Rectory, Graigue, Co. Kilkenny

jBurrowes, William B. ... Ballynafeigh House, Belfast

Boyle, E. M. F. G. ...
Buckley, James, m.r.i.a.
Bunbury, Hamilton J.

Cary, Captain George Sydney...
Carrigan, Rev. Wm., p.p., m.r.i.a.
Castletown of Upper Ossory, k.p.,

The Right Hon. Lord
Chamberlayne, (the late)

MajorTankerville James

Chamney, William
Clark, Mrs. Godfrey

Cochrane, Robert, ll.d., i.s.o.,

F.S.A., M.R.I.A.

Coleman, James, m.r.s.a.i.
Conlan, The Rev. R., p.. p., m.r.i.a.
Connellan, Major J. H., d.l. ...

Cosgrave, E. M'D., m.d.
Crimmins, John D. ...

Crisp, F. A., f.s.a. ...

Crofton, Miss Henrietta...

Crookshank, Major R. R. G. ...
jCrossle, F. C, m.b.
Cust, The Lady Elizabeth

R.I.C. Depot, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Durrow, Abbeyleix, Queen's County
Doneraile Court, Doneraile, Co.

Cork
Chamberlainstown, Kells, Co.
Meath, and c/o Holt & Co.,
3 Whitehall Place, London, S.W.
15 Elgin Road, Dublin
Tal-y-Gam, Llandrissant, Wales
17 Highfield Road, Rathgar, Co.

Dublin
2 Rosehill Terrace, Queenstown
6 Dartmouth Square, Dublin
Coolmore, Thomastown, Co. Kil-
kenny
5 Gardiner's Row, Dublin
Emmet Arcade, 624 Madison

Avenue, New York, U.S.A.
Grove Park Press, 270 Walworth

Road, London, S.E.
Rushington Manor, Totten, Hants
Sloperton, Kingstown, Co. Dublin
11 Trevor Hill, Newry
13Eccleston Square, London, S.W.

Damant, Mrs. H. Cartell
Dames, Longworth-, R. S.

M.R.I.A.

Daniell, Robert
Darling, Rev. J. Lindsey

Davies, Seymour G. P.

Day, Robert, f.s.a., m.r.i.a.
Denny, Arthur Douglas

Lammas, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
21 Herbert Street, Dublin

Newforest, Tyrrell's Pass
Mariners' Church Parsonage,

Kingstown, Co. Dublin
The English, Scottish, & Australian

Bank, Melbourne, Australia
Myrtle Hill House, Cork
John's Hill, Waterford

XXXV11

Denny, Rev. H. L. L. ... Holy Trinity, Sloane Street,

London, S.W.
{Devenish-Meares, Major-General Meares' Court, Ballynacargy, West-

meath
de Vesci, Rt. Hon. Viscnt. Abbeyleix
Dix, E. R. M'C, m.r.i.a., Hon. 17 Kildare Street, Dublin

Treasurer
Donnelly, The Most Rev. N.,d.d., St. Mary's, Haddington Road,

m.r.i.a., Lord Bishop of Canea Dublin

Drogheda, Countess of ... Moore Abbey, Monasterevan

Duguid, John ... ... 16 Waterloo Crescent, Dover

Ewart, Sir William, Bart.... 9 Bedford Street, Belfast

FitzGerald, The Hon. J. D.,k.c. 33 Harrington Gardens, South

Kensington, London, S.W.

FitzGerald, Lord Walter, v.p., Kilkea Castle, Mageney, Co. Kildare

r.s.a.i., m.r.i.a., Hop. Editor

FitzGerald, Rev. William The Hut, Howth, Co. Dublin

Fogerty, George, m.d., r.n. ... 67 George Street, Limerick

ffrench, Rev. Canon J. F. M., Urglin Rectory, Carlo w

V.P., R.S.A.I., M.R.I.A.

Fry, M. W. J., f.t.c.b., m.r.i.a. 39 Trinity College, Dublin
Fuller, J. F., f.s.a. ... ... 179 Gt. Brunswick Street, Dublin

Garstin, John R., d.l., m.a., Braganstown, Castlebellingham,

F. R.S.A.I., M.R.I.A., F.S.A. Co. Louth

Gogarty, Rev. T., c.c. ... Termonfecken, Drogheda

Gorges, Raymond ... ... 15 Royal Terrace, East, Kingstown

Gough, Rt. Hon. Viscount Lough Cutra Castle, Gort, Co. Gal-

• way

Green, Thomas G. H., m.r.i.a. Lisnegar, Temple Gardens, Rath-
mines, Dublin

Guinness, H. S. ... ... Burton Hall, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin

Hackett, J. Dominick

Hade, Arthur, c.e. ...
Harrison, C. L.
Harrison, G. D.
Healy, Rev. John, ll.d.
Hewetson, John

Higgins, Patrick, f.r.s.a.
Hillas, Arthure B. E., a.b.

66 Jamaica Avenue, Flushing, Long-
Island, New York, U.S.A.
Dublin Street, Carlow
178 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin

" »j

The Rectory, Kells, Co. Meath
32 Cornwall Road, Bayswater,

London, W.
35 Catherine Street, Waterford
8 Fitzwilliam Street, Lr., Dublin

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Hobson, C. J.
Hovenden, K.

Huband, Rev. H. R.
Hussey- Walsh, V. ...

Iveagh, Viscount, k.p.,

M.R.I. A., F.S.A.

Jones, Captain B. J.

Keene, Most Rev. James B.,
d.d., m.r.i.a., Lord Bishop of
Meath

Kelly, W. E., c.e., f.r.s.a.i. ...

Kelly, Mrs. W. E

Kelly, Miss Dorothy

Kelly, Miss

Kelly, T. A.

Knox, Miss P. J. ..,

554 West 160th Street, New York
Jieathcote Park, Hill Road, Croy-
don, Surrey
Kemsbury House, Gloucester
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5 Grosvenor Place, London, S.W.

Lisnawilly, Dundalk
Bishopscourt, Navan, Co. Meath

St. Helen's, Westport, Co. Mayo
St. Helen's, Westport, Co. Mayo
St. Helen's, Westport, Co. Mayo
Clareville, Westport, Co. Mayo
1 Mountjoy Square, Dublin
Cranmore, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo

La Touche, C. D. ...
Lawlor, Rev. Canon H. J., d.d.,
m.r.i.a., Precentor of St.
Patrick' Cathedral.
Leinster, His Grace the ...

Duke of, m.r.i.a.
Leslie-Ellis, Lt.-Col. H., d.l.,

f.s.a.
Lett, The Rev. H. W., m.r.i.a.,
Canon of the Cathedral of
Dromore
JLeveson-Gower, A. F. H.
Lecky, Mrs.

Library, The Chief Secretary's
The Armagh
The Royal Dublin Society
The Bodleian
The Boston
The Cleveland Public

The, of Congress

The Dublin Corporation

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The John Rylands ...

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Athenaeum Club, London

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The Public

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| Linn, Richard

Long, Mrs.

Lynch, P. J., c.e., f.r.s.a.i. ...

Maffett, Rev. R. S. ...

Mahon, Major-Gen. R.

Mahony, Peirce Gun, m,r.i.a.,
Cork Herald of Arms

Mahony, Mrs. Peirce Gun
jMayler, J. E.

Mayo, The Earl of, k.p., ...

Meade, The Rt. Rev. W. E., d.d.,
Lord Bishop of Cork

Meares, G. M.
JM'Clintock, Rev. F. G., f.r.s.a.i.,

M'Kenna, Rev. James Edward,

c.c, M.R.I. A.

JMacGillycuddy, Major John,

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Magrath, Rev. J. R., d.d. ...
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Meehan, Rev. J., c.c.

Millner, Mrs. Susan E.

Mills, James, i.s.o., m.r.i.a.,
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Molony, Alfred, m.r.s.a.i.

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Genealogical Society, The ...
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Nicholson, The Rev. James N.

Nolan, Pierce L.

Nolan, Rev. T. V., s.j., Rector

O'Conor Don, The, H.M.L. for
the County Roscommon

O'Grady, Guillamore,M.A.,T.c.D.,
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O'Hanrahan, T. W....

O'Leary, Rev. E., p.p.,m.r.i.a.

O'Neill, Lord

O'Neill, His Excellency The.
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O'Reilly, P. J.

Ormsby, George

Pack-Beresford, D. R., m.r.i.a.
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of the Science and Art Museum
Poe, Col. William Hutcheson,

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Poer, Count de la, d.l.

Pollard-Urquhart, Lieut.-Col. T.
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M.A., F.T.C.D., M.R.I.A.

jQuan-Smith, S. A. ...

Reform Club, The
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Rice, Lieut. -Colonel ;R. Justice
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Roper, Charles E. A.

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Huntington Castle, Clonegal, Co.

Carlow
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Sadleir, Thomas U., m.a., t.c.d.

Scott, Ven. J. G., d.d., Arch-
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Sheehan, The Most Rev. R. A.,
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Sindall, Alfred

Somerville, B. A.

Stack, Right Rev. Bishop, d.d.

Stanley, J. F.

J Stewart, Andrew W.

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Synnott, Nicholas J. ...
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Newcastle, Hazlehatch
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:lii

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[Woodhead, Miss A. C.

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585 FERMANAGH.

COUNTY FERMANAGH

Deveni§li Island.

[Contributed by Peirce G. Mahony, m.r.i.a., Cork Herald.]

' Inscriptions on grave monuments in the cemetery adjoining
St. Molaise's Church, given in alphabetical order 'f —

' This stone, the inscription on which is in raised letters, has
the monogram " I.H.S.," surmounted by a cross, immediately
under the inscription. The following stones are marked with the
same monogram : — Aegan, Brad, Browning, Cassidy, Forde,
Gallagher, Hackett, Keenan, Kelly, Maguire, M'Grath, M'Manus,
M'Mulchan, Miner, Flaherty, Reilly, Brady, Magrath, M'Alroy,
Murry, Seery.'

Here lies the bo | dy of Patrick Brad | who departed
this life | May ye 22, 1758. | Aged 32 years.

Here lieth the Body of | William Browning, | who
departed this | life October the 10th | 1819. Aged 65
years.

T T

FERMANAGH. 586

has four sons Henry Phelim Patrick and the Reverend
Andrew Cassidy Pastor of Davunis qui hoc opus fieri
fecit anno Dom., 1744. Then aged 38 years.
Deo Honor et Gloria.

' On this stone are cut two hands breaking host over chalice ;
the whole surmounted by a crucifix ; on either side the words, "Te
Deum laudamus, menent. morti."

'The O'Cassidys were physicians to the Maguires from 1320 till
1504, when Thomas O'Cassidy, the last hereditary practitioner of
the name, wrote a tract on " The Nature and Cure of the Different
Diseases Incident to the Human Frame." The family gave many
distinguished ecclesiastics to the monasteries around Lough Erne
and to the Clogher Mission. In 1704 the Rev. Edmund Cassidy
(aged 55 years) was parish priest of Devenish, and resided at
Aghucheerin. He had been ordained at Downpatrick in 1673 by
Dr. Key, Bishop of Down and Connor. (A List of Parish Priests,
&c. Dublin, 1705.)'

Patrick Cassidy has three | children interred here |
Margaret Phelim and Catherine. | 1744.

Here lies ye body | of Owen Daugh | erty who died
Dec. ye | 13th, 1761. Aged 58 years.

' The monogram on this stone is crushed into the top left-hand
corner; and under the inscription are, quaintly cut, a coffin,
cross-bones, and a bell.'

This monument erectd | in memory of the Revd | Henry

Forde, D.D. and P.P. | of Enniskillen, who | departed

this life the 14th | day of June in the year | of our

Lord 1793. Aged | 45 years.

By his affectionate sister | Eliz. Meadden. If unaffected |

Piety and a Benevolent | Heart could insure | a length

of days his numerous friends would | not have to lament |

his Irreparable loss.

Richard Robert Madden | restored this inscription | the

14th May 1851.

587 FERMANAGH.

FERMANAGH. 588

This stone erected by I James Kerreghan for | his

daughter C | who died Feb. 17, | 1774. Aged
17 years.

Here lyeth ye body | of James Loughran | who depart*1
this life | March ye 17th | 1735. Aged 61 years.

Erected by Jams | Macalees for his Father | Hugh
Macalees who | departed this life | Feb., 1797. Aged
69 years.

Erected by Eliza Maguire | in memory of her husband |
Denis Maguire Departed this life Feby. ye 15th 1795.
Aged 63.

589 FERMANAGH,

Here lyeth the body of | Thomas Maguire who died |

May ye 25th, 1772. Aged 74 years.

Also his daughter Ann died | May, 1772. Aged 17 years.

* A plain raised cross over the inscription.'

' Gartalaughen, on the lake shore opposite Devenish, and in the
barony of Tirkennedy, was in olden times the stronghold of the
MacCuskers. The family is represented there still.'

This stone was cut by Thomas | McCusker for his wife
Catherine | McCusker who died Sept. 29, 1792. | Aged
61 years.

In memory of Cecily | Magrath who died | Jan, 1769.
Aged 5Q years, | by John Magrath.

This burying pla | ce belongeth to | James McManus
Here lyeth his Grf- | and child Margaret | McManus.

FERMANAGH. 590

Here lyth the | Body of Mary Miner who | Died
September | 17, 1751. Aged 6 | years.

Here lieth the body of | Hugh O'Flaherty | who
departed this life | the 2nd day of June, 1798. | Aged
55 years.

This monument and | burial place belonged | to Edward
Flaherty | and his wife Margaret | Flaherty of Ennis-
killen.

Erected in memory of John | Reilly of Enniskillen who
died I August 2d 1757. Aged 30 years.

591 FERMANAGH.

Here lieth the body of | the Rev. James Johnston K.C.C.
of the parish | of Donaghcavy in the county of Tyrone |
departed this life August 6th, 1798. Aged 53 years.

Devenisli, Tlie Al*H>ey Cemetery.

[From Peirce G. Mahony, m.r.i.a., Cork Herald.]

FERMANAGH. 592

1 Has the carving of Christ with extended arms, but without
a cross.'

Here lyeth the | Body of Patrick | Maguire who depd
this life October I the 28th 1782 Aged | 56 years.

Here lyeth ye body of | Ann McManus wife | to Laury
McGaharin | who died June 22nd, 1782. | Aged 36
years.
' An angel with extended wings hovering over inscription.'

Here lyeth ye body of | Gerald Murray who | died May
ye 14th, 1762. | Aged 65 years.
' Centre top, angel with extended wings.'

593 GAL WAY.

COUNTY GALWAY.

Annagrlitlowii .

[From Mr. M. Healy, h.m.c, Galway.]

0 Lord have mercy on the soul of John Browne who
departed life March the 21st 1811 aged 61 years May he
rest in peace. Amen. This stone was erected by his
wife Eleanor Browne for him and her posterity.

0 Lord have mercy on the soul of John Cosgrave
deceased Feb the 10th 1898 aged — also his wife Mary
Cosgrave alias Burke decd August the 10th 1836 aged 72
years. This monument was erected by their son Patrick
Cosgrave for them and his posterity.

0 Lord have mercy on the soul of Michl Farrington
who departed this life Sep l8t 1828 aged 78 years also
his son Patrick Farrington who died Ocbr the 1st 1815
aged 22 years Erected by his son Thos Farrington.

0 Lord have mercy on the Souls of Martin & Henery
Cahill Merchants Galway the former died August 15th
1847 aged 30 years the latter died Jan 6th 1852 aged 31.
This tomb was erected by their sorrowing mother
Bridget Cahill.

Pray for the soul of Oliver Elward who deptd. this life
November 16th 1790 aged 29 years John Elward.

Pray for the soul of Father Barth. Burke Parish Priest
of Annadown who dyd ye 31st day of March 1796 aged
90 years.

GALWAY. 594

0 Lord have mercy on the soul of Mary Fahy who
departed this life March 10th 1817 aged 100 years.
Erected by her husband Rickard Fahy for them and

posterity.

Pray for the souls of Michael Newell of Baranna who
died in 1834 aged 76 years and his brothers John and
Owen.

' Large vault' : —

To the memory of Susan French by her husband John
French of Woodpark who departed life July the 31st
1830 may he who rewards the virtuous have mercy on
her.

Here lyes interred the body of John Staunton Esq late
Recorder of Galway he was aged 67 years and departed
this life on the 2nd day of Decr 177 [Last figure in this
effaced.]

Here lies interred the remains of James Staunton junr
Esq Son of James Staunton of Waterdale who departed
this life on the 22nd day of July in the year of Our Lord
1780

Clareyralway Abbey.

[From Mr. M. Healy, h.m.c, Galway.]

Have mercy 0 Lord on the Soul of Francis Burke
whose remains are here deposited who died 20 January
1702 aged 61 years.

0 Lord have mercy on the Soul of John Connelly who
died July 27th 1827 aged 73 years and also on the Soul
of Judith Connelly his wife who died March 16th 1832
aged 63. This stone was erected by their Son John
Connelly in memory of them and posterity.

595 GiLWAY.

Lord have mercy on the Soul of Patrick Cullinane who
deptd this life Novr. 8th 1838 aged 28 years. This stone
was erected by his wife Mary Cullinan for him and
posterity.

Orate pro anima Rd Patris Martini Blake qui hunc
mortem fieri fecit Anno Domi 1812.

Pray for the Soules of Onner and Elizabeth Staunton
who died March 30 Anno Dom 1743.

Heaclfoi'il Cliurcliyai'il.

[From Thomas J. Maclnerney, Esq.]

1 On a headstone in the north-east corner of the burial-
ground ' : —

Here lies the Body of

Joseph Levered, Privte Soldr

2nd Bn 12th Reg* who was born

at Wallingford, Berkshire, in

1796, and was killed by a stab

in the back in a Public House

in Headford on 23rd Dec 1817 aged 21.

This stone was Erected by

his sorrowing Comrades as a

proof of their Esteem.
Reader, beware of drunken
midnight Meetings lest the
same fate await you

Spiddal.

[From Mr. M. Healy, h.m.c, Galway.]

0 Lord have mercy on the Soul of Patk Fohan who
departed life on the 16 November 1822 aged 30 years.

Pray for the Soul of Steeven Curran who departed
this life September ye 9th 1805 aged Q5 (?) yrs. This
Stone was erected by his Sons John & Charles Curran
for their posterity.

Lord have mercy on the Soul of Andrew Kelly who
died in the 60th year of his age 1844. This was erected
by his Son Andrew.

KERRY.

596

God be merciful to the Soul of Thomas Faherty who
died the 1st Novr 1785 aged 68 years and Honor
Faherty who departed this life — December 1780 aged
56 years also her husband Manus Lydon C?) who
departed this life the 1st March

Lord have mercy on the Soul of Bridget King who died
in the 26th year of her age 1844 Erected by John King
her brother.

COUNTY KERRY.

A nnag li C In ■ roll ruins.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

' In the ancient ruined church of Annagh, by the shore of
Tralee Bay, near the village of Blennerville, is a curious piece of

sandstone, carved with a figure of a warrior on horseback, waving
a sword, built into the south wall. It is probably portion of a
primitive sepulchral monument.'

To face page 597.]

THE COLLIS MONUMENT IN BALLYNAHAGLISH
CHURCH, 1801.

[From a photograph supplied by Rev. W. E. Bentley, B.A.~\

597 KERRY.

Hull.* naliag lisli 1 lunch.

[From the Eev. W. E. Bentley, b.a.]

1 The illustration on the opposite page shows a mural monu-
ment bearing the following inscriptions in two columns ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of

GEORGE COLLIS Esqr

(whose remains lie entombed near this spot)
Late a Captain in his Majesty's 10th Reg1 of Foot.

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

on the 11th day of September 1801

IN THE 30th YEAB OF HIS AGE

Possessed of every amiable quality and accomplishment which could dignify the Man

and adorn the Gentleman, joined to a kind and gentle disposition, and to

manners which most particularly endeared him to all who knew him.

HE WAS A BRAVE SOLDIER AND A TRULY HONEST MAN

These lines were inscribed by his Friend and Brother, who had the misfortune

to survive him, in the hope of their remaining to commemorate his virtues,

when the Heart that dictated them, and was the best record of the

amiable qualities he possessed, shall beat no more.

In the same Tomb rests the remains of his only Sister
MISS CATHERINE COLLIS

WHO DIED

The 22d day of January 1803.

Possessed of uncommon Sense Beauty and Accomplishment, combined with the

sweetest and most engaging manners, and although blessed with a strong mind

and sound judgment, she could not resist the lofs of such a Brother, and fell

a victim to the most poignant sorrow and affliction in the

42d YEAR OF HER AGE.

Near their beloved and lamented Ashes

ARE DEPOSITED THE MORTAL REMAINS OF THEIR UNCLE

ANTHON BOTET Esqr

A MEMBER OF THE LATE IRISH PARLIAMENT

Formerly Major in his Majesty's 10th Reg* of Foot

AND LATE

Comptroller in the Barrack Department

From his earliest youth to his final hour, was his life devoted to acts of the greatest

beneficence, kind and generous to his Relations, open and sincere to his

Friends, and hospitable to his Acquaintance, the virtues of his mind,

and sweetness and goodness of his disposition, were so prominent

that to know and to love him was the same.

HE ROSE IN THE ARMY BY HIS MERIT ALONE
WHICH IN THE LATE AMERICAN WAR WAS DISTINGUISHED

Twenty-four Years of his Life were passed in the service of his King and Country,

the entire of it in that of his Fellow Creatures,

And he died on the 11th day of May 1811

CLOSING A LIFE OF 70 YEARS

Spent in a manner that fitted him to die sincerely regretted by a numerous Acquaintance

and without one Enemy.

KERRY. 598

Near the Eemains

OF HER

Husband, her Brother, and two of her children rest those of

MRS GERTRUDE BOTET COLLIS

who died on the 9th January 1822, in the 85th Year of her Age.

Gifted with strong and superior intellect, which she retained

to the last moment of her existence, whence her numerous Friends derived

sound advice in their difficulties, as in the kindness of her heart, they found

sympathy and comfort in their afflictions, and from her generosity relief in their necessities

Her time was divided between her duties to Religion and Humanity — rigid only to herself.

for the last 26 Years of her life Two thirds of her income were devoted to the relief of her

suffering Fellow Creatures. Her last breath expired in audible Prayer to her God, relying fo:

the Salvation of her Soul, not in the pride of Good Works, but in the humble but steadfast faitl

in the merits of her Redeemer, and the mercy of her Creator.

Bally seedy Cluircli.

[Copied by Colonel Nash.]

1 Beneath the east window of the ruined church, on a slab which
is partly covered in the centre by another monument ' : —

HIG JAGENT

SANDES QUI

FLORE SPEM

VIRI LICET ENI

HONORATUS

IMMOBILIS AM

FIDELIS TENET

URBANUSCO

On slabs ' : —

Here lies the body of Mrs | Avice Collis relict of the
Bevernd Thomas Collis | late of Dingle Clerk who
departed this life on | the 3rd day of Oct. 1781.

Here lies the body of Mrs | Alice Blennerhasset | who
died the 15 day | of September 1765

599 KERRY.

Castleislaml (lunch.

[From Miss Mary de Courcy Mackintosh of Kilrnurry,
County Kerry.]

Sacred to the memory of Richard Meredith J.P

of Dichsgrove, died September 4th 1857

Aged 54 years

Also

Rose Helen, beloved wife of above

died 21st June 1861

Aged 64 years

also

their Son John Robert Meredith, died 3rd Jannary

1896 aged 53 years

Erected by Richard Meredith, in loving memory of

His father, mother, & brother

Sacred to the Memory of Alicia Meredith, wife of
William Meredith Esq of Dichsgrove. She departed
this life on 26th day of July 1821 in the 38th year of her
age. Distinguished for every virtue that could adorn
the character of a wife & mother. Also of her children
William aged 17, John 20, Alicia 16, Lucy 8, Catherine
10 and Anne 28 years. All called away in the short
space of 14 years, in the bloom of life & promise of
many amiable qualities A.D. 1831.

Sacred to the memory of William Meredith Esquire

of Dichsgrove

Born July 28 1772 Died June 1st 1849

For more than fifty years he took a prominent &

anxious part by his just acquirements & public

usefulness in the affairs of this county. But above all

his generous, honourable and affectionate disposition

commanded universal esteem whilst he lived, and

caused his memory to be cherished with fond and

sorrowing gratitude

Also to the memory of

His Sister Marian, widow of Manus Blake Esquire

Born January 17th 1774 Died April 1st 1852

" And they shall be mine," saith the Lord
of Hosts, " in that day when I make up my
jewels ; and I will spare them as a father
spareth his own son that serveth
him."

Malachi hi. 17.

KILDARE. 600

ftillaheniiy Church, near Ball.ylnmioii.

[From Mr. T. J. Westropp.]

' The south-east part is evidently the oldest section of the grave-
yard, and a rising knoll and some of the older tombs mark it as the
site of the vanished church. Most of the monuments in the
eastern side of the cemetery date 1836 to 1839. Low vaults with
flat tops and sloping flanks predominate. There are few tombs of
note.

- A neat panelled tomb ' : —

This tomb was erected by | Patrick Hennessy for hims |
. . f . . . Family Anno Dom 1785 I Pray for them.

' A cruciform monument of finely-cut stone in the style of a
sarcophagus with side projections forming a large vault with no

0
date. The /<\is cut on the west, north and south on the gables': —

U ii Haiti it Churchyard.

[From the Eev. H. L. L. Denny.]

Here lyes the body of

Patrick Plunkett
who departed this life
8ber 23d 1780, aged 70 years.
[Patrick Plunkett was described in a document in 1767 as "of
Bally McEagogue, Co. Kerry, gent."]

COUNTY KILDARE

Athy: the White Castle.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 There is built into the White Castle, which stands at the
bridge over the Barrow, a square mural slab ; it is not in its
original position, nor is it known where it was brought from.

' The lettering is in relief, and the wording of the inscription is
as follows ' : —

To face page 601.]

'"9*~4* 'A "' " ^ '•**?£ J • **- ~ ^ &pa

■ 3ESTWI E'Poi'ViTA^

' M£M C-L/SP IDE M VI i
, '*$&E?IMOS EV Tl MO • *

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■jBEIMT>EJWO-r£?;<M<.r:

THE COSSEN MURAL SLAB, 1575, NOW BUILT INTO
THE WHITE CASTLE AT ATHY BRIDGE.

[From a block lent by the Council of the County Kildare Archaeological Society.']

601 KILDARE.

RECARDVS : COSSEN :
PREPOSITE : WILLE :
DE ATHIE : POSVIT- +
HANOLAPIDEM- VI
GESIMO: SEPTIMO-
MENSIS j IVNIO • +
ANO: D: V5':T:5': ANOQVE
REGNE : REGINE • ELIZA :
BEIH DESIMO- SEPTIMO j
MOLHLEN: OKELLE

1 Translation ' : —

Richard Cossen Sovereign of the Town of Athy placed
this Stone the twenty-seventh of the month of June in
the year of Our Lord 1575, and in the year of the reign
of Queen Elizabeth the Seventeenth. Molhlen O'Kelly.

[It is not improbable that this inscription commemorates the
erection of the former bridge.]

Cam Churchyard.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

* This burial-ground lies by the roadside between Suncroft and
Ballysax to the south of the Curragh. There are now no traces of
any church, nor are there any ancient tombstones.

' The earliest inscriptions appear to be the two given below —

1 On a rough headstone ' : —

PATRICK

CLEARY

1718

On a little headstone on the south side of the graveyard ' :

+
IHS

u u

KILDARE. 602

Ballymore-Eufttace Cliurcliyarcl.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' On a table-tomb at the east end of the churchyard ; the
inscription faces the west ' : —

+
IHS

Hie Jacet Corpus Reverend!

Michaelis Devoy Pastoris

Ballymore Eustace & Hollywood

Viginti Septem Annis. Qui

Obiit Die Quarto Aprilis

Anno Domini 1809 et oetatis [sic] 73

Eequiescat in Face Amen.

Headstone ' : — ,

tii

On a large table-tomb ' : —

Beneath this Stone lieth the Body of Iohn

Cavanagh who departed this life on the 22nd

day of November 1806 Aged 54 years.

And also the Body of Mary his wife who

departed this Life on the 31st day of July 1791

Aged 28 years.

' The inscription on the table-tomb of the Rev. Edward O'Brien,
1832, copied by Mrs. T. Long, which appears on p. 382, vol. vii, of
the Journal, is now partially illegible, as, through the recent care-
lessness of the painters of an iron paling close by, some of the
sticky black tarry stuff has been spilt on the slab and cannot be
removed by ordinary means.'

603 KILDARE.

Lackagli Clmrcli j aril.

[Contributed by Mrs. Wheble; and copied by Mr. James O'Neill.]

Sacred

to the Memory of

Harrington Barras De Rythre

Esqr

Who departed this life the lltl1 day of

Octr. 1852 in the 27 year of his age

Also his Father

William De Rythre

Captain in the Kilda?~e Regiment

Who departed this life on the 20th of

Deer. 1852 in the 66th year of his age

[A monumental obelisk]

[Headstones.]

Here lies the Body of '

the Revd Stephen Bulger

Who Depd this life

Decbr the 4. 1786 Aged

79 years.

Here lieth the Body of Mary | Teernan Depd June 7th
1778 | Aged 26 Erected by her Father | and Mother
Geo. Teernan & | Ann Kelly.

Erected by John Bea | ughan in memory of | his Son
Thos Beaughan | Who Depd this life | Sepbr ye 17 1790
agd21

Erected by Thos Flannigin in | Memory of his Wife
Elizebet | Flannigin who Depd this life | Novbr the 2.
1807 Aged 46 yer8

Here lies the bo | dy of Joseph Fitz | gareld who depa

years

rtd this life April | ye 10 1726 Aged 30

KILDARE. 604

Erectd By Mickel | Kerwin in Memory | of His Father
Wm Kerwin | Who Departed this life | April ye 13 1760.

Erected by Christopher Morasey | in Memory of his
Daughter | Catharine who Deptd this life | the 20 of
Septr 1813 Aged 21.

Here Lieth the Body of | Stephen Lalor who dep |
arted this life the 31 of August 1762 Aged 60.

605 KILDARE.

This Stone was Erected | by Thomas Barry in | Memory
of his Parents I Anno Domini 1784

This Stone is Erected | By Lewis Midughan* | January
ye 24 1753

[Tombs.]

* N.B. — The letters given as " du" are considerably blurred.

KILDARE. GOG

Erected by John Kelly | M* Eice in Memory of | his
Mother Honora Kelly j Who Depd this life the | 29th
Janr* 1787 agd 37 yrs.

Ximolin Churchyard.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 Lying in the burial-ground to the south-west of the church is
a flat, thick slab, now badly fractured into six or seven pieces. The
inscription, partly owing to weather-wear, its broken condition,
and the letters not being deeply cut, is now not easy to decipher.
It runs ' : —

+
THS

Here Lyeth the Body
of M1S BridGet o Sullivan
Who Departed this Life
febry ye 6th 1756 Aged 36

years. Also Here Lyeth ye

Body of Mr Cors o Sullivan

Who Departed this Life ye 21st

Nobr 1767 Aged . . years.

Tully Churchyard.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 The church ruins at Tully (which lies a mile to the south of
Kildare) show it to have been a cruciform structure, but, except
for the central portion, loaded with ivy, the walls are nearly all
levelled.

1 Under a thorn-bush in the western end of the ruins is a broken
table-tomb bearing this inscription ' : —

This Tomb was erected by

Judith Murphy in memory of

her beloved brother Timothy

Murphy who departed this life

March 17th 1767 Aged 87 (?) years.

607 KILKENNY.

Also her father Darby Murphy

who departed this life Januy 19th 1806

Aged 63 years. And her Mother

Elizabeth Murphy who departed

this life June 13th 1826 Aged 74 years.

The best of brothers has left

a sorrowful sister to bewail his

loss.

And also the above named Judith

who depd this life 18th Feby 1842

Aged — years

Also
James Murphy
of Monasterevan
who died Jany 1st
1840
Aged 56 years

COUNTY KILKENNY.

Kilbeaeon.

[From John Hewetson, Esq.]

' The east window of this church looks out upon a monumental
cross, supported by a sloping pediment, upon three sides of which
the following inscriptions appear, that on the south side being
illegible ' : —

1 East side ' : —

And in memory of their children | Margaret Dalton of
Ballycub | who died the 27th October 1839 aged 57
years | Bridget Carroll of Teslrin Boyce | who died the
19th June 1840 aged 25 years.
E.I.P.

1 North side ' : —

E.I.P. :

KILKENNY. 608

1 West side ' : —

Alice | youngest and last surviving | daughter of
William and Mary Walsh | crowned a long life of good
works | by founding the Convent of Mount Saint Joseph
in this parish.

R.I.P.

Kilt'ane old Churchyard,

[From Major Tanker ville James Chamberlayne.]

1 A dark-coloured slab lies due west of the Cantwell effigy,
against the south wall at the east end of the church, near the
entrance to the southern tower. The left bottom corner of the
slab is broken, the pieces being secured to it by an iron clamp.
The edges are bevelled on all sides except that to the right hand,
showing that this side was placed against the church wall.

1 At the top of the slab are two coats-of-arms on a shield, viz.,
Martin impaling Hartstonge (for a description of which see Mr. G. D.
Burtchaell's note given below). The inscription reads ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF MRS ELIZABETH]
THE WIFE OF THE REVEREND MR THOfMASJ
MARTIN PREBENDARY OF KILMANANAGH
& 2nd DAVGHTER OF Sr STANDISH HARTS-
TONGE BART BARON OF THE COVRT OF
EXGHEQ- IN IRELAND IN YE REIGN OF KING
CHARLES YE 2D WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE YE 27th
& WAS INTERED YE 29th DAY OF OCTOBER
1720 IN YE 66th YEAR OF HER AGE
IN CONIVGIS
AMANTISSIM/E PIAM
MEMORIAM
SEPVLCHRVM HOC POSVIT VIR EIVS
MOESTISSIMVS QVI PER 34 ANNOS
ARCTISSIMO AMORIS CONIVGALIS
VINCVLO IN VITA C/ELIX IN MORTE
ETIAM PVLVEREM & CINERES VTRIVSQ
IN EODEM TVMVLO VNIRE (DONEC
AMBOS AD VNIGNEM REVOCARET F/ELI-
CIOREM RESVRRECTIO GENERALIS)
EXOR AT & FILM FILIARVMQ EIVS
GVRAE':MANDAT

609 KILKENNY.

1 Mr. Burtchaell (Athlone Pursuivant of Arms) has kindly
supplied the following description of the coats-of-arms, with some
interesting particulars relating to the above-mentioned families ' : —

• The arms are : — " Or, three pallets azure, on a chief gules, as
many martlets of the first " (See Martin, of Saffron Walden, Essex,
Burke's " Gen. Armory "). Impaling Hartstonge : — " Per chevron
engrailed or and sable, in chief three pellets, and in base a stag trippant
of the first:'

* The Rev. Thomas Martin is probably identical with Thomas
Martin, son of Thomas, of Limerick, who entered Trinity College,
Dublin, as Sizar 9th August, 1677 ; b.a., 1684 ; and Scholar same
year. He was made Prebendary of Kilmanagh, 3rd October, 1710,
by his brother-in-law, Dr. John Hartstonge, Bishop of Ossory,
1693-1714 ; and was presented by the Crown to the Rectory of
Kiltokegan alias Gaulskill, and Vicarage of Kilcollum and Dunkitt,
Diocese of Ossory, 12th February, 1710/11 ; and to the Rectory
of Erke, same Diocese, 19th March, 1728/9. His will, dated
29th May, 1730, was proved 22nd August, same year. He left a
son and two daughters— 1. Rev. Hartstonge Martin, b.a. (St. John's
College) Cambridge, 1713 ; m.a. Dublin, 1717 ; presented to the
Rectory of Kiltokegan, &c, 23rd November, 1721 ; m. Sarah,
daughter of Sir Henry Wemys, of Danesfort, County Kilkenny, and
left an only daughter, Elizabeth, who m., May, 1758, Christopher
Robinson, a Justice of the Common Pleas. The daughters of the
Rev. Thomas Martin and Elizabeth Hartstonge were — (1) Mary, ?».
Arthur Bushe, of Kilfane, County Kilkenny ; and (2) Martha, m.
William Waring, of Pottlerath, same county. Sir Standish
Hartstonge was for several years Recorder of Limerick before being
made a Baron of the Exchequer.

1 Hartstonge is misprinted Hartstronge in some editions of
Burke's " Armory." The Earl of Limerick now quarters the Arms
of Hartstonge, being the representative of the family. See Burke's
"Peerage." '

Kilkenny., St. €anice'§ Cathedral Burial-ground.

[From John R. Garstin, v.p.r.i.a., &c]

' The Latin inscription to Dr. Dunne, Roman Catholic Bishop
of Ossory, who died in 1789, is given on page 388, vol. vii, of the
Journal. Though the Latin is difficult, partly owing to some
misprints, I offer the following as a translation ' : —

+ I.H.S. Here lie the remains of the Most Illustrious
and Most Reverend Doctor, Doctor John Dunne, who
while living was Bishop of Ossory, and whom a prema-
ture death, alas, carried off from earth on the 15th of

KILKENNY. 610

March in the year of Our Lord 1789, of his age 44, and
of his episcopate the second.

Though his course was finished in so brief a span he
accomplished in it the work of many years. Prudent
in Council, energetic in action, he left a bright example
to prelates.

Reader, if piety, if gravity of manners, if fervour of
prudent zeal pleases, if powerful preaching of the Sacred
Word or the reputation of a model Bishop gives delight,
go on and follow in mindful study this man whom
Ossory laments with mournful voice.
May he rest in peace, Amen.

'The " D. D." before the Bishop's name may be intended to
indicate the university degree of Doctor of Divinity ; but as that
usually appears in Latin as " S.T.P." (= Sacra? Theologiae Pro-
fessor), I prefer to render it as above, simply as a designation usually
conceded to all bishops.

1 This Bishop Dunne was the second of the name in the See of
Ossory within half a century. He succeeded Dr. Troy on his
translation to Dublin. From Brady's " Episcopal Succession " we
learn that he was elected by Propaganda, 18th June, 1787, and
approved by the Pope, 24th of same. His brief was dated 13th
July. He was born in 1746, and studied at the Irish College in
Paris.

' The Rev. W. Carrigan, in his great " History of the Diocese of
Ossory" (vol. i, pp. 202-11), gives a full account of this prelate,
and of his brief episcopate, and includes a portrait of him. He is
said to have died from a broken leg, the result of an accident; and
his monument is described as "an altar-tomb," not a slab or head-
stone " ]aid flat," in the graveyard attached to St. Canice's
Cathedral. Father Carrigan prints the Latin inscription on it, but
does not give a translation.

' As regards inscriptions inside the cathedral, besides the works
quoted, Graves and Prim's " History of St. Canice's " should be
consulted as giving the fullest account of them.'

Kilmacow.

[From Mr. John Hewetson.]

' A recumbent stone near the east window bears the following

Here Lyeth the body

of the

Hon. & Rev. George T. Bourke

Departed this life

December 22nd 1847

Aged 72 years.

611 KILKENNY.

Portnascully Clmrclijarcl.

[From Mr. John Hewetson.]
' In the very small churchyard here, elevated some six feet
above the level, surrounded by a wall and situate at the corner of
two roads, are three of the ordinary thick tombstones, containing
the following inscriptions ' ; —

IHS
Erectd by Rob* Walsh in memory | of his Father John
Walsh who | died Feby 7. 1783 agcl 60 yrs | Also his wife
Marg* Walsh who | died March 7. 1794 agd 61 yrs

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

JRoseonnell Cluii*cliyai*<l.

[From the Rev. Thomas Monahan, p.p.]

1 This churchyard is very close to the borders of the Queen's
County and a short distance to the north of Attanagh Railway
Station.

' The following was copied from a slab here about thirty years
ago ' :—

D. 0. M. Here Lieth the Body of the Honble
Margaret Byrne alias Bermingham, Relict of Gregory
Byrne of Byrne's Grove ; Daughter of the Right

KILKENNY. 612

Honble Francis Lord Athenry, Grand-daughter of the
Right Honble Thomas, Earl of West Meath, Sister of
the Right Honble Thomas Earl of Louth, who died at
Dublin April 16th 1763. R.I.P.

1 The Rev. W. Carrigan, p.p., in his " History of the Diocese of
Ossory," vol. ii, gives the following additional inscriptions from this
churchyard ' : —

Here lyes ye body of Martin Dormer who departed
this life May ye 5th 1701 in yb 70th year of his age.
Here lyes ye Body of Jane Dormer alias Purcell, who
departed this life ye 14t" of 7ber 1719, in ye 66t" year
of her age.

1 The two inscriptions given above, the first on an altar-tomb
and the other on a flat slab, are from the chancel of the church
ruins. Among those in the nave occur the following ' : —

Here lyes ye body of Francis Hayden, late of Sampson's
Court, who departed the 24th of May 1714 in ye 24th year
of his Age. Here lyes ye body of Mrs Rebecca Fitz-
Gerald alias Hayden, daughter to Mr William Hayden
& Mrs Catherine Hayden alias Mandeville, late of Castle-
town in ye County of Kilkenny, deceased, wife of Mr
Thomas FitzGerald of Clohogue & sister to ye above
Francis Hayden, who departed ys life ye 28th October,
1729, in ye 54th year of her age.

Here lyes ye Body of M1' John Russel of Boleybeg in ye
Queens County, who died ye 10th of Feby 1725 aged 73
years.

On a headstone in the graveyard ' : —

This Stone has been erected by Walter Walsh in
Memory of his brother Revd James Walsh, who lived for
8 years in the Parish of Stradbally, depd this life June
18th 1811, aged 58 years. Also his father and Mother.
R.I.P.

' Rosconnell Church was dedicated to the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin. A pattern used to be held at the neighbouring
" Lady Well " on the 15th of August.

613 king's county.

'Inserted in the built-up doorway in the south wall (Father
Carrigan states) on the outside is a small slab, 19 inches by 17,.
bearing a rudely carved inscription in raised letters. It reads ' : —

H/EC ECCLESIA A.R: IA
GOBO WALE EIVSD
EM EGGLESI/E RECTO
RE REEDIFIGATA EST
14 AVG. ANO. DO
1646

[These latter inscriptions are all from Father Carrigan's-
" History of the Diocese of Ossory.""]

KING'S COUNTY.

Balling'ari'y Clmrcliyartl.

[From Mr. R. W. Smith, of Bengurragh, Cahir, Co. Tipperary.]

Here lieth the body of Hannah the wife of Thomas
Smith who died 22 of Sept 175.5 aged 87 years.

Here lieth the body of Thomas Smith born 2nd of Sept.
1666 who departed this life 3rd June 1754.

Mary Smith born Jan 1692 died 10 of May 1710.
Oliver Smith born 28th April 1706 died 3rd June 1726.

Here lieth the body of the Rev John Smith late of
Lismacrory who departed this life the 15 Jan 1813 in
65th year of his age. He was an affectionate husband
and good father and sincere friend ; he had a hand and
mind always ready to the distressed.

Here lieth the body of M1' Ralph Smith who departed
this life 22nd day of Feb 1748 aged 54 years, also the
body of Ann his wife, who departed this life Oct 25 1750
aged 54 years.

king's county. 614

Here lieth the body of Mr Thomas Smith of Lismacrory
who departed this life the 10th of May 1774 aged 54
years.

Mrs Dorcas Smith departed this life 8th March 1797 aged
74 years.

Here lieth the body of William Smith who departed this
life 18th July 1771 aged 60 years.

Ballintemiile Graveyard.

[Supplied by the Rev. E. O'Leary, p.p.]

' The graveyard is about 30 yards square. The ruins of the
church are 20 yards long and 9 yards wide. It is divided into two
parts ; the larger being about 14 yards long, and the smaller
4 yards. All the walls are about 3 feet thick.

1 There are a great many graves in and around the church, but
only a few of them are marked by monuments ' : —

IH S

Erected by Eedmon

Coffey in memory of

his son James Coffey

who Departed August

7th 1796 Aged 19 Years.

Also his Dautr Ann Departd

Augst 1 1796 Aged 14 Y"

JRedmond Coffey.

Head-stone having the inscription cut in relief.'

Here Lyeth the Body | of patrick Beaughan | who depd
this Life Augst | ye 17th 1795 Agd 38 yrs Lord | have
Mercy on his soul.
Flat tombstone greatly sunk into the ground.'

Here Lyeth ye Body of | William Dunn who depd | this
Life August ye 17rh | 1780 Aged 60 yrs Lord | have mercy
on his soul.
' Flat tombstone with one side buried nearly one foot under the
soil.'

615 king's county.

(B)

May the Lord have mercy on the | Soul of Bridget
Behan who Deptd | this life Feb the 19th 1808 aged |
3 years | Erected by her Mother Muriy Behan.

1 (a) The inscription on a headstone, and (b) the inscription on
a flat tombstone, both marking the same grave.'

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF

MICKEL DONN WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE

31 DAY OF MARCH IN THE

YEAR OF OUR LORD 1746

AND IN THE 24 YEAR OF

HIS AGE. THE SON OF

TERENCE DUNN. HIC IACIT

BRIGIT DUNN DAUGHTER TO

TERENCE DUNN DEPARTED

HER LIFE THE 17 DAY OF FpBRU

AR IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

1753 IN THE 17 YEAR OF

HER AGE. ALSO ELIZABETH

DUNN WHO DEPARTED IA-

NUARY THE 7th 1754 AGED

20 YEARS.

Monuments inside the ruins of the church ' : —

Here Lyeth ye body of | Denis Dunne depd this life
July 2nd Ano Don 1784 Agd | 19 yrs.

KING S COUNTY.

616

IHS

HE ARE ' VNDER ' LYETH | THE ■ BODY * OF ' THOM | AS * BE AH AN "
DEYED YE 29XH I OF * IVLY ' AGED ■ 28 YEARS | THIS * IS '
MAD" * BY ' HIS * FAT | HER ' RICHARD ■ THE * YEAR I 1710.

< The greater portion of the ancient parish of Ballynakill is in
the present union of Clonbullogue, the remainder being in that of
Edenderry. An old church in ruins, surrounded by a graveyard,
is found here, and is called Ballintemple, which appears to be only
another form of Ballynakill, i.e., "the townland of the church."
This church, which probably does not date back further than the
fifteenth century, was of very small dimensions. There is a
window in the east gable having a stone moulding of an Ogee
pattern. The west end of the church is quite ruinous, but an arch
is visible, which ran across from side to side.

' Amongst the graves within the ruins of the church is to be
seen a stone having a floreated eight-armed cross in the centre.
Down each side runs an inscription in relief, in Latin, for an

OBBitvs EftJttE fiuAixkmCi Queohrrimat^

tGoucmflLWSMAviRllMMAiirrSaviMFilKi Ft\

account of which see vol. vi, p. 571, of the Journal.
O'Dempsey tomb.'

This is an

Kilc*umiiiiii Cliur<*li.rur<I.

[From Mr. B. W. Smith of Bencurragh, Cahir, Co. Tipperary.]

Here lieth the Body of Joshua Smith and Mary his
wife. She died Septr 18th 1734 aged 58 years. He died
April 16th 1752 aged 87 years.

[This Joshua Smith was the son of Joshua Smith of Bally-
toreen, King's County, who served in Cromwell's army in Ireland,
1640-1649.]

617 king's county.

Sliini'one Churcliyaril.

[From Mr. R. W. Smith.]

Sacred to the memory of Henry Birch Smith of Clareen
who died June 3 1849 aged 72, and of his wife Eleanor
who died 30th January 1845 aged 70 years. Also
Hannah wife of Ralph Smith of Clareen who died 26th
July 1836 aged 30. " I am the resurrection & the life."

To Joshua Smith Esqr died the 15th of Feb 1767 aged
56 years. He many years before his death chose this
burial place for himself and family. Also Mrs Dorothy
Smith relict of above Joshua Smith died Sept 24 1791
aged 76 years.

Here lieth the remains of Jane Smith alias Birch who
departed this life 25th day of May in the year of our
Lord 1807 aged 58 years. She was wife to Mr Ralph
Smith of Shinrone who had this stone erected in
memory of her many virtues. Also the remains of the
above named Ralph Smith who departed this life 26th
of Jan 1820 aged 77 years.

Welsh Island Graveyard.

[Supplied by the Rev. E. O'Leary, p.p.]

Erected by Ann Fennell in | memory of her Husband |
Owen Fennell who depd this | life September 22nd 1829
aged | 88 years. May he Rest in peace. ] Amen.

X X

king's county. 618

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO.

619 LEITRIM.

Erected by Anne Shaughness of | Tullamore in memory
of her beloved | and affectionate husband | James
Shaughness who depd this | life July 11th 1849 aged 51
years.

This stone was erected by Alicia | Malon to the memory
of her late | husband Henry Malon who | departed this
life febury the 27 | 1855 aged 57 years. May he rest I
in peace. Amen.

COUNTY LEITRIM.

[Nil.]

LIMERICK. 620

COUNTY LIMERICK

Ask oh ton Monastery.

[From Mr. T. J. Westropp.]

' In the nave : —

' An angel blowing a trumpet, a shallow recess with a Maltese
cross between a spear and a ladder; under this a cherub, over
I.H.S., with a square and compass at each tip of the wing, and an
anchor and cable outside that at the edge ' : —

This Monum. was Erectd by John | 0 Driscoll in
memory of his Fa | ther Edmd Driscoll who departd this
Life Janry 3d 1780 Aged 45 years | & Also Edmd
Driscoll Junr who | departd Nov. 15th 1808 Aged 36
yrs Requiescat in Pace Amen.

1 Then in very small Irish letters ' : —

TTIo leun aleac, lp maic Oo ceile ^uitiaO

Cut by Pat Nunan. £a, ",*n.e PS f mbea6 5° Fa,0n ^a J*P
J Nil cpiac na plaic an 5air5e leim na luic

Sa cSuimofi peapj5 6 caipgioc Gamon puic.

' The Irish part is thus annotated and rendered by O'Donovan
in the Ordnance Survey Letters, County Limerick, p. 455 ' : —

1 Will anyone deny that I know the meaning of the verse, and
if it be defective in its composition, will anyone ever be so great a
fool as to say that I should have corrected the defect in my transla-
tion ? The following is a literal translation of it ' : —

" Alas, 0 flag, good is thy treasured-up companion

Though strong a man, he must be one day woak in the clay,
There is no lord or chief in [the enjoyment of] action, leap, or

agility,
And the Sha.nnon was barren since Edmond was laid under

thee."

' In the cloister east walk ' : —

' Crest — A hand with a curved sword ' : —

HIC JACET QUOD MORTALE | FUIT DOMINI
CORNELII SHANA | jHAN OBIIT 17 XBRIS
iETATIS SVM 77 AD 1783 REQUIESCANT (sic)
IN PACE.

621 LIMERICK.

1 A fragment near the cloister door ' :
P • A • 1634.

Ballinartl Graveyard.

[From Mr. J. Grene-Barry.]

< On vault ' :—

This tomb was erected by Kobert Powell of Eaglestone
Esq. whose wife Ann Powell Daughter to Col. Sam
Eyre Powell died 23rd May 1734 aged 35 years. The
above named K. Powell died April 12th 1741 aged 45
years and is buried here.

' Eaglestone, now known as Clogh-an-Viller (the Eagle's Rock),
adjoins Ballinard, close to Herbertstown.'

Cragrgrs.

[From Mr. T. J. Westropp.]

1 Lying in a field far from any burial-ground or house is a tomb-
stone with this inscription ' : —

This stone was erected by Bridget Moron | in Memory
of her husband James Hea | ly who dep this life | Mi
18 A • D 1791 Aged | 62 years.

' I was unable to get any explanation. It was, as in cases I
have found near Edenvale and Tulla, in County Clare, prepared on
the crag, and never moved to the actual grave. The wife's name
may be actually Molon(y) or Moron(y), the stone being worn in
parts.'

Fedamore Clmreliyard.

[From Mr. J. Grene-Barry.]

1 On a headstone ' : —

Matthew James and John Boland died the 3rd

1800 also the Rev: Andrew Ryan P.P. Fedamore died
March the Twenty 1814.

LIMERICK. 622

Kilkeedy.

[From John Hewetson, Esq.]

' In the old churchyard, north-east by north, and about fifteen
feet from its northern boundary, is to be seen a now recumbent flat
tombstone, bearing the following inscription, which is becoming
somewhat indistinct ' : —

Here lyeth the

Body of MR George

Hewson who depart

ed this Life the 28

day of October

1749 aged 42. Here

also lyeth the body of

Jane his wife in whose

memory she remained

in Widowhood thirty one

years departed this Life Feb.

the 26th 1781 aged sixty two.

limerick. §t. John's Cathedral.

[From Mr. J. Grene-Barry.]

1 On a brass under a lancet-window in the south transept of
St. John's Cathedral, Limerick. This was the first window filled
with stained glass after the erection of this church ' : —

Pray for the soul of

James Barry,

A Magistrate for this County,

Who died 2nd September 1856

In whose love and memory this

Window has been erected

by many grateful friends.

R. I. P.

' The inscription on this Mr. Barry's tomb in Rockstown
Churchyard was published in vol. iii, p. 315, of the Journal.'

623 LONDONDERRY.

COUNTY LONDONDERRY.

JBallinclerry Churchy aril.

[From Mr. P. J. Malone, of Portadown.]

* The following inscription is copied from a sandstone headstone
standing in this burial-ground ' : —

In memory of Anthony Malone whose mortal remains lie
here. His death occurred at Mullan on the 21st
November 1869, aged 73. Also his Father Felix
who died in 1811, being a son of Anthony, ob. 1800,
whose Father was Fergus, son of John Malone, who
was an Officer in the War between William & James,
when the latter fled and abdicated in 1692.

' The Right Hon. Anthony Malone, one of His Majesty's Judges,
was a brother of the John mentioned in this inscription.'

Colcraine Churchy aril.

[From Major R. R. G. Crookshank.]

1 An upright stone, close to the street ' : —

To the memory of

Benjamin Hay Esq1' late

of the Armagh Regiment who

departed this life 21 January

1800 aged 22 years this Stone is

Erected by his brother officers

in memory of their regret.

' This officer is said to have lost his life in a duel ; perhaps
some member may be able to give information concerning him, and
the reason for the duel, &c.'

Dung'iYen OI«l Priory.

[From Mr. J. H. Eakin, Feeny, Londonderry.]

1 Table-tomb ' :—

Here lyeth the body of Audley Fanning Esq1' who
departed this life the 2d of July 1784 aged 67 years
Also the body of Martha Fanning his wife who departed
this life Feb. 1780 aged 60 years.

LONDONDERRY. 624

* Table-tomb ' :—

Here lyeth the body of Susana Fanning wife of Thos
Fanning Esq who departed this life Feb. 24 1791 in the
43d year of her age Also her children Jane, Audley,
Rob*, Edwd, Rebecca, & William who died when young.
Also the body of Sarah Fanning 2d wife of the above
Tho8 who died the 11th March 1801, aged 44 years.

' The second Edward Carey of Dungiven (1688-1723) married
(secondly) Martha Mervyn, County Fermanagh, granddaughter of
Audley Mervyn. A relative was married to Rev. Godfrey Fanning,
who was appointed Rector of Dungiven in 1716. He was succeeded
by his son Edward in 1751. Rev. Godfrey Fanning's other son
(Audley above) built Pellipar. The Fannings moved over the Roe
to Derryard. '

' Flat stone in chancel ' : —

Here lyeth the body of George Carey of Derryard Esq.
who departed this life May 18 17 — 9 also Ann Carey
wife of the above George Carey who departed this life
31 day of December 1716

' Ann Carey's maiden name was Newburgh, of Castlederg.'
' The above stone has been removed.'

' In nave ' : —

Here lyeth the body of Henry Carey of Dungiven Esqr
who departed this life on the 12 Octob1' 1756 in the 60th
year of his age. As words are wanting to mention his
merits let it suffice to say he lived regarded & respected
and died lamented.

' Henry Carey's wife was Ann Hamilton, only daughter of
Colonel George Hamilton, Coleraine.'

Flat stone ' : —

Sacred to the memory of Samuel

Kyle, Esq who departed this life, 2d

Nov1' 1792, aged 61 years.

And of Jane Boyle, his wife, who

died 2d of June 1774 aged 33 years

Also to the memory of their Son

Thomas Kyle

who died 22d Dec1' 1813 aged 44 years.

625 LONDONDERRY.

And of his wife Jane Kyle, who
departed this life 24th Novr 1853

aged 81 years

And of two of their children and

ten grand children who died

young.

Also of their son, Cornelius

M. Dougal Kyle, who

died 29th August 1834, aged 22 years

And of their daughter Mary Kyle,

who died 24th February 1860, aged 61 years

also of their daughter Jane Boyle Kyle,

who died April 1st 1864 aged 67 years

Also of their daughter Sarah Kyle

who died 11th November 1868, aged

1 Outside ' : —

In memory of John Nevin Crawford of Byfleet Surrey
& Cheapside London died Sep. 9 1857 aged 68 years
also his nephew Dorrington James Boyle of Galloney
who departed this life 9th June 1882 aged 62 years and
his daughter Margaret Ann Crawford Boyle who died
13 Oct 1881 aged 24 years also his son Henry Boyle
who died 11th October 1883 Aged 13 years also his wife
Jane Boyle who died 20th April 1904, aged 73 years

1 J. N. Crawford was a London jeweller, who retired to
Dungiven.'

Sacred to the memory of the

Rev. John Law

who for upwards of 50 years

officiated with exemplary piety

and zeal as minister of the

Dissenting congregation of the

parish of Banagher and of whom

it may be justly said that he

was in the strictest sense of the

words of his favourite author

Integer vitae serlirisque (sic) purus.

He departed this life on the 30 January

1810 aged 80 years.

LONDONDERRY. 626

Here also lie the remains of his

first wife, Ann Law, a woman

of most exemplary piety and virtue

She departed this life on the 20th Jan

1774 aged 38 years.

DiiiM-rif ii €liiii*c1iyai*4l, Parish of flay iili^ an,

[From Mr. William F. Eeynolds, of Belfast.]

' This graveyard is attached to the Protestant Church on the
hill beyond Magilligan Station.'

Here lieth the body of Church Cust who departed this
life the 7th of Nov. 1800 in the 52nd year of his age.

Beneath this stone lyeth the body of John Cust Marga-
monaghan who departed this life February the 18th 1825
aged 52 years.

To the memory of John Eeynolds, late of Doaghs, who
died a.d. 1819 aged 80 years. Also his wife, Margaret
who died a.d. 1827 aged 86 years. Also Jane, wife of
John Reynolds, Haw, who died the 28th August 1854,
aged 54 years. John Reynolds of Haw who died the
17th July 1872 aged 73.

Here lieth the body of James Moorhead who departed
this life on the 8th day of January 1831 aged 32 years.

Sesertlyn Churchyard.

[From Mr. W. F. Reynolds, of Belfast.]

Here lyeth the body of John Reynolds who departed
this life January 13th 1736 aged 87 years : also of
James Reynolds Nov 1st 1758 aged 60 : also Margret
his wife Septr 22nd 75 years 1775 : also the body of
John Reynolds his son who departed this life March 28th
1783 a^ed 51.

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GROUND-PLAN OF THE EXCAVATIONS CARRIED OUT IN

THE VESTRY OF THE CHURCH AT ARDEE IN 1908.

[From a sketch by the Rev. Canon A. Lochett Ford,]

627 LONGFORD LOUTH.

Masilligan.

[From Mr. W. F. Reynolds, of Belfast.]

' In Roman Catholic chapelyard, 2| miles from Magilligan
station.'

Underneath are the remains of Sidney Reynolds, other-
wise Ruth, who departed this life the 9th day of
December 1829 aged 74 years.

COUNTY LONGFORD.

[Nil.]

COUNTY LOUTH.

Arilee CIiiii'cli.

[From the Rev. Canon A. Lockett Ford.]

Notes on Remains Found During the Works Necessitated by
the Reheating of Ardee Parish Church, 1908.

' It was decided that the best site for the heating apparatus was
under the vestry floor. Consequently it had to be dug out to a
depth of 8 feet. On beginning work we found that the vestry was
simply an afterthought ; the walls had been built on the surface
of the ground, with a foundation of only about 6 inches. The
walls had to be underpinned. In the course of the underpinning
we found many human remains, some within a few inches of the
surface. All remains so found were reverently collected and
subsequently interred in a grave dug to receive them, and the old
flagstone which had been the doorstep of the vestry was set up as
a headstone to mark the spot.

' All trace of remains ceased at the 4 ft. level. Above this the
bodies had been buried, apparently without any coffins, as no
evidence of wood or iron or anything of that nature was discovered.
The bones were all apparently of adults. One child's skull was
found in the 2 ft. level, 8 ft. from the church wall. The bodies had
evidently been buried one on the other, as very little soil was found
between them.

' At the 4 ft. level, which was the level of the existing founda-
tions of the church, we came across a specially prepared grave of

LOUTH. 628

peculiar construction. There was a carefully set out grave sur-
rounded by a coping of rough stones ; within, this had been laid with
a special bed of plaster. On this bed we found the remains of a
man which measured in situ 7 ft. The skull was intact when
found, and across the forehead from side to side measured 1 ft. 2 in.
The head was embedded in plaster, and broke up on removal. It
■was evident that the foundations had been so arranged as to receive
the head, for there was a regular gap or inset just large enough to
receive it. The head was inserted in this space and the masonry
was arranged round and over it. A second corpse had also been
bedded in mortar and laid just over the other, but to the right side,
and above the line of coping-stones. The width of the lower bed
was just 3 ft. Twelve skulls were found in the face of the doorway;
but in every instance, and we examined about fifty skulls altogether,
the teeth were in perfect preservation. We did find one, but only
one, decayed tooth. The teeth were all worn very flat.

1 Five feet below the surface we found a small fragment of
painted glass, covered with something like mother-of-pearl, but
this on exposure to the air crumbled away. The glass was very
thin.

' At a depth of 6 ft. we came across a layer of deeply discoloured
earth. This proved to be the drain from the piscina in the church.
Above this level, as far as the grave above noted, that is for two
feet, the soil was evidently virgin and untouched.'

Droglietla Town,

[From the Kev. Thomas Gogarty, c.c, Termonfeckin.]

The Worrall-Wotton Inscription.

' The stone upon which this inscription is to be seen was taken
from the front wall of a shop in West Street, Drogheda, which
stood to the east of the post-office and which was demolished to
afford a better frontage to the beautiful Parish Church of St. Peter.
It is at present in the possession of Messrs. Geraghty, builders,
West Street, Drogheda.

1 The inscription is beautifully clear. It reads ' : —

JESVS • BLES • VS • IHS GW MW MARIA 'JESVs

THIS * HOWS • WAS BVILDID ' Bl

CHRISTOFOR • WORA [Coat LL ' OF * DROVG

HEDA ' ALDERMA of N • AND ' MAR

YE • WOTTON * HI Arms.] S • WIF * IN
ANNO ' DOMINI 1609 a

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% The spelling of several of the words is peculiar : bles, hows,.

BUILDID, BI, CHRISTOFOR, DROUGHEDA, MARYE, WIF.

' The spelling Marye for Mary suggests to me that she was
known by her Irish name TTIaipe, and that the sculptor endeavoured
to express it when he inscribed Marye.

■ There are two instances of ligatured letters, he in Drougheda
and nd in and. It will be noted v=u in several words.

• The coat-of-arms is not so clearly chiselled as is the inscription.
The arms of the husband's and wife's families are impaled. The
Wotton arms, " a lion rampant barre " (Mr. Garstin informs me), are
quite unlike any of the score assigned to Wotton in the Armory.

' The De Wotton family appear in Louth as early as 1215 temp.
John (Patent Bolls). They gave their name to Wottonstown, a
townland in Drimiskin Parish, quite near the Castle Bellingham
Railway Station.

' In 1583 James Wotton was Mayor of Drogheda. In the
Inquisition of Cromwell under Kilsaran we find — " John Wooton,
Alderman, Drogheda, was seized of 2 tenements in Drumcashell,
and was of and continued of Popish religion till 1st March 1650" —
Vide Leslie's "Hist, of Kilsaran," p. 116.

1 In Burke's " Armory " three coats of the Worrall family are to
be seen, two of which are registered in Ulster's Office. Of these
Worrall of Gloucester is " argent, crusily fitchee sable, a chevron of
the last" ; and the other is "argent, a chevron sable, between ten
crosses or crosslets in chief chevronways, and five in base also
chevron ways, all of the second," with crest, "a goat's head erased
all. ppr."

1 The distinguishing features of the latter coat are to be seen in
the 1st and 3rd quarterings of the present Worrall coat. The crest,
"a goat's head erased," forms the 3rd quartering. The 2nd and
4th have yet to be identified ; (?) 2nd a pheon ; 4th (?)

' The crest on the stone is very obscure, but appears to be a
fleur-de-lis.

' Little is known of the Worrall family of Drogheda. In the
year 1610 Alderman Christopher Worrall was Mayor of Drogheda.
The stone from its shape appears to have been a lintel over a door-
way. It is not likely that it was discovered in its original position,
for the house appeared to have been erected much later than 1609,
and the stone which survived the "hows" which Worrall built
appears to have been inserted in the wall for preservation.

' I must express my indebtedness to J. B. Garstin, Esq., for
valuable notes and assistance in deciphering the coat-of-arms.'

LOUTH.

630

Drog-litMla, St. Mary's 4 lunch.

[Kindly sent by Rev. T. R. Brunskill, present Rector.]

Succession of Rectors, Vicars, &c, of St. Mary's, Drogheda,
Diocese of Meath.

DATE.

Circa 1194

1213

„ 1229-30

1284

1311-2

1340
1342
1349
1352
1376
1386

1387
1426
1444
1470
1519

1615
1618

Simon. (Parson de Ponte de Drocheda.

1660
1683
1690

1708
1763
1768
1774

1788
1821
1844
1862

1872
1905

William (Chaplain „ „ ]

John, Vicar St. Mary's Drogheda.

(5 Aug.)
Kobert. (Clericus de Drogheda ex

ponte Midensis.)
William de Puryton. (4 March.)
Thomas de Newenham (12 Sept.)
Edmund de Barneby. (3 July.)
Thomas de Sudbery. (16 Sept.)
Bartholomew Dullard, Kector.
Kobert Sutton. Canon Ossory, 1409,

resigned Slane.
Roger Winter.
Thomas Cowper.
John England.
John Mollan.
John Noter, ll.b.
Ralph Brainok. (Reeves does not give

date.)
John Egerton, Vicar.
Robert Burton. (2 Nov.)
1658 Michael Briscoe, Preacher.
1658 ffaithful Teate,
1658 John Hook,
Thomas Burton.
John Maudsley.
Dr. Patrick Cusack. Presented by

James II. (Vicar of St. Mary's

and Rector of Duleek.)
1693. No Incumbent, but cure was

served by Vicar of St. Peter's.
John Echlin, Vicar.
Thomas Ferguson. (25 April.)
Samuel Lindsay. (9 June.)
Humphrey French, d.d. (6 Aug.)

Charles Crawford. (30 June.)

James Crawford. (22 Oct.)

Richard Carter.

James Rynd Briscoe.

John Archer.

Thomas Redmond Brunskill. (18 June.)

AUTHORITY.

Reg. St. Thomas's Abbey,
p. 183.
p. 289.

Pat. Rolls, England.

Plea Rolls, 5 Ed. II.
Pat. Rolls, England.

D'Alton, Hist. Drogheda.

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Dio. Reg., Armagh.

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D'Alton, Hist. Drogheda.
Healy, Hist. Meath.

D'Alton, Hist. Drogheda.

"Ulster Jour. Archseol.,

vol. viii, 1902.
D'Alton, Hist. Drogheda.

Healy, Hist. Meath.

631 LOUTH.

Dromshallen Cliui'clt.

[From the Rev. Thomas Gogarty, c.c, Termonfeckin.]

1 Within the ruin of the ancient church of Dromshallen there
lies a monument already broken, which is in danger of being entirely
destroyed. The walls of the church are fast falling to decay, and
they may at any time topple over to smash to atoms the only
memorial of the dead which has remained within the church and
the graveyard. The graveyard around the church, although used
within living memory, has been allowed to fall into a sad state of
neglect. Without any defence or boundary, it may scarcely be
distinguished from the surrounding field. A track for carts has
been made through it, and cattle may indiscriminately graze there.
The ruins are most interesting, yet no hand seems willing to save
them. Lest the following inscription entirely perish, we transcribe
it':—

Dundalk Church.

[From Captain G. S. Cary, k.i.c]

' Inscription on the monument of Lady Anne Jocelyn in the
church of Dundalk ' : —

This Tablet was erected to the memory of

Lady Anne Jocelyn,*

By her attached brother.

She died in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,

October 13th, 1822, at the age of 24 years,

* Second daughter of Kobert second Earl of Koden.

LOUTH. 632

And her remains lie buried in the family vault
Near this spot.
Blame not the monumental stone we raise,
'Tis to the Saviour's not the sinner's praise ;
Sin was the whole she could call her own,
Her good was all derived from him alone.
To sin her conflict, pains and grief she owed
Her conquering Faith and Patience He bestowed.
Reader ! mayst thou obtain like precious Faith,
To smile in anguish, and rejoice in death.

DiuiriulU Clmi'cliyai'cl.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

[' He was father of the late Sir Leopold M'Clintock.']

Edwd Bell departed | this life the 19th | of Jan. 1796
aged 76 years.

Here lieth the body of John Stevenson Who departed
this life Monday the 25th day of October 1777 aged 65
years. And also his wife Mary Stevenson who
departed this life on Saturday the 19th day of December
1779 aged 66 years. And 7 of their children.

633 LOUTH.

Sacred to the memory | of George Twihill Esqre who
departed | this life June 3rd 1835 aged 72 years. Let
me die the death of the righteous | and let my last end
be like his. Num. 23. 10.

Also sacred to the memory of his wife Anne Twihill
who departed this life on the 13th of June 1871 aged 76.
My beloved is mine and I am His. Cant. 2. 16. And
of Margaret Anne Twihill born 1st of August 1820 died
6th Jan. 1897. Lux in tenebris. Sanctus Sanctus
Sanctus. Kyrie Eleison. Christe Eleison. Requiescat
in pace. Vanitas Vanitatis, discit Ecclesiastes, Vanitas
Vanitatis est omnium Vanitas. Resurgam.

Sacred to the memory of John | Davidson of Dundalk
who | Departed this life on 20th August j 1813 aged 37
years also of | two of his children John and William
Davidson.

Here are deposited the remains of Tryphena Baker |
who departed this life | December the 21st 1805 | aged
72 years.

Lou fh AhlM'.v.

[From Mr. E. Clarke.]

Here Lyeth the Body | of Matthew Carroll Who
Departed this Life Aprile | The 6 1797 in the 55 year
of his age.

Y Y

LOUTH. 634

Terinonfeekin Graveyard.

[From the Kev. Thomas Gogarty, c.c, Termonfeckin.]

Brabazon Inscriptions.

1 On a monument of imposing dimensions built of rubble
masonry, and which appears to have been cemented, but which is
now falling into a ruinous condition, is a slab containing the
following inscription ' : —

This monument was erected by
Mrs Elizabeth Jenney daughter to
William Brabazon Esq and Elizabeth

his wife in memory of her

Husband Christophitus [sic] Jenney

Esqr who departed this life

the l8t day of October 1741

in the 48th year of his age and

likewise of her two daughters

Also

Here lieth the body of Henry

Jenney Brabazon

Grandson of

the above Christophitus

Jenney who departed this life

January 8th 1824 in the 57th year

of his age.

' On a flat slab laid lengthwise upon a grave to the east of the
church ' : —

Underneath this Stone

Lie the remains of

Philip Immanuel Brabazon

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in

Ireland and Surgeon to the Down Infirmary

He Departed this life at Downpatrick

the 27th day of August 1856

Aged 46 years.

635 LOUTH.

On a similar stone quite near the above ' : —

Entombed

Here lie the remains of Elizabeth

Wife of Philip Brabazon of Carstown

Esq and daughter of the late George

Adams of Hoathstown in the County

of Meath Esqr. who died the 23rd of

June 1793 aged 44 years leaving four

sons and two daughters and having

buried one son and two daughters

who died infants.

Here also lie the remains of Eleanor

Margaret second wife of the above

Philip and daughter of Joshua

Warren of Gaultrim Castle in the

County of Meath Esq who died

the 24th of February 1801 aged

41 years.

Each

beloved when living

and in death Lamented

Here also

Lie the remains of the above named

Philip Brabazon who departed this

life the 3rd day of January 1828

in his 89th year.

On another stone

Here lie the remains of

Mrs Jane Brabazon

Wife of Mr Henry Brabazon

of Drogheda Merchant.

She was a tender and a careful mother

a faithful and affectionate wife

Her grateful husband

in testimony of her virtues

and his affection

has caused

This stone to be erected

to her memory

She departed this life the 6th day

of November in the year of our Lord.

1778

Aged 46 years.

LOUTH. 636

Here also lie the remains of the above
Henry Brabazon Esq who died the 4th of

December 1811 aged 74 years.

Also the remains of Henry Brabazon Esq

of Seafield son to the above Henry and Jane

who died the 5th of November 1815

Aged 44 years.

Also the remains of Wallop Henry

Brabazon of Drogheda who died

the 21st of November 1816 aged 53 years

Also the remains of Harry Lambert Brabazon of Seafield

Eldest Son of the said Harry Brabazon who died

28th of July 1849 aged 39 years also his only son

William Brabazon who died the 16th June 1849

aged 3 years.

* On another stone ' : —

Sacred to the memory of Ann

daughter of the late William Crane Esq^

of Cumberland Street

Parish of Mary-le-bone London

who departed this life

September the 23rd Anno Domini 1844

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord

Also

Harriet Crane sister of the above died 29th

May 1887

And her niece

Ada Georgina Brabazon died 4th June 1887.

' On another monument ' : —

Sacred to

the memory of Vincentia Hawkeshaw who

died on the l8t of Feby 1825 aged 78 years

also to her son John who died on the 4th

of Nov1 1812 aged 26 years. Also to her son

Wallop Brabazon Hawkshaw K N who died

the 30,h Septr 1813 aged 23 years also

to her Grandniece Madelina daughter of the late

Wallop Brabazon of Rath House Esq who died

on the 7th of January 1880.

637 LOUTH,

* On another stone ' : —

Here lie the remains of Capt. William Brabazon who

was born ye 26th December 1658 and died in 1714. He was

son of Captain James Brabazon who was ye second son of

Sir Anthony Brabazon who was Brother to the 1st Earl
of Meath and third son of Edward Lord Ardee. Also the

Remains of his wife Elizabeth Lambert who died Febye

17th 1745 aged 81. Also the remains of Wallop Brabazon

Esqr son of the above William. He died May ye 19th 1767

aged 69. Also the Remains of his wife Vincentia Townley

who died Jany ye 8th 1763 aged 59. Also the remains

of William Brabazon Esqr their eldest son who died

July 19th 1793 aged 61. Also the remains of his wife Catherine

Frances daughter of Anthony Brabazon Esqr she died Febr 20th

1795 aged 50. Also the remains of M1S Anne Brabazon daughter

of the above Wallop and Vincentia she died June ye 19th 1800

aged 69. Also the remains of Jane wife of Wallop Brabazon

Esqr daughf. of Josias Du Pre Esq she died Nov 21st

1800 aged 32 years. Also the remains of Wallop Brabazon

Esq son of the above WTilliam. He died on the 28tb

October 1831 aged 61 years. Also of his infant . . .

Chambre Brabazon

Also to the memory of Du Pre Alexander Brabazon

Esquire son of the Reverend William Brabazon

Vicar of Syddan County of Meath and grandson

of the above Wallop Brabazon. He died

at Torquay the 12th of October 1851 aged 20 years.

* Inscription upon a slab, inserted in the north wall of the
chancel of the church of Termonfeckin, on the exterior ' : —

I. M.

GULIELMI BRABAZON

ARMIGERI

EX ANTIQUO COM1TIS DE MEATH STEMATE

ORTUM DUCENTIS

VIRI VICINO QUAM AMICO & CONIUGI

CHARISSIMO

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HUMANITATIS IN SINGULOS

iEGENOS PR^ESERTIM ET VIOLATOS

SEMPER BENIGNI

QUI IN NEPHRIADEM INCIDENS

LETHALI CALCULO

VISCERIBUS PERTINACITER ADHERESCENTE

LUSTRATAM COELO REDDIDIT ANIMAM

ANNO AETATIS LVI

CUIUS EXUVIIS

HOC QUALECUMQUE AMORIS ET OBSERVANTIAE

MONUMENTUM

STATUIT DILECTISSIMA FIDELISSIMA

ET MOESTISSIMA CONIUX

CIV
ANNO DOM. MDCCIX (sic)

* The William Brabazon commemorated upon this slab is
evidently the same person who is commemorated on the stone
above as Captain William Brabazon, who was born 26th December,
1658, and died in 1714. There was, therefore, a mistake made in
giving in above slab the year of his death as MDCCIX; and an
attempt was made to correct it by inscribing the letters CIV above.
I take it that here CIV was mistakenly chiselled for XIV. the
intention being to rectify the IX, which was the original and first
blunder.

1 The sculptor blundered in his attempt to correct a blunder.'

COUNTY MAYO

Tlif Heale Park Monument. 14 ilmolara Parish.

[From the Rev. W. Carrigan, p.p. ; Mr. M. J. M'Enery ; and
Mr. J. R. Garstin, f.s.a., v.p.k.i.a.]

1 Lord Kilmaine has kindly supplied a photograph of a collection
of sculptured slabs, some bearing inscriptions and others human and
animal figures, which have been built into a rustic monument in his
demesne. This monument is supposed to have been erected by his
ancestor in 1753 ; but it is not known where the various sculptured
stones were brought from, some possibly from a long distance.

To face page 039.]

THE MONUMENT AT THE NEALE PARK,

[From a photograph by Lord Kilmaine.']

639 MAYO.

• The large slab shown in the illustration of the monument on
the opposite page bears the following imaginary and quite unreliable
inscription ; it alludes to the sculptured figures above it ' : —

The Irish characters on the above stone import that in
this cave we have by us the gods of Coins, Borderiss (?).
Let us follow their stepps, siche of love, with full confi-
dence in Loo : Lave Adda VacPxENE, the Shepherd of
Ireland : of his era an : di.

These images were found in a cave behind the place
they now stand, and were the ancient gods of the Neale
which took its name from them. They were called
Diane FFeale, or the gods of Fellicity, from which
the place in Irish was called Neheale, in English The
Neale.

L.L. (?) reigned a.m. 2577 p.d. 927. ante. c. 1496 and was
then 60. & edna reigned a.m. 2994 & 24 of edna. was :
W: lsl 501. * (?) Conmoil was ye son of Heber who
divided this kingdom with his brother and had the
Western parts of this Island for his lott, all which was
originally called from Con Conought or Coins portion,
and his son Loo Lave Adda, who founded the Druids,
was thought to have drawn all his knowledge from the
Sun.

Thus the Irish History.

N.B. — The smaller letters on the upper part of the
great plinth import that it was erected by Edna.
Loo's gods were adopted by Con, and Edna of the line
of Heber established their worship here.
1753.

' At the top of the monument is a square-socketed stone, the
base of a cross, on three sides of which is a black-letter inscription
in two lines, which reads along the upper line of the three sides
first and is then continued along the lower line ; its date is 1526.
The letters are not well cut, and as there was a great difficulty
about deciphering the man's name, it was thought best to consult
Father Carrigan, p.p., of Durrow; Mr. M. J. M'Enery, of the Dublin
Eecord Office; and Mr. John R. Garstin, f.s.a., for their opinions,
which are here given in the order they were received.

' Father Carrigan's reading is ' : —

MAYO. 610

■ Or in full ' :—

Orate pro anima domini David O'Minacain et Duorine
eius uxoris qui me fieri fecerunt Anno Domini m ccccc
xxvi.

' Father Carrigan adds that " the 0'Muimnecains,or O'Minahans,
were an old tribe located in the Barony of Erris, County Mayo, and
are still numerous there " '

• Mr. M'Enery writes that he quite agrees with Father Carrigan's
reading except as regards the names. The lady's name he considers
to be 2). IRonne (genitive of Norina) i.e. 2>0inina 1Florifta=the
lady Nora or Noreen.

' As to the husband's name he considers the surname to end in
tain and not in caift, and may possibly be ©'/l&Uiaraift (i.e.,
O'Moran), so that he would read the husband's name thus : —
2)0 [mini] 2>aY>i ©'/IDlUarain, i.e., the lord David O'Moran.

' As an alternative reading Mr. M'Enery considers it possible
that the ©-like letter may be two l's ; and if this should be the case,
he would suggest that the name should read S^HtlClI' XIII /IDataift*
The O'Morans, he adds, were people of consequence not far distant
from the Neale district.

1 Mr. Garstin, who has taken great pains to solve the difficulty
of the surname, has kindly supplied the following information
relative to the inscription : —

1 Mr. H. T. Knox, the historian, of Mayo, writes to me ' : —

'"I have long been interested in this inscription, but could
not make out much more than a letter here and there besides the
date. It seemed to me to be in very good condition, such as to be
read easily by anyone familiar with the black-letter, and who could
get near enough, for it is not accessible for close view7 without a
ladder."

* Short and simple as this inscription seems to be, it embraces
nearly all the pitfalls which render decipherment difficult. For
example — (1) absence of spaces between words; (2) abbreviations;
(3) similarity in form of different letters, such as ft and U, t> f> and
long S, a and " curly " S, in Gothic letters ; (4) ligatured letters ;
(5) undotted i; and, if I am right, (6) the use of long g.

1 The inscription commences with the very common formual
" orate," followed by three contractions; the two first for "pro

* I do not consider that this suggestion is as sound as the former one, as I
know of no inscription in Latin which contains the Irish prefix of " Ui " to a
surname. — Editor.

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anima" in the usual form ; and a third which I believe represents
" domini." This consists of ft and 0 ligatured, followed by a dot
which may represent the final small t, as shown in the identically
same word in the lower line, preceding the date. Then come the
names of the man, and his wife's Christian name. That of the
man I read as David. The final fr does not appear ; but there is
room for it at the corner, alone or ligatured, and it may be worn
off. The real crux is the surname which follows. I read it as
commencing with a capital XH (corresponding to the more modern
<($)', so common as a prefix to Irish surnames), followed by what
might be ntHta, but which I prefer to render by IHtTlH- After this
comes a most puzzling combination which may be VH5 (long S
ligatured to a) ending with Ctt - the whole forming XHntltlHtHSCU,
which, perhaps, was a phonetic representation of modern O'Morison.
This is only guess-work ; but I offer it, and shall revert to it later
on.

' The initial XH of the surname is followed by six digits— mm —
which, in the absence of dots to indicate the letter i, may represent
any combination of m, It, U (or Y>) and i.*

Accordingly, there is room for a great variety of readings, as, for
instance, mm, mitt, HUtt, HUH, ItUU, together with milt, and
11ttti< which are here out of the question as following XH« It is
possible, but not probable, that the first of these six digits should
be read as attached to the XH forming, as in Irish, XHl-

' The rest is " plain sailing " : Ct (abbreviated) ; 2D0 (combined)
the capital 2D of the feminine equivalent for the previous Domtttt,
having a small 0 in the middle, to indicate 2)011U1tf£; UOVtUC
(the lady's Christian name, as to which see below) CJUS U£OtiS

qui me fie[r]i feceru|n]t Bmto bo|mtn]i /lD°ccccc u° vl°-

' In English ' :—

Pray for the soul of Mr David O'Morison and Madam
Norena his wife who (plural) caused me to be made in
the year of our Lord 1526.

• The man's Christian name is certainly David, and may point
to Welsh extraction. " Taffy," from which, perhaps, originated
the surname Taaffe, so prevalent in Ireland, including Sligo, as
also the name Davitt, is derived from David, the Patron Saint
(and singer ?) of Wales. This Christian name came to the Burkes
of Connaught from a marriage of a Welsh princess with one of the
family ; and it figures frequently in their genealogies, which may

* It is said that, owing to ambiguity from the same cause, the clause in the
Te Deum rendered in English, "make us to be numbered (numerari) with thy
saints," is a misreading for " to be rewarded" (munerari), &c.

MAYO. GI2

be seen in Knox's " History," particularly in Kilmaine, and they
had a Clan David (p. 412, also p. 282).

' The lady's Christian name, as it appears, " Norine," is pretty
and uncommon. As this must be here in the genitive case, it would
probably be Norina. Such a final " e " is often used as the equiva-
lent of the diphthong " ae " of the genitive. The name is, perhaps,
intended as a diminutive of Norah. The latter was derived from
the Roman Honor and in the feminine form " Honoria," was borne
by a niece of the last genuine Roman emperor. Miss Charlotte
Yonge, author of many novels, wrote also a "History of Christian
Names," two vols., 12mo, London, 18G3 ; and in vol. i, 394, she
says : —

1 " The Welsh Ynyr long remained as a relic of Honorius in
Wales . . . Honorine prevails in France and Germany ; and one
of the favourite Irish names is Onora, Honor, or, in common usage,
Norah." '

' It may be worth noting that, though husband and wife are
both named, and the verb " fecerunt " is in the plural, * prayer is
only requested for one soul, which is singular in both senses of the
word, for one expects to find the plural " animabus," or the usual
contraction for it, instead of " aia " for " anima." In those days
husband and wife were treated as one, and wives were not separate
entities. It is also to be observed that only one year is mentioned ;
but that is easily accounted for by the fact that the date records
the erection of the monument, not the deaths of husband and wife,
who must have erected it in their lifetimes, and so invoked the

* It may not.be out of place in a Journal for Memorials of the Dead to give
an amusing example of the converse — namely, a verb in the singular with a
very plural nominative. This may be observed on the base of the statue of
Thomas Moore in College Street, Dublin, where he who does not "run" but
walks may read in large capital letters : —

Elkington Mason & Co. fecit.

This is the name of the firm which cast the statue. It is supposed to be
bronze, but the Corporation treated it to coats of orange and green paint to
represent bronze. It can scarcely be contended that the name of the firm is a
noun of nominative singular, or that fecit is plural. As if to make this " dog "
Latin (or Anglican Latin) specially out of place, it is not on the front of the base
of the statue, but on the side next Trinity College, though to see it one's back
must be turned on that seat of learning and latinity. Possibly not one of the
"Dons" (from Dominus) ever noticed it; but even "the man in the street"
has failed to see the clock-face under the northernmost statue over the portico of
the Bank of Ireland, on the opposite side of the street (used for testing tele-
scopes from Messrs. Yeates' at the corner of Grafton Street) ; and few who pass
the principal portico of the same building in College Green observe that Smith's
statue of Hibernia seated on its apex, and put there by the Bank, not by the
Parliament, has lost from her right hand the olive branch, and from her left
the bulk of her harp. Absit omen.

643 MAYO.

prayers of the charitable before the death of either of the married
couple. Examples of this proleptical request are found on other
tombs ; for instance, in the Portlester inscription in St. Audoen's,
Dublin, described in "Memorials" and in the "Journal of the
Kildare Archaeological Society."

'It is not easy to decide as to how to translate "Dominus." The
term " Lord " has now acquired a restricted meaning, associated
with the peerage. In the compound word " land-lord," we get
nearer to the meaning of " dominus." In colleges " sir " is used to
represent it, but that is too suggestive of knighthood. Probably
the modern Mr., short for Mister (from magister), comes nearest to
the meaning. But his wife may be described as his " lady," which
word may be used to translate " Domina " without necessarily
indicating peerage, just as "Mistress" was two centuries ago
applied alike to married women and maidens of the upper classes
without suggesting titled rank.

' Other readings have been suggested. One is O'Muiarain, now
O'Moran, but the penultimate letter is certainly not i but e.
Another takes the u as //, and reads " Danell UiMarain." Another,
with Rev. W. Carrigan, reads tin (for my do of Domini) Davi [d]
O'minacain, which is very likely to be right, though I doubt the
i before final n. Knox (p. 298) mentions O'Miumhneachain, now
Minahan, as a chieftain of Erris Barony, the most distant part of
Mayo. He kindly writes to me saying : —

' " It is most improbable that the 0 Muimneacains of Erris
were of any importance in the sixteenth century ; but there may
have been others of that name in the south."

* He adds, however : —

• " The fact that this inscription is now at the Neale Park does
not oblige us to infer that it belonged to that neighbourhood.
The sculpture called ' the Gods of the Neale ' came from Breaghwy,
I believe, another property of the Browne family (now Lords
Kilmaine, owners of the Park), one of whom seems to have collected
them as curiosities ; therefore this may have come from any-
where."

1 The letters are well formed and fairly regular except in the
final date. There is a curious sprinkling of capitals 0, U, D, and
A. The loops of the small e's are almost imperceptible.

1 Some local antiquary should be able to ascertain the doubtful
surname. Is tradition utterly silent after nearly four hundred
years ?

' I am induced to prefer the uncouth-looking name above shown,
and founded on Morris, because that was the name of a numerous
and influential family in the immediate neighbourhood.

1 Appendix iv, at p. 346, of Knox's " History of Mayo," gives a

MAYO. 61 4

list of the gentlemen of that county in 1570, with their castles. It
includes a barony containing " MacMoris's country, nine miles
long and eight miles broad," of which he is chief. Of the eight
occupiers named as owning castles, six were named MacMoris, so
that they owned the bulk of what is now the Barony of Clanmorris,
which is just above the Neale. At p. 365 we find that MacMorris,
otherwise surnamed FitzGerald or Prendergast, enjoyed the name
and lordship of MacMorris, as also the castle and manor of Mur-
neen. At p. 368 the name is spelled McMorryshe and McMurryshe,
and it may have been derived from the Christian name Maurice.
Here, then, we find the adjacent country swarming with magnates
named Morris ; so what name is more likely to be the basis of that
in our inscription ?

4 It may be urged that there is no such Irish name as O'Morison.
I find, however, in the recently published ' Annales HibernisB "
four instances of a name which appears in the fifteenth-century Latin
as O'Muirgessan, and this is Englished in the index as O'Morrison.
All are from the North-West of Ireland.

' The Registrar-General's " Varieties of Surnames ... in
Ireland " (Stationery Office, 1901) does not give O'Moran as a
variant of Moran, though it has McMorrin and six other names.
In the case of Morris it gives six variants, including Maurice and
Fitzmaurice.

' The double m in my reading is only an example of the
capricious duplication such as Mr. McNeill has shown in his recent
paper on Ogam inscriptions. The initial U = 0' and final san = son,
may be tautological, but are not without precedent.

' According to Anderson's " British Topography" (1881), Mayo
was one of the Irish counties having at that time no history of its own,
unless McParlan's " Statistical Account," published by the Dublin
Society in 1802, be so considered. Lewis's " Topographical Dic-
tionary" under "Neale " (a village in the extreme south of the county,
near Lough Mask, between Ballinrobe and Cong) refers to curious
monuments in Neale Park, a seat of Lord Kilmaine, and under
" Kilmolara," the name of the parish, briefly describes one stone
said to have been found in a cave near the spot, having human
figures said to represent gods worshipped here, and from whom the
place derived its name — " The Neale." This is fanciful, but there
is no notice of any inscription such as that of 1526 now under
consideration.

' Last year (1908) Mr. Herbert T. Knox, m.r.i.a., v.p.r.s.a.i.,
published his scholarly and valuable " History of the County of
Mayo " (Dublin : Hodges, Figgis, & Co., cr. 8vo), but it only comes
to the close of the sixteenth century, and does not embrace local
antiquities, being largely occupied with notices of various families,
chiefly Burkes, inhabiting the district ; but he has kindly written to
me about this inscription, the name in which, however, he does not

645 MAYO.

solve. He says that the Inquisitions do not mention such a name
as I suggested ; but if they were tenants of the Burkes or other
chief lords, their names would not come into the Inquisitions. These
unfortunately have only been published for Leinster and Ulster
Provinces.

'Mr. W. E. Kelly of Westport, Local Secretary for Mayo, and
Vice-President of the E. S.A.I. , writes to me : —

' " The MacMeylers owned the Neale and retained the castle
and lands till the seventeenth century, when the greater pare was
sold to Mr. John Browne, who married Mary Browne, and was
ancestor of Lord Kilmaine. I have been looking through several
books, but can find nothing to throw light on the inscription. See
Lord Oranmore's paper in vol. v. of the " Gal way Archaeological
Society's Proceedings." as to this Mr. John Browne of the Neale." '

Addendum.

' Since the above was dispatched I have received further
suggestions from Mr. H. T. Knox, the historian of the County.
He refers me to his " Notes on the Early History of the Dioceses
of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry " (Dublin, 1904, p. 296), where he
gives an account of the Dominican Monastery of Burrishoole. It
was founded in 1469 by Richard Bourke, Lord MacWilliam
Oughter, on the north-east shore of Clew Bay, about twenty miles
north-west of the Neale, as related in " Hiberniae Dominicana "
and Coleman's " Dominican Foundations."

'Mr. Knox says: — "The monks under Ruriacus Ymearan
(Rury O'Moran ?) accepted it. . . . After Ruriacus' death brother
Donnell Ymearan got the Pope's Bull for foundation in 1486 "
(Coleman has 1496). He suggests that a latinized form of this
might read as Ummaraen in the inscription.

'He writes : — " The Bourkes were not well spread over North
Umhall and Erris till the sixteenth century, so there might have
been a Gaelic family of high position there in the sixteenth century.

' Mr. Knox also writes when authorizing me to send on his
guesses : "I have just remembered that St. Marcan was patron
saint of Burrishoole Parish. See O'Donovan's Ordnance Survey
letters, vol. ii, p.. 5, in Lib. R.I. A. As there was a Marcan, there
may have been an O'Marcain in that neighbourhood " (Burrishoole).
" I wish the Mr. Browne who collected that stone had recorded
where he found it." If I am wrong as to the end of the name
having a long s, making sen, this might be preferable ; but the
proximity of Clan-Morris (probably from the Christian name
Maurice, easily turned into Marisen) influenced me.'

J. R. G.

MEATH. 646

COUNTY MEATH.

* rdbraccan Clnncli.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

' From Canon Healy's "History of the Diocese of Meath."

C nl mill ten Clmrcliyai'il.

[From Miss E. G. O'Mahony.J

' Altar-tomb, western part of graveyard ' : —

Sacred to the memory of William Darcy | Esq., died
March 11th 1846, aged 38. | In life deservedly esteemed |
and being justified by faith he had peace with God |
through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Upright stone, east part of graveyard ' : —

This Stone Was Erected By Walter | Lenehan for him
& his posterity here | Also lieth the Body of Mary
Lenehan | his Wife Who Departed this Life March | the
23 1773 Aged 55 years.

This Stone and Burial place belongeth | to Daniel
Smyth of Culmullen Farmer | and his Posterity, who
departed this | life 31st of May 1801. Aged 66 years.

' Other inscriptions to ' : —

Carrin pollard . . . Feb. 4th 1727
Will. Boland . . . 1802 . . .

To face page 647.]

\Li

THE DUNCAN COAT-OF-ARMS, KILMORE CHURCH, 1746.

[Front a rubbing by the Rev. Hamlet M'Clenaghan, A.B.~]

647 MEATH.

{ But these I had not time to copy, and I never was able to revisit
the old graveyard. • There is a holy well of St. Nicholas beside the
lane leading to it. The bowl of an octagonal font, large enough for
immersing an infant, lies on the ground among the tombs ; it seems
carved from one block of limestone.'

Kilbrew C?liiii*cliyai*cl.

[From Mr. P. G. Mahony.]

Sacred

To the Memory of

Ellen Morgan

Kiverstown Co. Meath

Who Departed this Life 18 Novr. 1860

Aged 21 Years

Also Her Sister

Kate

Who died 14 July 1876 Aged 30 Years

Also Her Brother

James Morgan

who died 4th Sept. 1896 aged 70 years

And Her sister

Mrs. Mary A. Greene

who died 12th April 1897 Aged 72 years

Kilmore Cliui'cli.

[From the Eev. Hamlet M'Clenaghan, a.b., of Batterstown.]

' On a slab in the floor of the church ' : —
Piae Memoriae Optimorum
Parentum hoc marmore
Supremum Obfervantiae
debitum perfolvit Filius

HENRICUS

17 47

Crest,
a horse

Coat-of-Arms
[Duncan impaling Echlin]

MEATH. 648

Intra Cancellos

Conquiefcunt Reliquiae Rev'1

Jacobi Duncan A.M. Slaj Brigid;B

apud Eblanum et hujus Ecclefiae

Parochi atque Uxoris ejus Mariae

filiaa Henci Echlin Barli Hie Vita

migravit annum agens 68 An

1717 Ilia An 1746 annorum

69 Vidua Piifsimi Conjuges

animas DEO Opt Max

Corpora hie fepelienda com-

mendarunt Ubi fiducia freti

Xtiana Beatifsimi Servatoris

praeitolantur Epiphaniam

Difcite Pofteri
Bene Vivere efc Beate Mori

' Why the Rev. James Duncan and his wife Mary elected to be
buried in Kilmore is strange, seeing he was Rector of St. Brigid's in
Dublin, and I believe resided in Dublin.

' The following (from Bishop Dopping's account of the Diocese
of Meatli in 1693) in reference to Kilmore is interesting in this
connexion : — " 1693. Kilmore — James Duncan, Rector — resides in
Dublin. Vicar preaches there once a fortnight, and in his absence
the Rev. Pat Lindsay of Ballymaglasson."

1 He was Rector of Kilmore for thirty-one years, from 1686-
1717, and John Chetwood was curate in 1688. Thomas Mallory,
Rector of Moyglare and Ballymaglasson, took duty for him before
1688.'

K ilshine Cliiircli.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

The rebuilding & restoring of this Parish Church | after
it had laid in ruin for upwards of a century | Were the
effects of the pious exertions of ] That excellent Prelate |
The Right Honourable & Most Reverend Father in
God | Doctor Thomas Lewis O'Beirne, Lord Bishop of
Meath | Who in the conscientious discharge | Of the
functions of his high & important office | Not only
caused many other churches in this diocese | To be
rebuilt & restored | But procured for that most respect-
able Body | The Reverend the Parochial Clergy | Resi-
dences & Glebes within their respective Livings, |
Suitable as far as it was possible to their situations |
Thereby enabling them duly to discharge the duties of |
Resident Protestant Clergymen | And to dispense to

649 MEATH.

1 Taken from Canon Healy's " History of the Diocese of
Meath." '

Kilskeei* Cliui'cliyarcl.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' This is a large churchyard lying six miles to the north-west of
Athboy. There are but little remains standing of the ruins of the
old church, which was dedicated to St. Sciar, a female saint, whose
festival is given in the Martyrologies as falling on the 24th of
March, though the " Ordnance Survey Letters " state that the
tradition of the locality places her " Pattern-day " on the 28th of
September ; and that her blessed well was situated a few perches to
the south of the churchyard.

' In the south-eastern corner of the burial-ground, is a table-tomb
bearing the following inscription ' : —

Erected to the Memory of

John Brady of Girley and his

Children the Revd Bryan

Brady P.P. of Kilskier and

Ballinlough, Philip, Thomas

and Edward, and their

Posterity. A.D. 1826.

' This inscription is deeply cut, with the exception of the date,
which is very faint.'

' On a box-tomb, to the south of the church ruins, is this
inscription ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of John
Reilly, Esqr, late of Bury Sl Edm-
unds in the County of Suffolk,
who died 2nd Nov1 1798 aged
75 yrs Also

to the Memory of Richard
Donaldson, Esqr, his Grandson
who died 21st Novr 1826 Aged 21 yls
Here are likewise interred the
Remains of Willet Reilly Esq/

z z

MEATH. 650

and his Sister Mary Reilly,

Spinster, late of Robinstown,

County Meath.

ALSO

Col. Richard Donaldson
father of the above

BORN 1753 DIED 1833
AND HIS GRANDSON

LT Col. Richard Donaldson

of hartlands, co. meath

born 18th august 1833

died 27th may 1898

requiescant in pace.

' In a railed-in enclosure, in the east end of the church ruins, is
a modern mural monument of white marble belonging to the
Nugent family of Ballinlough, Baronets ; and by the side of the
north wall is a slab badly fractured on the left-hand side, on which
the following fragmentary inscription is incised ' : —

• • ■ • VMENT • WAS ■ ERE
■ R ■ HVGH ■ REILLY ■ OF

• • ■ EN • IN ■ THE COVNTY

■ TH - ESQ" - AND - GATHRIN

• AS • PLVNKET ■ HIS ■ WEI

■ ■ THERE ' CHILDREN - WHO
DETH TOBE ■ HEARE ■ INTE

• WITH • THERE ■ POSTERETY

• SAID - MON VMENT - BEING
FINISHED ' THE ' YEARE OF " OVR

LORD ' GOO 1686 -

' Some of the letters are conjoined.

' According to Burke's " Peerage," an O'Reilly, ancestor of the
present Sir Charles Nugent, Baronet, of Ballinlough, in the County
Westmeath, assumed the name of Nugent alone ; this occurred in
the time of Hugh O'Reilly Nugent, who was made a Baronet in
July, 1795.'

< There are other slabs in this churchyard which would be worth
investigating, and which I had not time to examine.'

1 A short distance from the village of Kilskeer is a wayside cross
on the Drewstown Road, erected in 1857, at the spot where a man
named Connell was beaten to death in that year ; an inscribed

651 MEATH.

white marble tablet, which had been built into it, is smashed
beyond recognition. Close by, at the junction of two roads, is a
small stone-faced mound, on which is the fragment of a small cross
of old date, overshadowed by a thorn tree ; and about a quarter of a
mile further on towards Drewstown, is a second ancient wayside
cross, with portions of a sculptured shaft similar to the one at the
junction of the roads. In neither case could I discover any trace
of an inscription.'

£iOiig'lici*ew Cliureli.

[From the Rev. William Ball-Wright, m.a.]

1 Device at the head of the stone ' : —

A helmet with an Archangel above.
Three Alleluias

Monumentum Philippi Tuite, Dni de Fermor

& Newcastle quod in asternam Patris sui

Memoriam Jacobus Tuite defuncti filius

proprio sumptu construxit et hoc carmine

inscribendum curavit. Anno Domini 1692

Hie jacet indigna consumptus morte Philippus

quern nimis ante diem sors inimica tulit,
quern vulgi obscuros virtus superextulit orbes

virtutisque comes non inhonora fides

quern labor et constans cunctis vigilantia rebus

principibus similem saepe dedere viris.

Filius Is tanti patris post fata superstes

struxerat impensis ista sepulchra suis

Obiit .... 1688 setatis suae 48.

Translation.
[By the late Sir Edmund T. Bewley.]

The monument of Philip Tuite, lord of Fermor and
Newcastle, which James Tuite, son of the deceased,
erected at bis own expense in perpetual memory of his
father, and caused to be inscribed with the following
lines. A.D. 1692.

Here lies Philip, cast down by cruel death, whom too
unfriendly fate carried off before his time : whom valour
exalted above the obscure realms of the common herd,
and faith, the not unworthy associate of valour : whom
labour and never ceasing watchfulness in all things
ofttimes put on a par with the highest in the land. He,
the son of so great a father, and the survivor of this
calamity, erected this tomb at his own expense. He
died .... 1688, aged 48 years.

MEATH.

652

Moyajurher Clmrcli.yartl.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 This little churchyard is situated by the roadside, about four
miles to the north-east of Athboy. Considerable portions of the old
church still stand, but they contain no features of interest ; the
ruins appear to have consisted of a nave and chancel. In the
former lies a large slab much sunk in the ground, bearing a Latin
inscription to the memories of Christopher Plunkett, of Moyagher
(who died on the 19th of July, 1630), and Katherine Begg, his wife.
A plain cross, on steps, occupies the middle of the slab, while the
spaces between the shaft and the inscriptions are taken up with
emblems of our Lord's passion and crucifixion.

' To the left of the shaft are a scourge and a cock, while to the
right of it can be distinguished another scourge, a pincers, the
thirty pieces of silver, the spear, and a ladder, all in relief.

+
' The only incised carvings on the slab are an I H S at the
junction of the arms of the cross, and the sentence orate pro
MvicE~(the meaning of the last word in which is unintelligible).
1 The inscription is peculiarly divided in the following

manner

' .

T H E R 1 N A BEGG
QVOND DE MOYA

-1

GHER GENEROS' QVI ME
x FIERI FECIT ANO MDGXXX

DNI

A Scourge. A Cock.

-a
m,

ET OBI IT 19 DIE

-r i

IVL

-L- i

Pincers.
A Scourge.

Thirty pieces of silver.
Spear.

Ladder.

HIC IAGET CHRISTOPHER PLV
NKETT GVM SVAVXORE CA

* On the south side of the burial-ground there is a large head-
stone with the inscription facing the west, denoting a priest's

653 MEATH.

grave. On the upper part of the stone are carved in high relief an
I. H. S, a chalice, cherubs, &c, and below is the following incised
inscription ' : —

This I.H.S Stone

was Erected by Patrick Gas-
son of Berford as a grateful
Tribute to the Memory of his
Brother the Revd Richard Gasson
who departed this Life the 6th day of
November 1806 in the 35th year of his
Age, Sincerely and deservedly
Regretted. Here also rest the
Remains of his Father, Mother, and ■

Sister.

1 On the opposite side of the public road, and facing the entrance-
gate of the churchyard, is a small mound of mason-work overgrown
with a sod, in which stands a portion of the slender shaft of a cross,
at the foot of which is half of its socketed base. The shaft has
neither letters nor sculpturing on it.'

ftatlibeg'g'aii Churchyard.

[From Miss E. G. O'Mahony.]

' Upright stone, with carving of the crucifixion ; two figures
(St. John and Mary Magdalen ?), one standing, the other
kneeling ' : —

Erected by William Bruiin

North King St. Dublin, who

Departed this life the 27 of

November 1811 Aged 24 years

Also his Father and Mother

Who Depd this life & his

Ancestors.

' Rathbeggan Church, in which Dean Swift once ministered, has
been taken down many years ago, nothing but the square tower
with battlements and pinnacles remaining. There was a clerk's
desk beneath the reading-desk which some held was once tenanted
by " Dearly beloved Roger."

' In the churchyard lay an old square block of stone, with a
shallow basin hollowed oat from its upper surface, as if for a font
or holy-water stoup.

MEATH. 654

Ratlireg*aii Cliinch. near Batterstown station,

[From Miss E. G. O'Mahony.]

' Tablet on west gable wall of ruined church ' : —

Sacred

to the memory of Elias Corbally,

of Corbalton Hall, Esq.

and

Mary his wife

Requiescant in pace.

Ratoath Clini'cli.

[From Miss E. G. O'Mahony.]

' Inscription on monument, formerly in Kilbrew Church, now
transferred to Ratoath Church, County Meath ' : —

M. S.

Richardi Gorges Arm :

de KILBREW in agro Midensi,

Qui juvenis admodum Militae nomen dedit,

et rebus bene gestis, famam adeptus,

In mercedem Virtutis,

Ab optima Principe Regina Anna

Locum-tenens Generalis creabatur.

Hunc Virum fortissmum,

In Hibernia, Flandria, et Hispania Praeliantem

Mors incafsum adorta,

Hie tandem,

Inermen, et plus sexagenarium

Occupavit,

Pridie Idiis Aprilis,

Anno Domini mdccxxviii.

Duxit primum

Lectifsimam faeminam Nicholjeam Sophiam

Filiam et ex Cohreredibus Hngonis

Hamilton Baron is

de Glanally, viduam, Tristrami

Beresford Baronetti,

ex qua duos filios suscepit, Richardum

et Hamilton um,

Totidemq : filias Dorotheam, nuptam Iohanni

Cuffe,

To face 'page 655.]

■IPP1'11

^ ¥ Arms from the

THE GORGES COAT-OF-ARMS, FROM A SLAB IN
RATOATH CHURCH, 1728.

[From a drawing by Mis Eileen Grace O'Mahony'].

655 MEATH.

Arm : et Luciam, Gulielmo St Lawrence

Baroni de

Howth : In secundum matrimonium habibat

DoROTHEAM

Stopford viduam Edwardi Brabazon,

Comitis de Meath

qua cum una vix triduum ei superstes et simul

elatus, hie

subtus jacet Richardus Gorges Arm : films

et privignus,

Fecit.

1 Kilbrew House, now partly destroyed, was close to the church.
There is an enclosed family burying-ground on one side of church-
yard.

1 The land here formerly belonged to the Gorges family. The
monument is of white and black marble, with carved mouldings in
the eighteenth-century style. Above the inscription is an achieve-
ment of arms, painted on a large medallion, surrounded by
mouldings. It has been referred to by an expert as one of
"the eccentricities perpetrated by the stonemasons of a former
generation.

1 It might be blazoned as follows : — " Parti per pale."

'Dexter, quarterly — First and fourth: "Argent, a gorges
azure."

1 Second and third : " Lozengy or and azure, a chevron gules."

•' On an escutcheon of pretence, quarterly — First and fourth :
11 Argent, a lion rampant gu." Second and third : " Gules, a tree
azure, penetrated transversely in main stem by frame-saw or.
In fesse, on an inescutcheon gules, three roses (?) or, cinquefoils (?)
arg."

'Sinister: "Azure, three lozenges or, between nine cross-
crosslets of the same."

' The name " Gorges " occurs as a Christian name in inscriptions
of the Lowther family in Ratoath Church, County Meath ; and of
the Irvine family at Dunshaughlin Church, circa 1780-1815.

1 Tablet in Ratoath Church to ' : —

Gorges Lowther of Kilrue in the County of Meath, of
which County he was Representative in five Successive
Parliaments : and during many of the latter Years of
his Life was distinguished as Father of the House of
Commons, &c. &c. Died 1792.

MOMAGHAN. 656

COUNTY MONAGHAN

Moiiaghan Parish.

[Contributed by Mrs. T. Long.]

Succession of Rectors.

Robert Hatton, m.a., 1622.

George Cottingham, m.a., 1632.

John Carr (or Ker) s.t.b., 1661.

Patrick Leslie, 1661.

William Smith m.a., 1678.

William Jephson, 1682.

John Winder, m.a., 1691.

John Law, m.a., 1692.

John Dennis, s.t.d., 1710.

Hon. Francis Hamilton, 1725 (7th son of 6th Earl of

Abercorn).
Oliver Douglas, 1738.
John Hawkshaw, m.a., 1740.
Richard Vincent, m.a., 1758.
Caulfield Burne Caulfield, m.a., 1761.
Arthur Benson, d.d., 1768.
William Stopford, m.a., 1772.
Joseph Story, m.a., 1773.
Jeseph Warren, m.a., 1784.
Robert Montgomery, m.a., 1793.
Charles Evatt, m.a., 1825.
William Roper, m.a., 1840.
Henry Maffett, m.a., 1850.
William Richy Bailey, d.d., 1864.
Charles Maurice Stack, d.d., 1873.
R. S. O'Loughlin, d.d. (present Dean of Dromore).

W. H. Bradley.

Curates.

James Christie, 1678.
Philip Skelton, 1732.
Charles Evatt, 1815.

' I have taken this list from the article on Monaghan Parish
and Church in Church of Ireland Gazette of January 22nd, 1909.'

657 MONAGHAN.

TTeliallan Church and Churchyard.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

1 This church, a very plain edifice (the interior of which,
however, has been recently improved), was built, according to the
Ordnance Survey MSS., in 1787, with money advanced by Alexander
Montgomery, Esq., of Bessmont Park, and refunded by instalments
levied off the parish. The tower, the same authority states, was
added in 1827 at a cost of £66 14s. 4|d. Lewis says that the cost
of the church itself was £277. According to notes, taken by me
from Dr. O'Donovan's Letters (R.I.A.) a good many years ago, it
is stated in them that Tehallan is the " Teach* Teallain " of the
" Tripartite Life of St. Patrick." We are also told that St. Patrick,
having erected the church of Tehollan, left the territory of the
Hy-Methii, and went to the territory of the Mugdorni,f where he
•erected Donaghmoyne, and then went to the Firrossii and rested at
a place called " Eanach Chonglais " (Killanny), where the people
gave him a poisoned cheese, which St. Patrick turned into stone.
St. Cillin, it appears, was left by St. Patrick as Bishop at Tehallan.
Mr. E. P. Shirley, in his " History of the County of Monaghan,"
says : " In this church of Tehallan, called in his Funeral Entry
*. Tyalla,' was buried in February, 1638, James de la Field, of
Derrynashallog, j Esq. ; his father was of Knockbuoy in this parish,
and here he directed by his will a chapel twenty feet in length and
sixteen in breadth to be added to the church — a direction which,
probably in consequence of the Great Rebellion taking place so soon
afterwards, was never carried into effect." A large vault was made
in the churchyard by the late Right Hon. Edward Lucas, of Castle
Shane, according to Shirley, who gives the following from an
upright stone, adorned with emblems of mortality and bearing the
motto, Memento Mori ' : —

HERE LIES THE BODY
OF FRANCIS LUCAS ESQ*
OF CASTLE SHANE Who
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 29 OF MARCH 1705.

{ Inside the church, among others, are tablets to the Mont-
gomerys, former owners of Bessmont Park in this parish, and one

* House.

t CT Donovan says: " Colgan and (from him) Archdall make provincia
Mugdornorum the mountainous barony of Mourne, in the Co. of Down, but they
are clearly wrong." It seems to be represented by the barony of Cremorne, in
the County Monaghan.

X Afterwards " Ancketill Grove."

MONAGHAN. 658

to the late Captain John Richardson of Poplar Vale (parish of
Tedavnet), 1850. There is also a tablet, the inscription on which,
taken from the above volume, is as follows : —

Sacred to the Memory of John Hatchell, Esqr of Bess-
mont Park, who died 16 Decr 1851, aged 66, eminent
for Prudence, Integrity, and Benevolence. He won the
respect and love of all who knew him, yet he sought as
far more precious than the praise of men, that Praise
which cometh from God only. He did justice and loved
mercy, and earnestly desired to walk humbly with his
God.

' Mr. Hatchell, whose father was killed on Wexford Bridge in
the .Rebellion of 1798, was brought up by his uncle, Alexander
Mackenzie, Esq., of Donaghmore House, County Tyrone, and,
before retiring from business, was himself owner of the brewery at
Monaghan. He was High Sheriff of the County Monaghan in
1843, and took a most active part in the relief of the distress caused
by the famine some years afterwards. He married firstly, Maria, a
daughter of the Rev. Samuel Maffett, m.a., Diocesan Schoolmaster,
Monaghan ; and secondly, Miss Elizabeth Anne Speer, of Glaslough.
The former dying November 15th, 1839, and the latter October
17th, 1867, lie in the family vault, Monaghan Churchyard, where
his own remains were deposited in 1851. No descendant survives ;
his only child Maria (by his first wife) died 12th July, 1901, her
husband, W. Henderson, Esq., having predeceased her in 1893,
and both are interred in the above-mentioned Bessmont vault at
Monaghan. The father of John Hatchell, of Bessmont Park, and
the father of the late George W. Hatchell, Esq., m.d., f.r.c.s.i.,
Physician to the Lord Lieutenant, were, I believe, brothers, and the
late John Hatchell, Esq.,* d.l., County Dublin (a landowner of the
County Wexford), was " head of the family."

1 1 am not aware whether the following, or any of them, belong
to the above family : —

' George Hatchell, merchant, Main Street, Wexford (Lucas's
" General Directory of the Kingdom of Ireland," vol. ii, 1788).

* His father, John Hatchell (who was " eldest son of the late John Hatchell,
Esq., of Wexford," according to Walford's " County Families " for 1860), was
made Attorney- General for Ireland in 1850, and elected m.p. for Windsor.
Griffiths, in his " Chronicles of the County Wexford," says that he was
" arraigned before Lord Norbury, in the Commission Court, Dublin, upon an
indictment for the murder of Henry Morley, 1814." He adds: "Mr. Morley
was killed in a duel, but the trial did not then proceed, and Mr. Hatchell was
admitted to bail, himself in £2,000, and two sureties in £1,000 each.
Mr. Hatchell was a native of the town of Wexford, and went the Leinster
Circuit."

659 queen's county,

' Ebenezer Hatchell, Esq., George's Street, Wexford (Pigot's
''City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory," 1824).
There was, I believe, an "Ebenezer Hatchell" in the town of
Wexford, who was a Justice of the Peace, who is probably the
above-mentioned.

' Christopher H. Hatchell, of Wexford, 1837 ("Abstract of the
Deeds inrolled in Chancery, pursuant to the Act 4 & 5 William IV.,
cap. 92," compiled by George Hatchell, 1840).

' Ebenezer H. Hatchell, Barrister ; called to the Bar in 1824
(" Post Office Directory ").

' There are in the " Catalogue of Graduates of Dublin Uni-
versity, 1869," five entries under the surname of " Hatchell," three
of whom are among those already referred to in this paper, the
other two being the Ven. Thomas H. Hatchell, Archdeacon of
Leighlin, and a third " John Hatchell." In the Rev. P. L. O'Toole's
" History of the Clan 0' Toole " mention is made in the Clan Pedi-
gree of a " William O'Toole " who married " Hatchell, of

Edermine," which place was sold by, apparently, their son to Sir
J. Power, who, according to the " Chronicles of the County
Wexford," laid the foundation-stone of " Edermine House "'
(Enniscorthy) in 1838.'

CtUEEN'S COUNTY.

Abbeyleix Old Churchyard.

[From Miss K. E. Younge.]

' Remainder underground.'

'Father Carrigan ("Hist. Antiq. Dio. of Ossory ") says she
was daughter of Maurice Cuffe, m.p., of Killahy, and that her great-
grandson, John Otway Cuffe, then owned the Killahy estate.'

queen's county. 660

''Remainder underground.'

Here Lies ye Body of | Jam6 Justin who Died | Janry
7th 1789 agd 38 yrs his [sic] | Robrt Sep1 26 1790

661 queen's county.

Here lies the | Body of Rebecca | Dier who depd | this
life May 28th | 1810 aged 80 years

Here lieth the Remains of James | power Granson \_sic~]
to John Maurice j who Died January the 10th 1824
Aged 6 years And 8 Months

William Leech depd this Life March 7th ! 1792 Agd 74
years. Also Anne his Wife | February 15th 1803 Agd 85
years

queen's county. 662

K i I in ii ii sua n Churchyard, Parish of Clonaslcc.

[From The Bev. E. O'Leary, p.p.]

Here Lyeth ye Body of | Mrs Susanna Mooney who |
departed this life the 23 | of March in the 61 year of |
her age.

Here Lyethe ye Body of | Donell Gormon who depd |
ys life Jany 20 1704 | aged 46 yrs.

Here Lyeth the Body of Edward | Dunne who departed
this life | September 29th 1770. aged 78 | years.

Here lyeth ye body of Denes | Gormon depd this life
June 17 I 1777. agd 50.

Kilteale Churchyard.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 This churchyard is situated by the public road, about a mile
to the north-east of the Rock of Dunamase. Considerable remains
of the church walls exist, but they are featureless and heavily clad
with ivy.

663 queen's county.

A headstone inside the ruins bears this inscription ' : —

+
IHS

' On a rough headstone near the south wall of the ruins is the
following peculiarly divided inscription as far as the last three lines
are concerned' : —

HEEE BENATH

LIETH [flaw in the stone]

THE BODY OF

HONOR MOO-

WHO D [flaw]-RE

IED MARC
1 The remainder is underground.'

' While endeavouring to recover the remainder of the above
inscription, I discovered that a few inches under the sod a flat slab
was lying at the foot of the headstone, and completely lost to view.
On laying it bare, I copied the following inscription ' : —

+
IHS

Here Lyeth the Bo

dy of Thady McEvoy.

who departed this

Life March 6 1771

Aged 55 years.

[From Mr. Martin J. Blake.]

' Outside the church, in the cemetery on the north, a large upright
tombstone inscribed ' : —

IHS

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Erected

By Mrs Catharine Downey of Strad

bally in commemoration of her dearly

Beloved Husband Patk Downey who

depd June the 14th 1834. Aged 39 years

Sincearly regreted by his Family and

Friends.

QUEEN S COUNTY. 664

1 On the west side of the cemetery a small upright tombstone,
broken off vertically, has the following fragment ' : —

[b]ody of Elizabth

[K]eating who
. . 1J767 agd 52 yr

' Close to the boundary wall of the cemetery on the west an
upright stone inscribed ' : —

' On the south side of the cemetery near the boundary wall an
upright stone ' : —

* The rest of this inscription is buried in the earth.'

An upright stone bears this inscription ' : —

SOuls I AMEN.

' A small stone on the south side of the cemetery, once upright,,
but now inclined at an angle, is inscribed ' : —
HEKE LIETH
THE BODY OF
ELIZABETH
BVDKIN WHO
DIED THE ....
OF MAY
AN DO 1710.

IHS

665 queen's county.

IH S
Here lyeth ye body of | John Fitzpatrick who departed
this | life May 21 1785 Agd 25. Pray.

Here lieth the Body | of Anne Fitzgerald | who departed
this life Ap1 | 1818 Aged 15 years.

Toberboe Cliurdiyartl, Parish of Agrhniacart.

[From Miss K. E. Younge.]

1 Tombstones inside ruined church ' : —

Jerm Lodge | of Ml Lodge who Departed | this Life the
5th of October 1777 | Aged 48 years.

[Mr. Ball Wright says Sir Oliver Lodge is kinsman of these
Lodges.]

AAA

ROSCOMMON. 666

Here lieth the body of Richard Phillips of | Donagh-
more Esq1'6 who depetl this life the year | 1760 Also the
body of Mr Samuel Phillips of | Phillipsburgh his
Grandson & Son to the | Present Richard Phillips Esq10
He depd this life j the year 1800 aged 27 years. | Here
also lie the body of Mrs Elenor Butler | alias Phillips
she departed this life the year 1799 | aged 32 years |
Here lies the body of Mrs Mary Phillips | she depd this
life the year 1800 aged | Richard Phillips

[Kinsfolk of the Phillipses of Gaile.]

COUNTY ROSCOMMON.

Grange Demesne, Pari§li of Cam.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

1 On one of the avenues leading up to the site of the mansion
house of Grange— one of the seats of the Lyster family in Ros-
common— stands the only remaining entrance gate, consisting of a
large central arch with a rectangular doorway at either side. On a
large stone at the right side of the central arch is carved a coat-of-
arms which is now so weather-worn and covered with lichens as to
be difficult to decipher. The arms on the shield are Lyster —
"(ermine) on a fesse (sable), three mullets (or)" impaled with,
apparently, FitzGerald (perhaps within a bordure of some sort) —
" (ermine) a saltire (gules)." On a helmet from which comes elabo-
rate mantling is a crest, not Lyster, which is a stag's head in a ducai
coronet, but a lion rampant. On a ribbon beneath the shield are
the following mottoes : — Under dexter side, " Vivat vigeat " ; under
sinister side, " Dieu est tout " ; under centre, "Floreat en ... "

1 These are evidently intended for the armorial bearings of
Thomas Lyster, of Grange (probably the builder of the gateway),

667 ROSCOMMON.

High Sheriff of County Roscommon 1739 and 1745, died aged 71
in 1790, having married in 1743 Bridget, daughter of Thomas
FitzGerald, of Turlough, County Mayo.'

Kilnamanas'h Churchyard.

[Contributed by Mr. W. P. Pakenham Walsh, Royal Engineers.]

Inscription on tomb of Major Robert Drury."

Hereunder lies interred ye body of ye valiant and gene-
rous Major Robert Drury who from ye year 1688 to ye
time of his death 1715 served in ye Royal Irish regiment
of Dragoons in ye wars of Ireland Flanders and Germany
under ye most illustrious Prince King William and his
successors, with great reputation and credit being under
ye immediate conduct and command of ye Right Hon.
Brigadier Gen. Wynne, afterwards of ye Noble & Right
Hon. Lieutenant General Ross, and lastly of Right
Hon. Col. Sydney.

He was ye 5th & youngest son of ye brave, gallant &
stout, honest, modest & loving Robert Drury of Callow,
Esq who descended from ye ancient family of Drury in
Hawsted in ye parish of Hawsted, hundred of Tingo
and County of Suffolk in England.

His Grandfather Rob1 Drury of Old Loughlynn in ye
County Catherlough Esq came into this kingdom with
his uncle Sir William Drury His Excellency and Chief
Governor thereof in Queen Elizabeths reign.

Robert Drury his father was in his youth bred under
ye care and auspicy of ye Right Hon. Sir Robert King,
cosen german who upon breaking out of ye Irish Rebel-
lion 1641 in passing into England left and recommended
his town of Boyle and ye inhabitants thereof with ye
tenants of that Lordship to ye care and protection of his
kinsman, which he — then a lieutenant of horse to ye
Right Hon Robert Lord Dillon of Kilkenny West after-
wards Earl of Ross — faithfully performed until over-
powered and forced by Gen. Preston and his army out
of Connaught into Ulster, when he was in Connaught
he on all occasions signalised his valour.

The troops after Lord Dillon's death being given to
Sir Abraham Nurdner, and soon after to Captain John
King, Sir Robert King's Son although in England until

* This inscription has already appeared in vol. v, p. 245, of the Journal,
Avhere it appears to contain several errors and omissions. — Editor.

SLIGO TIPPERARY. 668

1650 in which time ye Eight Hon Sir Cha8 Coote after-
wards Earl of Ml Rath Gen1 of the Connaught forces
afterwards in consideration of Lieutenant Drury's merit
offered him a commission and would advance him
higher, but his firm adherence to his kinsman's
interests and profound love and respect to his cosen
german Sir Rob* King hindered and proved an obstacle
to his family's fortune by such preferments as Sir
Charles designed for and offered him.

Ye following Epitaph made on him by one who had
been an eye-witness of his actions does abundantly and
fully verify this, viz : —

Oft hath brave Drury dared thee to thy face
With bloody sword as oft hath given thee chase
0 Tyrant death ! that made whole squadrons flee
Tho them pursued he did the same to thee
Thou couldst not nip his fortunes nor his fame
Great actions worthy of his birth and name
At the last combat he with fame retired
Under Christ's banner lived and so expired
Boast, death, no more he triumphs over thee
Drawn off from hence flies to Eternity.

Major Robert Drury was born in April 1667 and died
the 27th October 1715. This monument was erected by
his brother Edward Drury (3 May 1722).

[' Copy made by Mr. Patrick Drury of Kingsland, Boyle, March
16th, 1884.']

COUNTY SLIGO.

[Nil.]

COUNTY TIPPERARY.

[All the inscriptions which follow have been kindly copied for
the Journal by the Rev. St. John D. Seymour, b.d., now of Dono-
hill Rectory, County Tipperary.]

lliUlycaliill Churchyard.

1 In incised Roman characters ' . —

HERE * LYETH • YE * B0DY | OF ■ THOMAS ' ARMSTRONG | ESQR *
OF ' MOYALLIFE j WHO . DIED * YE * 20 # OF • JULY | 1741 '
AGED • 79 * YEARS. *

669 TIPPERARY.

Clo$rlter Cliurcliyartl.

HERE • LYES * THE * BODY J OF * MARTIN * DWYER * OF |
ROSSMORE * WHO * DYED . ON | THE * [ ] DAY * OF * JAN
1750 | AGED • 64

1 In a farmyard immediately under the steep side of Clogher Hill
is said to be a large stone called " Labbathoorna's Altar.'

1 1 ono ult v Cliurcli.

1 Built into the tower of the modern I. C. Church is the follow-
ing in raised Roman characters ' : —

ADJUVA - ME - DEUS
GULIELM' ' DWYER - F1LI ■ JACENTIS ■ HAEG - FIERI ■ FECIT

SUPER ' GADAVERA - PARENTU - AG - PRAEOEGESSORU

2° - DIE - MENSIS - SEPTEMBRIS • A0 ■ DM ■ 1635

PLORATE ■ QUIA STATUTU ■ E ■ 0tBJ ' H0IB> ' SEMEL ■ MORI

VIGILATE ' QUIA ■ NESGITIS ■ DIEM - NEQUE ' HORAM

ORATE ' QUIA ■ SANCTA ■ ET ■ SALUBRIS ■ E ■ COGITATIO

PRO - DEFUNCTIS ■ E - ORARE ■ REQUIESGANT ■ I - PAGE

1 Near the village, beside the road leading to Clogher, are the
remains of two parallel lines of upright stones. Mr. H. Wood has
shown that this parish was the only place in the Dioceses of Cashel
and Emly where the Knights Templars had a Preceptory. (Yet see
11 Thirty-sixth Deputy Keeper's Report," page 39, for an apparent
site at Kilfeakle.) Local tradition seems to place the site of this
on the present churchyard, but there are no remains. In a former
number of the Journal a tomb of one Father Delany in Temple-
more Churchyard was published, in which he was said to be " prior

commendatorius de (?) " Father Carrigan, p.p., has read the

doubtful place-name, from a rubbing by the present writer, as
qululanii, which is evidently a Latinized form of " Clonnel," or
" Clonawl," older spellings of " Clonoulty," so it seems very likely
that he was Prior in commendam of this Preceptory.'

TIPPERARY. 670

Mm I j < ii u rcli.ru i «1.

' On the left-hand side of the entrance to the old graveyard is
the following in raised Roman characters ' : —

LOCUS - IN I QUEM ■ INTRAS I TERRA ■ SANG I TA
EST ■ 1641 I R • JONES ■ PCENT.

' Robert Jones, m.a., became Precentor of Emly in 1628,
according to a note at the end of the Regal Visitation for 1634.'

Fertianu Uliurcliyarcl.

' Lying beside the old church is an uninscribed coffin-shaped
slab, having on it an incised four-point cross, the arms terminating
in a trefoil. This seems to indicate that there must have been a
burial-ground there formerly.'

Olenkeeii Churchyard.

The handsome monument of Walter Bourk."
' It is of combined mural and table form, and is engraved
entirely in raised Roman characters, except the motto, which is in
Old English type.

* A Fiant of Elizabeth (No. 4,659) records a pardon in 1585 to Walter
fitz William fitz Theobald Bourke of Ueaghe, and to his wife "Gyles alias
Sylye [I Dowir or O'Dwyer] of the same place.

The district name of Ileaghe or Illiegh survives in the town name of
Borrisoleigh.

A County Tipperary Chancery Inquisition (No. 55 of Charles I), taken at
Clonmel on the 22nd August, 1628, gives the following particulars in connec-
tion with this Walter Bourke of " Borres Oleagh " (Borrisoleigh). It states.

671 TIPPERiRY.

' The inscription on the table portion runs round the four sides,
and is then continued in six parallel lines, three on each side of the
shaft of the cross ' : —

HOG - SIBI - MONUMETUM I FIERI FECIT IN EO
Q • SEPULTUS • EST ■ WALTERUS • OE BURGO I
TERRITORII - OE ' ILLIEGH ! QUONDA VALID AG ■
PRUDES ' PROPUGNATOR ' ZS - OBIIT - JUNII A°

AETATIS Z 2[ ]A0Q ■ DM ■ UXORE

HABUIT SILIA ■ FILIA ■ YDHIR

EX QUAMOLTASUSCEPIT

PROLE • 4 SC FILIOS

(Shaft of Cross.)

THEOBALD!) GULIE
LMU MILERU ETJOHANE
ET MULTAS FILIAS OES
LEGTISIMAS COJUGIB' ' COLLOOATA

' On the front slab are the emblems of the Crucifixion, but too
covered with rubbish to allow of examination.

that he, on the 10th April, 1623, enfeoffed certain lands in William O'Meara of
Lesnuskie, County Tipperary, William mac Donogh O'Carroll of Ballilogha,
King's County, James fitzJohn Stapleton of Kilmolcoris, County Tipperary,
their heirs and assigns, to the use of him, the said Walter Bourke and Gilles
O'Dwyer, his wife, for life, with remainder to his eldest son, Theobald Bourke
of Culloghill, and Anstace Morres, his wife, for life. Then to Theobald's sons
in succession, viz. : — Kichard, Oliver, Bedmond, Ulick,Bichard, Edmond, and
any other son legitimately born to him. In default of heirs to them, to Walter
Bourke's 2nd son, William, his 3rd son, Milles, alias Morrery, his 4th son,
John. And finally to the right heirs of Bichard Bourke, eldest son of Theobald
Bourke aforesaid.

The Inquisition adds that Walter Bourke of Borres Oleagh died the 24th
January, 1623 (i.e. 1624), and was succeeded by his son and heir, Theobald
Bourke (for whose funeral entry see p. 51 of this volume of the Journal). —
Editor.

TIPPERARY.

672

' On the mural portion there is first of all the following inscrip-
tion ' : —

QUISQUIS ' IN ' HAEG ■ OGULO VERT ' I MOMENTA ' PARUPER
SISTE ' LEGE ■ ET ■ DISCE • VIVERE DISCE ■ MORI
NATUS ' ERA • CAELO • MUNOU PER GUNGTA ■ SEQVP
HINC ' PULSUS ' ILLING ■ JURE ' ABIGENDUS ■ ERA
TU - MUNDI - ILLEGEBRA ' SAPIENT VITARE ■ MEMENTO
CAELICA ' REGNA - TIBI ■ QUAERE • PREGAREM

PATRICIUS KERIN ME FABRICAVIT
1620

ml
I

■■■■'■'*+»•

BfeWMj^^jPtll III

I I

1 Above this is the coat-of-arms (see rubbing), while underneath
is the motto ' : —

Spe* * mta ♦ in * tieo ♦ e$U

* Above all is some conventional ornamentation.'

673

TIPPERARY.

Holycross Al»bey.

' Incised Roman characters ' : —

1 The sculptor originally cut " Edward," but altered it afterwards
to above.'

Here lieth the Body | of Thomas Barry who | Departed
this Life | March yc 7 i734 | age 60

1 Under one of the arches leading from the north aisle to the nave
is a partially buried and almost illegible stone with Old English
inscription. All that could be made out is this ' : —

■ • • _•. ..

' The other inscriptions have been pub-
lished by the Rev. Denis Murphy, s.j., in his
edition of " Triumphalia," and, more cor-
rectly, by Lord Walter FitzGerald (vol. v, p.
102, of this Journal). There are also ten
uninscribed stones, with crosses on them.
Some are of the late floriated style, while
others are incised, and evidently much earlier.
One is at the back of the "Tomb of the
Good Woman's Son"; and if it occupy its
original place here, it would indicate that a
tomb antedated the present beautiful struc-
ture. The "Masons' marks " abound ; but
those on the chimney-piece in the little infir-
mary demand attention. It consists of four
rows of^ stones. Each row has a distinct
"mark " to itself, which is repeated on every

r -^

M'SiNw

TIPPERARY. 674

separate stone that comprises it. From the bottom up these
"marks" are — a quatrefoil, or knot (raised); an acute angle
(incised), and the point of contact of the two lines does not always
face the same direction ; a swastika (incised), and a right angle
(incised). On the stone balustrade is a coat-of-arms, which does
not appear to have been hitherto described. It bears a chief
indented, with a mullet for difference, while on the lower part of
the shield is a curious cross-like figure.

Kilcooley Abbey.

1 The inscriptions in the abbey have been published by the
Rev. Wm. Carrigan, p.p., in his " History of the Diocese of Ossory "
(vol. iij Appendix 4). There are also two inscribed slabs, with
raised eight-point crosses. There is also, in the floor of the chancel,
a stone, divided into two compartments. In one is the crucifixion ;
in the other a figure holding a child [the B.V.M. and child (?)] .
Two figures of abbots remain, in full canonicals, one on Philip
Omoluanayn's tomb, and the other near the sacristy door. Here
are some curious carvings, amongst which may be noted a mermaid.
Under the central tower isa" coat-of-arms of Christ," if it may be
so termed, i.e., the emblems of the Passion worked into a heraldic
shield. On the opposite is a small, grotesque, incised figure of
a human being apparently practising high-kicking !

1 In the old graveyard near the modern church is a very broken
slab with an inscription in incised Roman characters ' —
[Here lies] THE . BODY [of]
[A1]ICE . TURVIN . WIFE [to]
[WilliJAM . TURVIN . ESQR.
[who died] 23 . XBER [ ]

li if % ellane Churchyard.

' In incised Roman characters ' : —

675 TYRONE.

HEKE . LIETH | YE . BODY . OF . THE | KEV . FATHR. DANTj |
CONNEL . DECEASED | ] . 1751 . AGED . 84 . YEARS

Moycarltey Churchyard.

Here lyeth ye body | of Daniel McGuyre | who departed
this | life Aug' ye 10 1725 | aged 49 years

' On the Purcell tomb of 1691, already published by the present
writer, the wife's maiden name is Hacket, and her Christian name
Ellen a.

' In raised Eoman characters ' : —

HIG ■ JAGET I EDMONDUS - • ■

' The rest appears to be completely worn away. Down the
centre runs an eight-point cross, the arms ending in a lozenge.

' In letters approaching the ordinary type, but raised, and most
beautifully and clearly cut ' : —

Hie . jacet . Donatus . Dullany . qui . obiit . 1 . die .
Feb . 1719 | et . Elena . Hackett j eiu.8 . uxor . quae .
obiit . 14 . die . Novembris . 1722 | Eequiescant . in .
pace

' In one corner of the churchyard is a fragment of an inscribed
stone. It has on it the head of an eight-point cross, the arms of
which do not meet in the centre, but spring from the circumference
of a circle, and end in a blunt point. Underneath are traces of
letters, but too worn to be read.

This completes the Eev. St. John D. Seymour's latest
contribution to the Jouknal.

COUNTY TYRONE

CastlecaulfieUI Clmrcli.

[Sent in by the Eev. John E. Sides, through Mrs. T. Long.
Inscriptions on the Church Plate.

' Flagon, height 11 inches ' : —

The gift of the Honble Cap* Toby Caul field to St. Michael's
Church In Castlecaulfield Christmas 1684. Nobile par
fratrum sacrarunt hasce Lagenas.

TYROM-, 676

'Flagon, height 11 inches' : —

The f/ift of if HoyPu Ensigne John Caul field to St.
MichaeVs Church in Castle Caulfield Christmas Day 1684
Nobile par fratrum, sacrarunt hasce Lagenas

' Chalice, height 9J inches ' : —

The gift of the right Honble Wm Ld Viscount Charlemont
To St. MichaeVs Church in Castlecaulfield Easter Dag
1685

Chalice, height 9f inches ' : —

D. 0. M. Et in usum Eccl : Paroch : St. Mich : Castro :
Caulfeildensis, Guil : Caulfeild Vicomes Charlemont
DDD1681

1 Two patens ' : —

1. Guil : Caulfeild Vicomes Charlemont.

2. By the Lord Charlimont.

Donas liniore Clini'cli.yai*cl.

Here lyeth the body of Mr. William Hamilton who
departed this life May 8th day 1742 aged 69 years.
Also the remains of Archcl Hamilton Esqr of Mulnagore
who departed this life 19th Octr 1795 aged 84. Also
the remains of Thomas Hamilton Esqr of Mulnagore
Lodge who departed this life the 26th day of March
1817 aged 78. Also the remains of Jane widow of the
above Thomas Hamilton who departed this life the 17th
day of May 1822 aged 69 years. Also the remains of
the Eev. Archibald Hamilton eldest son of the above
Thomas & Jane Hamilton who departed this life on the
20th day of June 1849 aged 77 years.

Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton of
Mulnagore who departed this life July the 10th 1747
a;ged 69 years. Also the body of Mr. William Hamilton
who departed this life December the 20th 1757 aged
43 years. Also the body of Mrs. Catherine Hamilton
wife of Archibald Hamilton Esq of Claggan, Bally-
donnelly who departed this life March the 28th 1785
aged 76. Also the remains of Mrs. Margaret Stevenson

677 TYRONE.

widow of the above William Hamilton who departed
this life the 16th Jany 1813 aged 89. Also the remains
of Anna eldest daughter of the Rev. Archibald Hamilton
who entered into rest on the 13th day of July 1848
aged 34 years.

Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton who
departed this life Jany the 8th 1758 aged 45 years.
Also the body of Mrs. Catherine Hamilton who departed
this life March the 30th 1773 aged 69 years. Beneath
an adjoining stone are deposited with those of her
husband the remains of Anne S Hamilton relict of the
Revd Archibald Hamilton of Mount Barnard, Castlederg,
who departed this life on the 10th day of August 1867
aged 80 years. Also in memory of Miss Jane Crawford,
Sister of the above Anne Hamilton, who died on the
23rd of Jnne, 1876.

Here lyeth the body of Mr. James Brown of Ballybreagh
who departed this life Dec, 31st. 1782 aged 81 years.

Succession of Rectors of Donaghmore.

[Sent by Mr. W. M. Carpendale, through Mrs. T. Long."

John Madden ...

Robert Kennedy

James Barclay ...

George Walker ...

William Nelson

Richard Crump

Edmund Arwaker

Thomas Wadman

Nathaniel Whaley

Richard Vincent

George Evans ...

William Bisset ...

Thomas Staples (Alexander ?)

Thomas Carpendale

Benjamin N. Wade

Benjn. N. White Spunner

Forde Touchbourne

John R. Sides ...

1641

1646

26 May,

1673

9 Sept.,

1674

not known,

1690?

19 May,

1691

15 Mar.,

1699

3 Dec,

1712

1720

7 Jan.,

1730

1774

1806

1812

24 May,

1824

18 Mar.,

1865

June,

1887

20 Feb.,

1892

Aug1.,

1900

WATERFORD. 678

COUNTY WATERFORD.

Kinsalefteg' Cliui'cli.yarrt.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

1 Kinsalebeg Churchyard, in which stands the Protestant
Parish Church, lies on the east bank of the River Blackwater,
opposite to Youghal. It is decently kept, forming in this respect a
pleasing contrast to Temple Michael Churchyard, on the other side
of the Blackwater. The headstones, &c, are but few in number.
The following are selections from the inscriptions here.

1 Table-tomb ' :—

IHS
Sacred to the memory of | Michael Fitzgerald Esq |
of Prospect Hall who departed this Life | August 2
1810

' Remainder not legible.'

Table-tomb ':—

Sacred to the memory of Peter Sinnott Esq | who
Departed this Life April 29th 1812 | Aged 36 years
May he, &c.

On a headstone adjoining ': —

Two of Mr. Sinnott's Children I Are Here Intered.

Erected by Margaret Fitzgerald | in memory of her
Father James Fitzgerald | who departed this life 6th May
1790 Aged 63 years.

Table-tomb in north-west corner ': —

679 WATERFORD.

Sacred to the memory of Kob | Lawler who died June
— 84 aged 84 years. | Also the Body of May Lawler
His | Wife who died No | vember 1774 aged 76 years

Here lieth the body of | Wm Whelan Apothecary ] who
Depd this Life | July 4th 1728 Aged 30 years. May, &c.

Here lieth the Body | of Mr John Grant who died
September 2nd 1803 | Aged 76 yrs.

1 On table-tombs near the chancel end of the church are the

three following ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of | Mrs Charlotte Welsh [ who
died August 1st 1832 | in the 33rd year of her age.

Erected by Bridget Whealen | in memory of her Father
Edmond Whealen who died August the 10th | 1774 aged
46 years | Also in memory of her mother Ellen |
Whealen who died October the 20th I 1820 aged 83.

WESTMEATH. 680

I i .mi 01 < 4 li ii roll yard.

[From Mr. John Hewetson.]

Died | on the first of November | 1856 | Isabella Harriot
Ussher I Not lost but gone before.

COUNTY WESTMEATH.

Almoritia Church, Parish ofl Balljmoriii.

[From the Rev. J. F. Pillor, Incumbent of Almoritia.]

The Church Plate Inscriptions.

1 On the flagon (Irish hall-marks) ' : —

The gift of Leuis Meares, Serf, Esqr, and Elizabeath his
wife to if Parish Church of Rathconrath. 1698.

On the chalice (? Irish hall-marks) ' : —

The gift of L. M. E* to the Parish of Bathcondra. 1691,

' On the paten (? Irish hall-marks) : — The same inscription and
date as borne by the chalice.'

* These initials possibly stand for Lewis and Elizabeth Meares, of Meares
Court, alias Kowlandstown, County Westmeath. Elizabeth's surname was
Large; for an account of this family see "Burke's Landed Gentry." —
Editok.

681 WESTMEATH.

On another paten '

The gift of John Meares, Esq1', to the Parish of Almoritia
Sepr 1763.

1 On a pewter chalice ' : —

The Parish Church of Almoritia, 1727.

1 There is also a pocket Communion set, on which is
inscribed ' : —

The gift of Kate Devenish- Meares, Almoritia, 1104.

Almoritia.

1 I have had recently given to me the old font belonging to the
old Almoritia Church (Templepatrick) by Colonel William B. Digby
of Ballinacurra, along with a piscina which, I think, belonged either
to the old Almoritia Church or the old Pearstown Church (now a
part of Almoritia Parish). The font is of granite, small but artistic
for old times : the piscina is of sandstone, and is remarkable for
absence of art. It is oblong and over half a ton weight. I have
the above font in the vestry, and the piscina outside the church.
Almoritia has had added to it at various dates Piercetown, Temple-
patrick, Rathconrath, and the greater part of Churchtown parishes.
Conry Abbey remains are about two miles from Almoritia Church
and in the parish. The remains of an old castle are near to the
site of the Abbey. There are some ancient cave dwellings in
Almoritia Parish at Mount Dalton. Ushnach Hill with its ancient
royal burial-ground is in this parish too.

' There is a very high moat close by Almoritia Church which
has never been examined except from the outside. There is another
close by the village of Rathconrath which has never been opened,
both being high mounds. There are the remains of a large fort
near Churchtown, almost level with the surrounding land.

1 The eighteenth- century monument on top of Mount Dalton to
the Daltons of the fourteenth century* has been removed a short
time ago to near Dublin by the former landlord. It recounted the

* See Journal, vol. iv, p. 490.

B B B

WESTMEATH. 682

migration of the Austrian Count Dalton, who had eloped with a
daughter of the King of France, and their settlement at Mount
Dalton here.'

I>4'lvill 4 Iiiik-Ii

[From Mr. Henry W. Ogle.]

' On a mural tablet ' : —

Erected by Mr8 Eliza Vize

to the memory of her respected

Uncle Capm Nicholas Ogle

late of Dysart, Castletown-Delvin,

who died at her residence

Mountrath, Queen's County,

on the 5th of October 1849

Aged 81 years.

U illulag Ii Cliurcliyartl.

[From Mr. Henry W. Ogle.]

' A large thick slab lying in this churchyard bears at the upper
end the Ogle coat-of-arms : —

t a Argent, a fess between three crescents gules," with a crescent
for difference on the fess, denoting a second son.

' The crest is an antelope's head.

' Below the arms is the date 1682.

' The inscription, which appears under " St. Mulchan's old
church " (!) in the Journal, vol. ii, page 374, is in large incised
capitals, and reads thus ' : —

NICHOLAS AND ABIGAIL ELDEST
SON AND DAUGHTEK OF NICHOLA8
OGLE OF DISCERTALLY GEN DEPARTED
THIS LIFE HE THE EIGHT OF IULY AND
SHE THE SECOND OF AUGUST THE
YE ARE ABOUE SAID.

' Several of the letters are conjoined. u Discertally " is now
shortened to " Dysart," near Killucan. The family still reside
there. The Nicholas Ogle (father) received his grant of lands here
under the Act of Settlement.'

[To face page 682.

683 WEXFORD WICKLOW.

'On a modern tombstone is another inscription to the same
family ' : —

Sacred

To the memory of Henry Ogle

who died at Dysart

Septr 29th 1859 Aged 82

years. Also his son

Henry Ogle who died

March 22nd 1853

Aged 26 years.

COUNTY WEXFORD

[Nil.]

COUNTY WICKLOW.

Delgany ~Xew Churchyard.

[From the Kev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

1 There are at present in this churchyard about 100 memorials
besides those given below as belonging to Section I. The inscrip-
tions on a few of these have already been printed in the Journal,
and to such the proper references will be given as these memorials
occur in the various rows. For the inscriptions in the church
itself, see vol. ii, pages 245 and 567. For convenience of description
the graveyard may be divided into five sections. Section I runs
along the whole of the boundary called the " western," which,
however, appears to incline somewhat to the north. Sections II
and III lie along the "east" of this portion, and are divided
from one another by a walk running from the gate opposite the
church tower, which is reached by ascending a few steps from
the level of the gravelled " sweep " in front of the church.
Sections IV and V, lying at the "north" of the church, are
separated from Section III by a walk (south to north) from another
entrance into the graveyard facing the large gates into the church
grounds. These gates are situated on the road leading from
Greystones to Delgany, along which is the " southern " boundary of
the ground. Section IV is a small plot, in the shape of the instru-
ment known asa" square," at the north-east angle of the gravelled

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space spoken of above, and separated by a walk from Section V,
which lies beyond the church along the " northern " boundary, and
is now being extended round the " east " end of the ground also.
I should mention that the entrance to the La Touche vault is at the
south-east of the church grounds. Forming the boundary along
the road from Greystones, before we come to the church gates, is
the low building which Ferrar tells us in his "Tour to Bellevue"
was constructed for the stabling of the horses of those attending
service. The doors to this building are from the road, which is
much lower than the ground inside. There appear to be only two
" eighteenth-century " monuments in this churchyard, which has
many funeral urns, but, as yet, no upright crosses. The ground is
usually in excellent order, and the close-cut sod refreshing to the
eye.

' The First Section may be said to consist of two rows, Row I
being close to the west wall of the churchyard, and the position of
No. 1 in it, far up the row. Before we come to this memorial there
is a glass shade — Willie Smyth, 1906.

'Row I, No. 1. — Marble headstone, Rogers, 1905.

1 Row I, No. 2. — Headstone a little beyond No. 1, Lane-Poole,
1905.

' Row I, No. 3. — Marble headstone after greater distance,
Wm. Robt. Steadman, late r.h.a., 1903.

' Row I, No. 4 — After some distance, and not far from the
northern boundary, is a memorial in the form of a headstone with
carving. A darker stone inserted bears the inscription, the first
line of which is in old English characters, and several others in
italics, the names being in capitals. The space below the headstone
is flagged ' : —

F. Hynes, Fecit | Glasnevin.

' Beyond the above there is a glass shade, with cards, William
Doyle, aged 50; Herbert Doyle, aged 22, 14th October, 1892.
Both father and son (boatmen) were washed off the pier at Grey-

685 wicklow.

stones and drowned, along with the coxswain of the lifeboat, in
presence of large crowds, while endeavouring to save a coal vessel.
A large subscription was raised for the families of those drowned.'

' Row II. Not far from the south boundary are two upright
stones only 4 or 5 feet from the wall, between which and the
memorials there used to be a mass of laurels, which latterly
completely covered the stones. These have been all taken away.
1 No. 1.— Harrison, 1854-1859.

; No. 2. A slate upright stone, having the inscription in capitals
with the exception of the abbreviations. No month is mentioned in
connexion with the death of Lucy ' : —

Hanah [dc] Luisa [sic] Boyle | died Novr 14th 1843 |
aged 4 year8 & 6 months | Lucy died 17th 1843 | aged 1
year & 8 months

1 No. 3. — A slate headstone some 9 feet from the wall, with the
first and third lines in capitals ' : —

' After these is a piece of stone, and some glass shades close to
it. Price, 1893 (now disappeared) — Bannister (Kingstown), 1891.

1 No. 4. — After some distance, and between Nos. 2 and 3 of
Row I, is a marble headstone. Burns, 1900.

'No. 5 is a marble headstone, " erected by friends" to Mathew
Murphy, " for above fifty years an earnest faithful scripture reader
in this parish," 1883. The filling in of the lettering has become
very defective on this memorial.

' No. 6 is a marble headstone standing a little more to the front
than the last. Mrs. Rachel Healy, 1893.

' No. 7 is a marble headstone just in front of the " Ireland "
memorial of Row I, and with square space surrounded by curb.
" Col. Charles Wynne, r.a., died Oct. 11 1893."

1 No. 8. — Close to the last is a small space, the railings round
which are broken, where I believe a child was buried. There is no
stone.

' No. 9. — A headstone. Evans, 1889. No date of death after
the first two names.

wicklow. 686

l« liica Churchyard. Towiiland of Ballj magliroe,
Parish of Killiske.r.

[From the Kev. H. R. Huband.]

' The Dempsey inscription given on page 212, vol. vii of the
Journal, stated to be from Nun's Cross Churchyard, is from the
Kilfea Churchyard, an ancient burial-ground near Nun's Cross,
which is also on the townland of Ballymaghroe.

' There is another old headstone here, bearing the following
puzzling inscription ' : —

I. H. S

M S Sr 29
1720

* Which I read M. S. (the initials of the deceased) September
29th, 1720.'

Powerscourt Oltl Cliurcli.yartl.

[From the Rev. E. S. Maffett, b.a.]
{Continued fr 07ii paye 495.)

' This churchyard is not suited for division into rows, and
indeed in the sections into which it must be divided for the proper
recording of the inscriptions, the stones are not by any means all
placed eastwards. Before giving any inscriptions, however, I may
add to my former notes on the building itself that the small
unroofed vestry is at the angle of the nave and upper part of the
church at the south side, and from the built-up doorway seen inside
the vestry, it evidently opened into that part of the church which
is now the " Verner " ground at its west end. The arched frame-
work of the doorway, leading from the south side of this space into
the "Cork Abbey " ground outside the church, may perhaps have
been moved from the vestry when Divine Service ceased in the
church. This doorway could not, at any rate, have served as an
entrance to the building, if the external enclosure, apparently in
use for above fifty years before the erection of the new church
(1859), was as now.

' The section of the churchyard which contains the following
six memorials, all properly placed, is bounded by a path extending
from the south end of the east wall of the church to its junction
(opposite the north end of this wall) with the walk which goes
round the churchyard at a considerable distance from the ruins, and

687 'Wicklow.

then by this latter walk till it reaches the gravelled space in front
of the church. - These memorials, the inscriptions on which were
taken by me in the years 1905 and 1907, are all, however, at the east
of the building, and there are none at the north till we get to the
nave.

' Row I, No. 1. A brownish-coloured headstone, leaning against
the wall underneath the centre light of the east window, has the
following inscription in block capitals, and of the same size, with
the exception of the second, seventh, and thirteenth lines, the
lettering of which is larger ' : —

' No. 2. This is a headstone, gray in colour, with a kerbed space
covered with small pieces of white marble. It stands under the
north light of the east window a few inches from the wall. The
inscription, in leaded letters, is as follows ' : —

Sacred to the memory of

HENRY HAMILTON ESQ.

OF TULLYLISH HOUSE CO. DOWN

third Son of the late

RT. REV. HUGH HAMILTON

LORD BISHOP OF OSSORY.

who departed this life

on the 7th. of Dec br 1834

in the 55th year of his age.

" TO HIM TO LIVE WAS CHRIST

TO DIE WAS GAIN "

His widow

SARAH

3d Daughter of

REVd MICHAEL SANDYS

Died Nov1' 28th 1871

aged 87 years.

MARY CHARLOTTE

Daughter of Revd Henry Ormsby

wife of Revd Hugh Hamilton

Died Octr 24. 1873

aged 67 years.

wicklow. 688

REV. HUGH HAMILTON-
died MAY 28th 1884 AGED 73 YEARS.

MARY AMELIA JULIA
THIRD DAUGHTER OF HUGH AND MARY HAMILTON

DIED FEB. 3. 1856 AGED 4 YEARS.

• No. 3 is a slate headstone with centre apex close to the wall,
to the north of the east window. " Sacred " is in capitals, and
the fourth line in written characters ' : —

SACRED | to the Memory of | Captn Thos Edwin
Sandys, | of H.M. 6th Reg1 of Foot ; j Born June 9,
1786. | Died June 2, 1832.

' No. 4. — Within a foot of the last memorial, to the north side,
and some six inches from the wall, is a headstone, apparently of
limestone. The lettering is of block capitals, and of the same size,
with the exception of the first and third lines, and the first word of
the eighth, in which the letters are larger. The first record does
not contain the day of the month ': —

' Row II, No. 1. — This is a limestone slab on granite supports,
some four feet from the Church wall, and about a foot to the north
of the " Hamilton " ground (Row I, No. 2)': —

This Stone

Is erected to the memory of the

Revd Henry Ormsby :

who departed this life October the 7th 1818

Aged Thirty Nine Years.

And also of Henrietta his Daughter :

who was born April the 11th 1819

and died August the 26th 1820.

* Inspector of Schools under the Church Education Society. He was a
brother of Archdeacon Hamilton (Diocese of Newcastle-on-Tyne) and of Rev.
Alfred Hamilton, Vicar of Taney (Diocese of Dublin).

689 wicklow.

1 No. 2. — A limestone slab, on freestone supports, with flagging
underneath. The top right-hand support seems to have sunk a
couple of inches, which makes the slab unsteady. It stands two or
three feet to the north of No. 1, and would seem to extend two or
three inches over the ground of No. 3 of Row I. I was told (1908)
that the Rev. M. Sandys and Mr. Mecredy (see Row I, No. 1) were
both related to the present rector. Mr. Daly, afterwards Bishop of
Cashel, succeeded Mr. Sandys. Cotton, in his "Fasti," 1848,
under " Stagonil," wrongly makes the former's succession to have
been in March, 1813 ' :—

Here lieth the Body of

Mrs Barbara Sandys

who departed this life

May 12th 1820 Aged 67 Years

Early converted to the service of her God and Saviour

She lived for 45 Years in the Parish of Powerscourt;

Showing forth the fruits of Faith by deep humility

Unaffected Piety and unbounded liberality to the Poor

The Parishioners who saw her light so shine before Men

have erected this Stone to testify their regard

for her and her Husband

The Revd Michael Sandys

Rector of the Parish during 39 Years.

He lived respected and beloved and dying in Dublin

was buired (sic) in Sl Amies (Church) Yard in January 1814

Tliree Mile IVater, ParisH of Dunganstowii.

[From Mr. James Buckley.]

' This Churchyard lies three miles from the town of Wicklow,
to which circumstance it owes its name. It is situated on the
brow of a glen, about twenty-five yards from the public road. On
three sides it is enclosed by a solid wall built of stone and mortar,
in which a flag is inserted, near the gate entrance, which bears the
date "a.d., 1859." In the summer of 1904 the grounds appeared
rather cleanly kept, except that they bore much evidence of being
stocked with rabbits.

' The oldest inscription here is dated June, 1695. It is some-
what indistinct in consequence of a small piece being chipped off
the top right-hand corner of the face of stone. This stone is an
unusually small memorial one, and resembles a " foot stone " more
than anything else. It measures not more than sixteen inches in
height by about eight in width and seven in thickness. On the
top surface the letter " B" is incised, and on the face is engraved
in a similar style ' : —

REAa
1697^

WICKLOW. 690

1 The fourth letter of the first line is not certain, but from the
part remaining, which resembles the curved side of the letter D
reversed, it would appear to have been intended to represent that
letter. There is, too, a stone hard by erected to a person named
Read, which reads ' : —

IH S

Erected by Mary Read in memory of her Hut band
George Bead departed this life March 10th 1814
Aged 90

HERE ' LYETH * THE * BO | DY • OF * THOMAS * BV | TLOK
DECEASED * | IENAWERY * ye * 30th ' 1721

Here Lieth the Body of Patrick Kelly Deceasd Ivne ye 30
1741 aged 49 years

IH S

HERE * LIETH * THE * BODY I OF ■ ELIZABETH * MURR* |
DECEASD " NOUEMR ' 2D | 1758 * AGED * 39 * YEAR I ALSO *
THE * BODY ' OF | THOs KELLY

IH S

HERE LYETH | THE BODY | OF CHARLES | MAKd NNA | IVLY
1738

IH S
Here Lieth ye Body of Catherine Byrn | Deceasd May
ye | 30 1740 aged 44

+
IH S
Here Lyeth the Body of John Doyle who departd this
life September the 27th 1747 Aged 55 years

+
Here Lieth the Body of Darby Doyle Deceasd lanry 1st
1763 Aged 26 yr Also Mary Doyle Deceasd Ianry 3d 1763

aged 19 y1'

IH S

HERE LYETH Ye BODY OF EDWO(l DOYLE DECd Ye 28 OF
NOUEMBr 1765 AGd 28 Y°

691 WICKLOW.

Here lieth the Body of Mary Corcoran who depd this
Life the ye'r of 1774 Aged 3 years

IHS

Here lieth the body of Patrick Keane who depd this life
the 5th day of Novembr 1782 aged 27 years.

IHS
Here Lieth The Body of Catherine Murphy Deceasd
May 26 1752 Aged 20 Lord have mercy on her Soul
Amen.

[Crucifixion"

Here lieth the body of James Murray Depd March 31st
1787 Agd 38 Also his son James Depd Feb 9th 1786 Agd
2 yrs Lord have mercy on their Souls

IHS
Here Lieth the body of Mary Naile who depd this life
the 6th of May 1775 aged 66 years Also James Naile.
Lord have mercy on their Souls Amen.

IHS
Here Lieth the Body of Elinor Mallin Deceasd March
19th 1763 aged 60 YR

Erected by Myles Byrne of Dunbur in memory of his
beloved children whose remains lie underneath.

IHS

IHS
Here Lieth the Body of John Ollaghan Deceasd
February the 17th 1763 aged 46™

Also his Son Patrick Ollagha11 who depd FebRY 2nd 1810
Aged 51 years.

Alio his Son Hugh Ollaghan who depd Jany 6th 1812
aged 81 years May they rest in Peace Amen
Also Elizabeth Ollaghan who Decd July 16th 1869 Aged
77 yRS.

wicklow. 692

Glory be to God on High and Peace to men of goo(l will
(Crucifixion)
Here Lieth the Body of Ann OulaghanVWho depcl this
Life the 10th January 1792 aged 76 year8 Also her
Daughter Elenor Kavanagh &ga 36 year8 Lord have
Mercy on their Souls Amen.

This stone was erectd by Hugh Ollaghan in Memory of
his Uncle lames Ollaghan who depd this Life Febury
1793 Agd 77 Years Lord have mercy on his Soul Amen
Also Bridget Ollaghan who died 13th Aug1 1848 aged 77
years. Also Hugh Ollaghan who died 20th Feb. 1870
aged 15 years. Bridget Ollaghan who died 20th Jan
1872 aged 24 years.

Wick low Clmi'cli anil Clnii'cliyaril.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]

[Continued from page 219.)

' At the head of the north aisle of the church, in the flagging,
there is a flat stone corresponding to the " Baker slab in the south
aisle (see page 218). The lettering is of capitals two inches high
and the names are sloped, the three " T's " in them having the
heads of written characters ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BO
DY OF CAPT THOMA [S]
WALTON, OF YE HONR^
COLL0 THOMAS CHUD-
[-] LEIGHS REGIMT OF F-T ;
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE IN THE 38th YEAR
OF HIS AGE THE 27th
DAY OF SEPT 1718.-

• High up on the wall of the vestibule of the church, on the left-
hand side as you enter, is a white marble slab inside a gray marble
frame. On the upper part of the framework, which is wider than
the rest, there is some carving (sacramental vessels, &c). On the
white slab is the following inscription in two lines ' : —

This Steeple was Erected by
the Eaton Familey [sic] 1777

693 wicklow.

1 At the east end of the north gallery is the monument to
members of this family which is shown by the plate opposite page
516 of volume v. The inscription on page 516 has some slight
inaccuracies which I may perhaps be allowed to note in the case of
this "very handsome monument." The letterpress makes the
inscription to be one of eight lines instead of six, only two of its
seven " down -strokes " being correctly placed, as indeed may be
seen from the plate itself, which shows accurately the ends of the
lines. "Memory" and "monument" should not have initial
capitals, but "son" and "erected" ought. In neither place is
<k and" given in letters on the memorial. " Sep " ought to have
an "r" above the line, and "departed" an apostrophe instead of
" e " before the last letter. The plate shows the names to be in
small italics or written characters, but a curious point should be
noted, viz., that before "Thomas" and "Martha" are spaces
(compare plate) where the marble has been hollowed, " Mr. " and
" Mrs. " having been presumably carved here at first ; after
" Tannat Eaton " there is also a hollowed space somewhat longer
than before "Martha," from which some form of "Esquire" has
been probably obliterated. I was told (June, 1909) that the repre-
sentative of the Eaton family was then at Wicklow from England,
and was getting photographs taken of this monument. The
inscriptions in this paper were copied in 1907-8.

• A flat stone, broken away at the right-hand side, lying to the
south-east of the " Woolley and Truell " monument (see page 347,
vol. iv). The lettering is in capitals, with small letters of abbrevia-
tion, and the two final letters of the " the's " conjoined ' : —

HERE : LYETH : THE B . . .
OF Mr : IOHN : MARTIN W . .
DEPARTED : THIS : LIF .
SEPTEMBER : THE : 10th
: 1715 :

1 In the same large plot of ground to the west of an upright
stone to the " Rev. Edward Condell," is a headstone fallen and
broken. It lies lengthwise, close to the head of the grave it belongs
to ' : —

Erected by Harriot [sic] Sheer= | man in Memory of
her father | William Davis Gentleman | of the Citty [sic]
of Kilkenny; who | died the l[ft] augs*, [sic] 1815
aged 59 yrs.

WICKLOW. 604:

' Along the east side of the churchyard there is a steep declivity
down which, I was told, some of the tombstones, together with part
of the bank and ground of the churchyard, had tumbled some time
ago into the water. Some dead pigs were afterwards washed ashore
here and buried, and one of the tombstones was fished up and put
over the pigs. This was done by a sailor. It would have been
more seemly to have recovered the tombstones in order to replace
them in the churchyard.

' There is at the rectory a small vessel of apparently some sort
of limestone. It stands 9 inches high, and the top forms a square
of 10 inches each way, the bottom, which is flat, not being quite so
large, I think. The inside is round, 7 inches in depth and 1\ in
diameter, and has no aperture. On one side there is carved the
date as below, with R, in perpendicular line, between it and an
outlined heart, to the left-hand side of which latter is C, and to the
right M, both being of the same height as the heart. The " ones "
in the date (the second of which is imperfect at the top) have
strokes across the middle and curved instead of straight lines at top
and bottom, the M being somewhat similarly ornamented and much
wider at the bottom than the top ; the C approaches the written
type of the letter. The date is of course post-Reformation, but as to
whether the vessel was for secular or sacred purposes I cannot offer
an opinion. It is now employed for the former in the yard of the
rectory. It would, till its original purpose at least was ascertained,
be a not unpleasing receptacle for a flower-pot. The present rector
was not aware where this stone vessel came from, and was desirous
of ascertaining its original purpose ' : —

1701
R

6iJ5

BOOK NOTICES.

A Short History of the Family of Moffat of that Ilk, with the
Genealogies of various Branches in Scotland, Ireland, and
England, as existing at the present day ; also passing
Notices of Moffats in France, Germany, and Holland. Com-
piled by Robert Maxwell Moffat, m.d. Jersey : Labey &
Blampied, Printers and Bookbinders, The Beresford Library.
1908.

The above handsome volume of some 150 pages, interleaved for
MS. additions, is thus spoken of in the preface : — " I dedicate this
little compilation to the members of the clan, in the hope that they
may find it interesting. It does not profess to be a full history of
the Moffat family . . . The great destruction of ancient records in
Scotland is an immense barrier to the genealogist, and many
charters and deeds, being in the hands of private persons, are
inaccessible. Of private family papers there appears to be none
extant, and the Sundaywell papers, which would have thrown some
light on the affairs of the Moffats during the sixteenth or seven-
teenth centuries, were lost between 1820, when Mr. Alexander
Moffat died, and 1832, when my father succeeded. This loss has,
perhaps, as much as anything, induced me to place on record what
I know and what I could collect regarding the clan, lest it also
should be lost. The Moffat family, though sufficiently influential
to play its part in local and national history, was never powerful
enough to attract to itself outside adherents, who would have
adopted the family name, as was usual in the case of the highly
distinguished houses ... All Moffats spring from the same parent
stem, and rightly bear their name by virtue of descent, and are,
therefore, all more or less remotely related."

The name of the parish and town of Moffat, in Scotland, we
are told in the opening page, has been derived from the Erse, Mai-
fad (" the long plain "), and by others from the Gaelic, Ona-vat (" a
long mountain hollow "), and that, while tradition says the family,
was established at Moffat from a very much more remote date, it is
known that in the twelfth century there was a family of sufficient
importance to be designated in deeds and history as " de Moffet."
There is among other illustrations a coloured plate giving nine
varieties of the arms of the family, which, however, resolve them-
selves into two different types, the one derivable, we are told,
from those of the Annans, who owned Annandale before the Bruces

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obtained it, and the other from the original arms of the Bruce
family — it being customary for vassals of degree to adopt with
some difference the arms of their Over-lord. This would appear
somewhat to dispose of Burke's remark that the armorial bearings
of the Moffats seem to indicate connexion with the Church. It is
stated that the deadly feud of the Moffats with the intruding
Johnstones only ended when the former clan became " broken"
(i.e., without a recognized chief), which was previous to 1560.
Besides Nicolas de Moffet, Bishop of Glasgow, 1268, who was in
learning the foremost man in Scotland of his day, numerous notices
of others of the family are given, e.g., there is one of the famous
musical composer George Muffat (the form of the name in Germany)
and his son " Theophilus," in one of whose airs, it is said, Handel
found the germ of the famous March in Judas Maccabaeus ; and
another of the celebrated physician Thomas Moffett, who took his
m.d. degree at Basle in 1578, and practised and wrote in England.
There are chapters on the Moffats of that Ilk (the Grandtoun of
Moffat), of the Auldtoun of Moffat, and of Knock in Ewesdale, with
succeeding chapters on the families derived from them, the Moffats
of Sunday well, Lochurr, &c, and their pedigrees. Pedigrees are
also given of the Moffats of Farranfad, County Down, the Moffats
of the County Longford, &c. The author regrets that he has not
ascertained any particulars of the first of the name who left
Scotland for Ireland. The late Professor G. Stokes, d.d., claimed
to have documentary proof, we are told, that the first Irish Moffat
came over as chaplain with the army of William III ; but, owing to
Dr. Stokes's death, this point cannot be cleared up. The traditions,
however, both in Scotland and Ireland point to the period of the
dispersal of the clan after the Commission (1604-1621) for settling
the borders in order to maintain peace between the English and
Scotch, as the time. As regards the Irish pedigrees there are
apparently omissions, e.g., there is no mention in the volume of
"Hugh Maffett, Esq., late of the Middle Temple" (Scholar of
T.C.D., 1760, and afterwards in Holy Orders, according to Taylor's
" History of the University of Dublin "), who brought out his
translation of Sallust in 1772. In the list of subscribers to this
Sallust there are, among several others of the name, John Maffett
of Farranfad, merchant, and William Maffett of Ballynahinch,
merchant. He can scarcely be the Hugh Moffet of the pedigree on
page 86 (whose son William, we are told, was the first to write the
name "Maffett"), as none of these particulars are given of him.
Though there is a pedigree of the descendants of Eobert Moffett
(c. 1700) of " The Bawn," Ballymena, and of the Park, Edgeworths-
town, County Longford, there is no notice in the book of the Bev.
Eobert Moffett of Park Place in the above county, mention of whom
is to be found at pp. 315, 316 of vol. iv of the Journal, nor of the
late Rev. Robert J. Moffett, Vicar of Kilternan, who was the

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plaintiff in a trial in 1877 (" Moffett versus Lord Gough ") as to
lands in the County Longford, nor of his father or grandfather
referred to in the reports of the trial. As regards misprints the
spelling of the names of some of the Irish places is incorrect. It
is gratifying that out of the small number of subscribers (19),
which may perhaps be partly accounted for by the price of the
volume, which was two guineas, eleven are resident in Ireland or
connected with the Irish branches of the family. This book, both
valuable and interesting, is one which all bearing the name should
desire to possess.

R. S. M.

Armagh Clergy and Parishes : Being an Account of the Clergy
of the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with
Historical Notices of the several Parishes, Churches, &c. By
Rev. James B. Leslie, m.a., m.r.s.a.i., author of the "History
of Kilsaran," &c.

The Author purposes to give in this book a full and accurate
account of the Clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of
Armagh (which embraces the Counties of Armagh and Louth, and
parts of Tyrone, Derry, and Meath), as far as can be procured from
available records. It is not intended to show the succession of
Roman Catholic Clergy. The book will not be a mere dry list of
the Archbishops, Church Dignitaries, Beneficed Clergy and Curates,
but aims at giving such genealogical and biographical information
under each name as will make it readable and of general interest.

There will also be given a map of the Diocese specially made
for this work, and notes on the history and topography of the
parishes and churches collected from various sources, as well as a
record of notable events connected with them.

The Succession Lists are mainly founded on the Diocesan
Registers, which are extant from 1361 to 1559, and from 1680 to
the present day. They have been augmented from the valuable
lists compiled by Dr. William Lodge and the late Bishop Reeves,
p.r.i.a., which 'are amongst the MSS. in the Public Library of
Armagh ; while the gaps in the Diocesan Registers have, as far as
possible, been filled up from the Calendars of Papal Registers and
Letters, Patent Rolls, Memoranda Rolls, State Papers, and the
"Annales Hiberniae" (recently published by Mr. Tempest of Dundalk,
for the Dominicans), which contain the accounts of the Papal First
Fruits for the Province of Armagh, and throw much light on the
ecclesiastical arrangements of the pre-Reformation period. The
First Fruit Rolls, in the Public Record Office of Ireland, have been
consulted for the period subsequent to 1547 ; and a large mass of
other unpublished material has been used in endeavouring to make
the list as complete and correct as possible.

c c c

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Archdeacon Cotton, in his "Fasti Ecclesirc Hiberniae " and its
Supplement, has as is well known, given very full lists of the
Bishops, Dignitaries, and Cathedral Clergy of each Diocese to the
time of disestablishment. To show the advance made on Cotton's
lists by the Author's research, a few examples may be cited.
Cotton gives the names of thirty-four Deans down to 1870 (one of
whom was probably, and another certainly, not a Dean at all) ; the
Author gives forty-three Deans for the same period. Cotton gives
forty-five Archdeacons to 1870 ; the Author gives sixty-two. •♦

This work is printed and issued by Mr. William Tempest,
Publisher, Dundalk.

The Church Plate of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross.
By Rev. Charles A. Webster, b.d., Marmullane Rectory, Passage
West, County Cork, with numerous illustrations in photo
engraving.

I. Introduction, (a) Church Plate in the Primitive Church of
Ireland ; (b) Church Plate in the Middle Ages ; (c) Church Plate at
the Reformation. The Various Designs and Materials used. The
Different Forms of the Chalice.

II. Irish-made Silver — Dublin, Cork, Youghal, Bandon, Kinsale,
Limerick, Galway.

III. The pieces of Church plate in each parish of the United
Diocese described, the marks deciphered, and the inscriptions and
dates given.

IV. Appendices, (a) The Verges and Seals of the Cathedrals
described and illustrated ; (b) a list of the Collecting Plates and
Copper Boxes ; (c) a list of the Donors of Church Plate.

This work will be issued before the end of the year (1909).
Price, 12s. 6d. Postage, 6d.

MISCELLANEA.

Jackson and Law Families.

I shall be glad of any information as to what became of the
business of a James Jackson, Attorney, of 17 Furnivals Inn,
London. He acted for the Sherard and Molyneux families. By
his will dated the 2nd of January, 1776, he left a legacy to
his nephew Thomas Peircy, of Little Chelsea, Middlesex, and
Robert Law, of Furnivals Inn, both of whom he appointed his

699

executors ; and he directed that the residue of his personal estate
should be divided equally between Robert Holliday (his nephew)
of Endfield, Middlesex, Mary Chapman, widow (his niece), and
sister of the said Robert Holliday, James Peircy the elder (his
nephew), of old Fish Street, London, Sugar Baker, the said
Thomas Peircy, John Margerum Close, clerk, and Henry Jackson
Close, clerk (the sons of his late nephew, the Reverend Henry Close,
deceased). The will was proved on the 10th of April, 1777, in the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Robert Law appears to have been
an Attorney, and to have carried on James Jackson's business. On
the 29th of May, 1784, Administration of the goods and chattels of
the said Robert Law was granted to his father Thomas Law. I
should also be obliged for any information that would enable me
to trace the present representative of this Thomas Law.

Peirce Gun Mahony, Cork Herald.
Office of Arms, Dublin.

Pedigree of Dr. Edmond Halley.

The Librarian of Congress, Washington, d.c, kindly supplies
the following information from the Chief Bibliographer : —

" In John O'Hart's ' Irish Pedigrees,' fourth edition,

Dublin, 1887, vol. i., page 91, is a foot-note to the account of the
Hally family (anglicised Halley), which reads as follows: 'It is
worthy of note that the celebrated astronomer Halley was a
descendant of this family, who were hereditary physicians in
Ireland.' "

The present writer would be very grateful for any information
as to the authority or evidence upon which O'Hart based the above
statement.

Several references to the Haley, Hale, Halley, Haly, Hawley,
and Hayley families appear in " The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed
Gentry when Cromwell came to Ireland," by John O'Hart, Dublin,
1884, pages 390-391 ; also to the families of " Hally " and "Haly"
(ibid., pp. 82-83), and the family of " Healy " (ibid. pp. 87-88).

Eugene F. McPike.
1 Park Row, Chicago, U.S.

Power or le Poer Funeral Entries.

Contributed by Count de la Poer.

" Richard Power of Rathcormacke in the County of Waterford,
Esq1', sonne and heire of Pierce Power of the same Esq1', second
sonne of John Power, Baron of Curraghmore, departed this
mortall life at Rathcormack aforesaid the of February

700

1635, and was interred in the church of Mothell, in the same
County. The Defunct took to wife Ellin daughter of William Butler
of Balliboe in the County of Tipperary, Gent : , by whom hee had
issue five sonnes, and fower daughters vidz : John the eldest sonne
married Elian daughter of Donel mac Cragh of Mountayne Castle
in the County of Waterford aforesaid, Gent : , Pierce,* the second
sonne <5f the said Defunct, James the third sonne, a captaine under
the King of Spaine, Edmund fourth sonne and William fifth.
Honora the eldest daughter married to Edmond Power of Curragh-
kealy, in the said County, Elian the second daughter, Ellin the
third, and Margaret the fourth, as yet unmarried, and some other
sonnes and daughters which died young. The Truth of the
premisses is testified by The subscription of the said Elian nowe
wife to John Power the sonne and heire of the Defunct, who hath
returned this certficate to be recorded in the Office of Uluester King
of Arms."

" Taken this twenty ninth of June 1636."

" David Power second son of John lord Power, Baron of
Curraghmore, departed this mortall life ye seaventeenth day of
August 1661, and was buried the Nineteenth day of same Moneth
at St. Michan's Church, Dublin."

Edward FitzGerald, circa 1818.

Information would be welcome about Edward FitzGerald, who
married Margaret Talbot, daughter or niece of Hon. Thomas Talbot,
in Dublin. They had issue, Anne, George, William, John, Frederick,
Esther, and Mary. Three or four of these were of age when they
came to America in 1818. Annie married Samuel Howard in
Ireland (Dublin) prior to 1818, so Edward and Margaret must have
been married about 1793, as Frederick was about seventeen when
they came to America. Edward had some spinning or leather business
in Dublin before this, or perhaps at the same time they lived in
Templemore. The Talbots lived in Clonen (or some such name)
castle.

J. D. Hackett, New York.

Pedigree of Walsh of Cranagh.
Mr. V. Hussey-Walsh has supplied the annexed Pedigree of
the family of Walsh of Cranagh, to show the relationship of the
members of that family buried in the Churchyard at Drum in the
County Roscommon. [See Jouknal, vol. vii, pp. 454-6.]

^Thib Tierce was ancestor oi' the Gurteen-le Poer line.

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701

Stewart Family.

1. John Stewakt, of Kilmarnock, Scotland, married Ann M'Intosh.

In 1729 he emigrated with his family to County Antrim,
Ireland. His wife died soon afterwards. They had issue —

i. John Stewart,
ii. Jane Stewart.

2. John Stewart, Junior, son of John and Ann (M'Intosh) Stewart,

was born in Scotland, and emigrated to Ireland in 1729 with
his father's family. During the summer he followed the sea,
having a vessel of his own. At the age of thirty he married
Margaret Losk, a Scotchwoman. They had issue —

i. Jane Stewart.
ii. James Stewart,
iii. John Stewart.
iv. Thomas Stewart.

3. James Stewart, son of John and Margaret (Losk) Stewart, was

born in County Antrim, November 24th, 1757. He married
Catherine Hood, May 4th, 1779, in the parish of Carncastle,
County Antrim. At his father's death he inherited the landed
property. In 1795 he emigrated with his father's family to
America, landing at New Castle, Delaware. In 1803 he
removed to Sugar Grove, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Hood, his mother-in-law, died during the journey from
Delaware to Pennsylvania. James Stewart died August 5th,
1825, and his wife Catherine died March 26th, 1847. They
had issue —

i. Jane Stewart, born May 28th, 1780, in County Antrim.

ii. Margaret, born April 14th, 1782, in County Antrim,
iii. William, born February 28th, 1784, in County Antrim,
iv. Kose, born February 16th, 1786, in County Antrim.

v. Thomas, born March 4th, 1788, in County Antrim,
vi. Robert, born April 7th, 1790, in County Antrim,
vii. Esther, born July 1st, 1792, in County Antrim,
viii. James, born May 26th, 1794, in County Antrim,
ix. Mary, born April 1st, 1797, in America.

x. Catherine, born March 1st, 1800, in America,
xi. Alexander, born November 9th, 1802, in America,
xii. Jane, born August 22nd, 1803, in America.

The above-named Rose Stewart (fourth child of James Stewart)
married Zachariah Eddy. Their daughter, Eliza J. Eddy, married
Erastus Barnes ; and their daughter, Eunice L. Barnes, married
George Horton, and had issue, Byron Barnes Horton, who will be

702

glad to receive any information as to who were the ancestors of
John Stewart, of Kilmarnock, Scotland, and will also be glad to
hear from anyone interested in the Stewart family of County
Antrim.

Byron B. Horton, Sheffield, Penna, U.S.A.

A Hewetson Funeral Entry.
Anns of Hewetson and Okes impaled.

Christopr Hewetson, Treasurer of Christ Church, Dublin, and
parson of Howth, died the 5th of Ap11., 1633. He mard. Susan,
Dar. of Sigin of Hampshire and had issue, William and Elizabeth.
He 2dly mard. Eebecca Da1, of Okes, by whom He had Christopr.
Thomas Michaell and Rebecca. He was buried in the church of
Swords.

John Hewetson.

The Macintosh Family.

Donald Mackintosh,

of Dalvourn, Farr, Inverness.

born, 1747 ; died, 1815.

married Ann Smith.

i I I

John Donald, Other issue.

(Dalvourn). m. Elizabeth Dean,

born, 1789 ; died, 1866.
married Mary MacCulloch.

Ann Alexander. (3rd son) James,

now at Dalvourn). age, 70. , » -1820 ; d. 187 8.

age, 83 ; unmarried. unmarried. m. Mary Ann Sullivan.

James Alexander,
b. 1850.

Any information that will assist in carrying this pedigree
further back, or that might perhaps attach it to any particular
branch of the families of that name in the North, will be greatly
valued.

James Alexander McIntosh,

17 Belsize Gardens,

London, N.W.

703

CORRIGENDA.

VOL. VII.

Page 49, under St. John's Churchyard. In the Echlin inscription, add
" Esq " after " Echlin."
For "aged 71 yeaes," read "aged 31 years."
Add " Iohn " between " Eustace & Penelope."

,, 50, line 4, for " The Burial Place of Simon and Dorcas [?] Davenport,"
read " The Burial Place of Simon and Dorcas Anyan."

168, line 6 from bottom, for " Scotstownbridge," read " Scotstown Bridge."

,, 199, line 11 from bottom, for " Shooles," read " Schooles."

,, 200, line 13, omit dividing stroke after "Brother."

,, 201, lines 10 and 11, the initials of "Husband" and "Died" should be
small letters.

,, 212. For " Nun's Cross Churchyard," read " Kilfea Churchyard."

,, 215, line 9, the " th " after " 18 " should be in small capitals.

,, ,, line 12, for "His," read "his."

,, 216, line 7, the letters of abbreviation should be in small capitals.

„ 217, line 15, insert " vol. vi " after " 182."

,, ,, ,, for " to," read " with the name of."

,, 453.) Where the name " MacDermott " appears, it should have only one

454.) "t" at the end.

474. In the seventh line from the top of the page, "Nicholas Slout,"
should read "Nicholas Stout"; and in the same inscription,
" Grace Blakeny " should read " Grice Blakeney."

480, line 3 from bottom, for " it," read " is."

482. The statement that there are no coats-of-arms applies to the tombs
in the Dunganstown graveyard. In the church, the Hoey mural
tablet of 1810 has a eoat-of-arms above it ; and so has the mural
tablet to Bobert Francis [not Leslie] Ellis, who died in 1899.

., Nos. 1, 1, should be la, lb; and the figures 12 and 16 in the
bottom line should read la and lb.

., No. 1, for " West Astons," read "West Aston,"

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Page 483. No. 15, for " Duglish," read " Duglis."

484. No. 16, for " Plastowe," read " Plawstowe."
„ No. 19, dele comma after "Ross " (not a surname).

485. No. 30, for " DEALKY," read " DEALTRY."
., last line, for " Plastowe," read "Plawstowe."

487. No. 52, for " Woodvilla," read " Woodville."
No. 59, for " this city," read " the city."

„ No. 62, for " Innismore," read "Innismoe."
,, Footnote 5, for " Kilcranda," read " Kilcandra."

488. No. 67, for " Oaklands," read " Oatlands."
No. 71, for " Robert Leslie Ellis," read " Robert Francis Ellis."

,, Foot-note l,for " Cooneroe," read "Croneroe."

492, line 21, " interred " should have been printed in capitals like the rest
of the inscription.

493, line 11 from bottom, insert dividing stroke after " to."

514. For " Duneany Churchyard," read " Duneane Churchyard"; and in
the eleventh line from the top of the page, for " Kenwick," read
" Kenrick."

520. As the inscription at the top of the page is said to refer to a
charger, and not (as was supposed) to the hospital nurse of the
time, it is out of place here.

521. About the middle of the page, for "The burial-place of Primate
Hampton," read "The burial-place of Christopher Primate
Hampton," who, Mr. F. J. Bigger writes, was so christened, and
who never was an ecclesiastic.

524. The Henchy inscription from "Croaghane Churchyard, near
Cratloe," which had got mixed up with the County Cork
inscriptions, should appear under the County Clare Church-
yards.

560. In the fourth line from the bottom of the page, for "Aged 90,"
read "Aged 60."

647. In the Duncan inscription at Kilmore, Co. Meath, for " 1747
read "1746."

INDEX

VOLUME VII,

CONTAINING

NAMES OF CHURCHYAKDS AND TOWNLANDS,

AND

SURNAMES ON TOMBSTONES, MURAL TABLETS,

WAYSIDE CROSSES, CHURCH PLATE,

BELLS,

ETC.

[COMPILED BY LORD WALTER FITZGERALD.]

D D D

INDEX TO VOL. VII,
jtftemortate of tfte Sieati, Srefenft,

1907 to 1909.

Names of places are printed in capitals.

Abby Knockmoy, 94
Abbeylaba, 403
Abbeyleix, 659
Acheson, 359
Ackin, 287
Acton, 482, 483
Adams, 281, 401. 635
Agard, 302, 303
Aghanagh, 456
Aghavea, 89
Aglishdrinagh, 7, 238
Agnew, 536
Ahem, 12, 14, 16
Ahnagragh, 95
Aldborough, Lord, 214
Alen, 46
Alexander, 534
Allen, 19, 260, 292, 417
Almobitia, 680, 681
Ambrose, 263
Ancketill, 161
Anderson, 349
Andrews, 26
Annagh, 596
Annaghdown, 593
Annesley, 488
Antrim, 1
Archbold, 380
Archer, 176, 490, 568
Ardbraccan, 646
Ardcandrisk, 192
Ardcarn, 453
Ardee, 627
Ardglass, 533
Ardmore, 189
Abdnurcher, 121, 191
Armstrong, 89, 668

Arthur, 126, 127, 130, 131, 480

Ashe, 204

Ashton, 20

Ashworth, 61

Askeaton, 620

Atchison, 282

Athboy, 418

Athnid, 458

Athy, 600

Atkinson, 65, 403

Austin, 312, 313

Auton, 287

Bacon, 483

Bagenal or Bagnal, 307
Bailie, 281, 284
Baker, 218, 633
Baldoyle, 24
Baldwin, 25, 391, 392, 449
Balfour, 92, 359
Ball, 315
Balliggan, 19
Ballinabd, 621
Ballindebry, 623
Ballingarry, 613
Ballinrobe, 151
Ballintemple, 614
Ballyadden, 446
Ballyboy, 390
Ballybbacken, 379
Ballycahill, 458, 668
Ballyconnell, 4
Ballyconnoe, 193
Ballyfermot, 565
Ballymartle, 240
Ballymobe-Eustace, 382, 602
Ballymurreen, 459

708

Ballynahaglish, 597

Ballynoe, 241

Ballyoughter, 241

Ballyrashane, 398

Ballysallagh, 244, 523

Ballysax, 382

Ballyseedy, 598

Ballyshannon, 267

Banbridge, 20, 270, 534

Banerman, 268

Bannen, 62

Barber, 62

Barker, 61

Barkley, 281, 285

Barlow, 64

Barnewall, 296, 420

Baron, 452

Barr, 23

Barrett, 34, 262, 553

Barrington, 132

Barry, 15, 112, 239, 242, 261, 264, 267,

605, 622, 673
Baskerville, 105
Bath, Lady, 398
Bayly, 311, 343
Beatty, 538, 591
Beauclerk, 533

Beaughan (see Behan), 603, 615, 616
Beere, 317, 318, 467
Begg, 652
Beggelly, 76
Behan or Beahan, 117, 382, 605, 615,

616, 622
Belfast, 511, 513
Bell, 66, 280, 408, 552, 591, 632
Bellanode, 168

Bellew, 12, 138, 149

Belturbet, 5

Benburb, 470

Benger, 11

Benn, 449

Bennett, 62, 442

Benson, 167

Bentley, 383

Bermingham or Bermagem, 337. 611

Bernard, 493

Bevan, 317

Bickerstarf, 121

Bingham. 416, 417

Binks, 206

Birch, 468, 617

Birkbeck, 568

Birney, 92

Birr, 394

Birtowx, 99

Bishop, 31, 69, 205

Biteon, 284

Black, 66

Blackley, 49

Blake, 594, 599

Blakeney, 72, 73, 474

Blanchfield, 447

Blaney, 159

Bleakley, 344

Bleany, 98

Bleazley, 531

Blennerhasset, 598

Blenney, 98

Blevins, 71

Bligh, 438-440

Blood, 66

Blue Bell churchyard, see Drimnagh

Blundell, 123, 124

BOHILLANE, 245

Boing, 243

Boland, 621, 647

Bolton, 483

Bonner, 545

Boogany, 255

Bookey, 202, 203

Borrodale, 492

Botel, 597

Bothwell, 358

Boughane, 532

Bourke, 116, 181, 610, 670, 671

Bowen, 416, 417

Bowes, 62

Boxwell, 479, 662

Boyd, 188, 286, 536, 585

Boylan, 114. 340

Boyle, 592, 624, 625, 685

Boyne, Lady, 554

Brabazon. 634-8, 655

Bracken, 551

Brad, 585

Braddell, 206

Bradish, 387

Bradley, 552

Bradshaw, 385, 483

Brady, 147, 148, 264, 443, 589, 591,

649
Brass, 483
Bray, 33
Bray, 199, 480

Brennan or Brenan, 259, 314, 381, 585
Brereton, 662
Bride, 11
Bridge, 107, 469
Brien, 243, 252
Brinkley, 333, 334
Broderick, 260
Brosnahan, 97
Broughall. 118, 119
Broun, 536
Brown, 76, 108, 190, 251, 280, 470, 538,

677

709

Browne, 27, 28, 43, 57, 132, 151, 153,

307, 308, 466, 593
Browning, 585
Brownrigg, 52
Brownstown, 566
Bruen, 457
Bruiin, 653
Brunton, 418

Bryan, see Brien and O'Brien, 76, 382
Buchanan, 359
Buckley, 23, 247
Bulger, 603
Bull, 485

Bultingfort, 133, 134
Bunbury, 242
Burgess, 345
Burgh, 176
Burke, 246, 351, 386, 527, 566, 593,

594
Burn, 352
Burns, 142
Burrowes, 7, 238
Burton, 166, 394, 495
Bush, 141
Bushby, 589
Butler, 181, 182, 240, 253, 481, 530,

666, 690
Byrne, 172, 208, 209, 218, 291. 383,

447, 567, 611, 690, 691

Caffrey, 56, 346, 383, 405, 601

Cahill, 181, 183, 266, 593

Cain, 174

Calder, 64

Caldragh, 444

Callaghan, 351, 409

Callan, 156, 409

Callwell, 557

Cam, 174, 454

Camber, 65

Camlin, 539

Campbell, 261, 285, 539

Canlie, 72, 73

Canny, 680

Cantfield, 292

Canty, 532

Car, 401

Carbery 558

Carden, 468

Carey, 14, 182, 624

Carland, 472

Carleton, 548

Carmack, 51

Carmichael, 559

Carn, 601

Carnew, 201

Carney, 177

Carolan or Carlon, 409

Carpenter, 347

Carpineal, 242

Carrigdownane, 523

Carroll, 381, 389, 446, 475, 607, 633,

665
Carson, 537
Carter, 65, 320
Carton House, 384
Cartwright, 387
Casey, 9

Cashman, 251,252, 255
Cassidy, 92, 110, 585, 586
Castle Caulfield, 183, 675
Castleisland, 599
Castletimon, 208
Cathcart, 92, 357
Catherwood, 537
Caulfield, 675, 676
Cavenagh, see Kavanagh, 41, 118, 316,

602
Challoner, 26
Chamberlin, 250
Chambers, 513, 559, 604
Chamney, 201, 204
Chapman, 66
Cherry, 2, 69
Chetwood, 170
Chichester, 520
Chorde, 286

Christ Church Cathedral, 297
Christian, 104
Church, 402
Church Hill (near Verner's Bridge),

519
Clanbrassill, Lord, 139, 140
Clancy, 256
Clanmorris, Lord, 416
Clare-Galway, 594
Clark, 393

Clarke, 136, 280, 396, 409, 548
Clarkson, 450
Cleary, 601
Cleer, 446
Clegg, 535
Cleghorn, 103
Clement, 483, 522
Clenor, 243
Clifford, 680
Clogher, 669
Cloghran, 24
Clonmore, 2
Clonoulty, 669
Close, 239, 319, 320
Clough, 233
Cluff, 65
Cluskey, 409

710

Coady, 381
Coalman, 13
Coates, 69
Cobbe, 295
Cockburn, 35, 58
Codd, 196, 197
Coddington, 63
Coffey, 252, 410, 614
Coghill, 542, 543, 544
Coghlan, 71, 122
Colbert, 14, 245
Colclough, 479, 660
Cole, 50, 166, 351
Coleman, 11, 381, 410

COLEKAINE, 623'

Colley, 52, 123,' 124
Collingwood, 1
Collins, 261, 335, 475, 660
Collis, 597, 598
Collum, 181
Colman, 537

COLMANSTOWN, 289

Comlin, 539

Condon, 89, 248, 255

Conerry, 475

Coningham, 157, 158

Conlan, 18

Connell, 11, 182, 258, 387, 527, 675

Connellan, 527

Connelly, 594

Conner or Connor, 97, 118, 248, 350,

560, 663
Connolly, 559
Connors, 466
Conoly, 92
Conran, 292
" Constantia," 520
Cooke, 175, 552, 670
Cooper, 174, 537
Copeland Island, 535
Cops, 244

Corballey, 557. 654
Corbett, 136, 263
Corcoran, 181, 384, 691
Cordner, 23
Coreley, 280
Corker, 403
Cornick, 388
Cornewalsh, 45
Corns, 131
Corr, 337
Corrigan, 90
Corry, 164
Cosby, 172, 173
Cosgrove, 359, 593
Cossen, 601
Costello, 98
Cotter, 258, 534

Cotton, 311

Coulton, 68

Counihan, 410

Cox, 103, 469, 524

Coyle, 405

Craggs, 621

Crane, 636

Cranny, 664

Crawford, 280, 503, 625, 677

Creagh, 128, 129, 132

Crean, 453, 454

Creed, 531

Creighton, 489

Croaghane, Co. Clare, 524. (In error

placed among the County Cork

churchyards.)
Crofton, Gd
Cronin, 266
Crooks, 282
Crookshank, 137, 514
Crossan, 410
Crossboyne, 153
Crowley, 243, 532
Crozier, 410
Cruce, 293
Cruise, 75, 491
Crumlin, 25
Cuff, 151, 152
Cuffe, 654, 659
Cullan, 90
Culliford, 74
Cullinane, 54, 250, 594

CULMULLEN, 646

Cumin, 326

Cunacan, 475

Cunningham, 34, 356, 358, 527

Cupples, 233, 234, 236, 398

Curlestone, 366

Curran, 411, 595

Cusack, 410, 421, 423, 491

Cust, 626

Cuyler, 58

Daily or Daly, 12, 63, 99, 122, 156,
246, 258, 285, 340, 442, 452, 455,
530, 531, 566

Dalton, 607, 681

Dalzell, 564

Dangans, 169

D'Arcy, 69

Darcy, 33, 237, 483, 646

Dardis. 192

Darin, 340

Darley, 70

Daunt, 262

Davenport, 50

711

Davidson. 633

Davies, 569

Davis, 12. 50, 61, 270, 344, 348, 349.
356, 449, 483, 559, 693

Davys, 37, 123

Dawson, 325, 400, 565

Day, 353, 354

Dea, 258

Deaken, 350

Dealy, see Daly

Deane, 311

Dease, 192

Deasy, 531, 532

De Brons, 311

De Burgo, 386, 671

Deering, 381

De Joncourt, 142

Dela Brett, 303

Delacherois, 277, 278

Delahyde, 296, 340

Delamar, 476

Delaney, 35, 114, 392, 559, 665

De la Poer, 239

Delgany, 209, 210, 683

Delvin, 682

Dempsey, 172, 212, 379, 446, 686

Denn, 386

Denny, 364, 365, 366-368, 372-378

De Eenzy, 203

Derham, 340

Dermont, 38, 39

Dermot (MacDermot), 453

Derry, 136

De Bythre, 603

Desaix, 219

Desertlyn, 626

Destournell, 483

Devenish, 585, 591

Devereux, 194

De Vic, 20

Devine, 336, 558

Devoy, 602

Dice 91

Dickson, 22, 92, 319, 402

Dier, 660, 661

Diggan, 448

Dill, 282

Diluaher, 527

Dimond, 448

Dix, 569

Dixon, 41, 42, 352

Donaldson, 649, 650

Dobbin, 515, 516, 517

Dobbs, 204. 325

Doffield, 279

Dogherty or Doherty, 24, 58, 115, 586

Dollehide : see Delahyde

Dolling, 400

Donaghmore

DONABATE, 292
DONAGHADEE, 27, 536

(Co. Cork, 246
I Co. Donegal, 532
Co. Kilkenny, 385
Co. Tyrone, 186, 676

Donnelly, 454

Donogher, 110, 119, 120

Donoghue, 179, 259

Donovan, 67, 246, 255, 256

Doogan, 2

Dooley, 545, 604

Dopping, 311

Doran, 109

Dormer, 612

Douglas, 483, 564

Dourly, 31

Dowdall, 75

Dowling, 30, 380, 282, 383, 451

Downes, 387

Downey, 267, 663

Downpatrick, 20, 21, 287

Downshire, Lady, 123

Dowse, 207

Doyle, 13, 43, 67, 194, 195, 335, 340,
357, 475, 483, 562, 690

Drake, 248, 256

Drennan, 358

Drimnagh, 29, 296

Driscoll, 266, 620

Drogheda, 628, 630

Dromcliffe, 6

Dromiskin, 405

Dromshallen, 631
Drought, 121, 391, 392, 393
Droughtville, 121
Drum, 454
Drumcliff, 457
Drumcondra, 542
Drumcullen, 122
Drung, 6, 522
Drury, 667
Duagh, 96

Dublin (see Christ Church, Magdalen
Asylum, Trinity College, and under
St., &c.)
Duan, 446
Duff, 62, 345, 352
Duffy, 22
Duggan, 252
Duglish, 483
Duigenan, 491
Dullany, 675
Dunaghan, 618
Dunbar, 484, 534
Duncan, 311, 647, 648
Duncrun, 626
Dundalk, 139, 142, 631, 632

712

Dundas, 24

DUNDONALD, 540
DUNEANE, 514

Dungan, 40

DUNGANSTOWN, 482

Dungiven, 623
Dunigan, 119
Dunkin, 1
Dunlap, 284

DUNLAVIN, 212
DtJNLUCE, 1

Dunn or Dunne, 32, 34, 114, 119, 171,
211, 256, 290, 388, 446, 447, 549,
559, 609, 614, 615, 662

Dunphy, 611

Du Pre, 637

Dwyer, 466, 669, 671

Eager, 237

Eagleson, 278

Eastwood, 348

Eaton, 692

Eccleston, 631

Echlin, 49, 168, 648

Edenderry, 123

Edye, 364

Egan, 122, 585

Elgee, 480

Ellet, 356

Elliott, 70, 93

Ellis, 488

Elrington, 191, 192, 331, 334

Elward, 593

Emerson, 70

Emlt, 670

Enery, 4

Ennis, 114, 537

Eustace, 30, 34, 47

Evans, 62, 351

Evatt, 164

Everard, 177, 178, 179

Eagan, 30, 155

Faherty, 595

Fahy, 593

Fair or Feir, 356, 358, 416

Falles or Fallis, 90, 92, 356

Faning, 130, 623, 624

Farmer, 68

Farrell or Ferrall, 210, 405, 604

Farrington, 593

Fassagh-an-Earla, 379

Faugey, 411

Fedamore, 621

Feighery, 122

Feir, see Fair

Feld, see Field

Fennell, 617

Ferguson, 57, 513

Ferly, 442

Ferrall, see Farrell

Ferrar, 131

Fertiana, 468, 670

Fethard, 75

Fiddes, 93

Field, 143, 144, 352

Fielding, 607

Finglas, 341

Finlay, 111

Finn, 249, 251

Finon, 116

Fisher, 108

FitzGerald, 14, 95, 116, 125, 171, 190,

244, 246, 253, 301, 353, 354, 361,

362, 384, 448, 451, 474, 603, 612,

665, 678
FitzMaurice, 97, 661
FitzPatrick, 120, 352, 565, 567, 605,

665
FitzRoy, 534
FitzSimmons, 91
Fitz William, Lord, 203
Flaherty, 590

Flanagan, 355, 379, 411, 591. 592, 603
Flavin, 252
Fleming, 104, 565
Fletcher, 62
Flinter, 105
Flynn, 263. 411, 466
Fohan, 595
Foley, 118, 140, 448
Forbes, 200, 268
Ford, 586
Forist, 250
Forster, 256
Foulkes, 69
Fowler, 526

Fox, 104, 127, 128, 316, 484
Foy, 91
Franck. 469
Franklin, 7, 238
Fraser, 70, 558
French, 577, 594
Fulam, 336
Fullamd, 42
Fuller, 439, 440
Fullerton, 282, 283
Fulton, 279
Furlong, 193, 206, 553
Fyans. 468

713

Gaggin, 258

Galbooly, 460

Gallagher, 587

Galway, 13

Galwey, 133, 134

Gamble, 392

Gannon, 441

Gardiner, 358, 484

Garnor, 484

Garritt, 578

Garry, 443

Garryvoe, 249

Garstin, 410

Gason, 69

Gasson, 653

Gaulskill, 385

Gaven, 484

Gelston, 284

George, 551

Gernon, 411

Gerrard, 116

Gibson, 565

Gill, 391

Gilmore, 402

Glasco, 539, 550

Glaslough, 157

Glasnevin, 34

Glassamucky, 335

Gleadowe, 561

Glenarm, 234

Glenkeen, 670

Glison, 316

Gobbin, 578, 579

Godfrey, 481

Goff , 309

Goodisson, 205, 207

Goodwin, 131

Gordon, 20, 64

Gore, 382, 424

Gorges, 654, 655

Gorman, 552, 618, 662

Goslin or Gosselin, 102, 103

Goss, 24, 176

Gouldsworth, 397

Goudy, 279, 536

Grady, 245, 398, 523, 527

Gragg, 591

Graham, 401

Granard, Lord, 195

Grange, 484

Grange, 666

Grannagh Castle, 120

Grant, 20, 679

Grattan or Gratten, 36, 114

Gray, 401

Greanger, 587

Greatrakes, 12

Greaves, 451

Greene, 6, 647

Gregg, 343, 344

Gregory, 58

Grey, 303, 401

Grier, 541

Griffin, 71, 207, 250, 261, 340, 590

Griffith, 306, 307

Grimes, 411

Grinlinton, 449

Grogan, 337, 538

Grose, 560

Groves, 200

Gubbins, 136, 397

Guilfoyle, 468

Guinness, 35, 311

Guiry, 246

Guisset, 242

Gulliver, 68

Gunning, 535

Gwin, 337

Hacketstown, 236

Hackett, 176, 178, 587, 675

Hagan, 188

Halfpenny, 337

Hall, 60, 138. 330, 334

Hallessey, 526

Halliday, 66

Halpin, 352, 449

Hamilton, 1, 34, 90, 139, 140, 165, 167,
281, 356, 394, 514, 515, 541, 554,
624, 654, 676, 677, 687, 688

Hammond, 278, 484

Hampton, 352

Hanagan, 15

Hand, 660

Hanlon, 114, 235, 446

Hanna, 283

Hannan, 243, 529, 530

Harding, 388

Hardy, 236!

Harfort, 337

Harkness, 345

Harold, 128

Harold-Barry, 239

Harold's Cross, 44

Harrigon, 530

Harrington, 114, 303

Harrison, 8, 238, 239, 390, 600

Hart, 133

Hatchell, 658

Hartly, 387

Hartpole, 522

Hartstonge, 126, 608

Harvey, 551

714

Haslain, 450

Hassard, 93

Hathorne, 212

Hatton, 477

Haughton, 484

Hawkshaw, 169, 636

Hay, 623

Havden, 613

Hayes, 254, 528

Headen, 691

Headford, 595

Healy, 110, 242, 247, 605

Heanny, 529

Heard, 255

Hearle, 20

Heffernan, 467

Hegarty, 259

Helen, 247

Hempenstall, 484

Henchy, 524, 576

Henderson, 401

Henery, 540

Henes, 176

Hennes, 253

Hennessy, 248, 600

Henry, 155, 419, 551

Heppenstall or Hepenstal, 484, 685

Heringan, 96

Herlihy, 526

Heron or Herron, 63, 271, 534

Hervieu, 556

Hetherington, 101

Hewetson, 74, 268

Hewitt, 305

Hevvson, 622

Hickey, 182, 528

Hickman, 167

Hicks, 214

Hickson, 98

Hiens, 407

Higginbotham, 207

Higgins, 17, 250, 263, 380, 480

Higgs, 31

Hill, 448, 484

Hillgrove, 11

Hinchy, 576

Hines, 31

Hobart, 395

Hobbs, 392

Hodgins, 485

Hoes, 587

Hoey, 92, 488

Hoffman, 490

Hogan, 18, 688

Hogg, 32

Holligan, 115

HOLLYMOUNT, 415

Holmes, 391

Holroyd. 476

Holt, 47

Holycross, 460, 673

Holywood, 143, 144

Homes, 251

Hope, 207

Hopkins, 204, 440, 485

Horan, 99

Hore, 192, 211

Hore Abbey (Cashel), 466

Houid, 36

Houston, 343

Hovenden, 174

Howard, 216

Howden or Houden, 354, 357

Howth, 570

Hudson, 474, 485, 518, 569

Huerd, 244

Hugh, 555

Hughes, 411, 485

Hume, 60

Hunter, 283, 402

Hurley, 190

Huson, 198

Hussey, 341

Hussey-Walsh, 455

Huston, 359

Hutcheson and Hutchison, 325, 346

Hutchins, 7, 238

Hutchinson, 105, 347, 519

Hyland, 115, 607

Hynes, 412

Ightermurragh, 251
Ikerrin, Lord, 240
Inch, 460

Inchiquin, Lord, 301
Ingolsby, 123
Irby, 126
Ireland, 684
Irving, 103
Irwin, 59, 89, 90, 357

Jackson, 167, 168, 390, 485

Jacob, 350

James, 205, 208

Jameson, 536

Jebb, 36

Jenkes, 672

Jenney, 634

Jenny, 126

Jerolde, 53

Jocelyn, 140, 289, 631

Johnson, 286, 315, 412

715

Johnston, 71, 286, 548, 591

Jolly, 176, 177

Jones, 5, 54, 64, 336, 514, 515, 632,

670
Joyce, 12, 15
Justin, 660

Kane, see Keane, 156, 604
Kavanagh, see Cavenagh, 111, 112,

115, 118, 314, 389, 692
Keagoe, 602
Keane, 14, 97, 605, 691
Keappock, 413
Kearin, 474

Kearney, see Carney, 35, 342, 617
Kearns, 412
Keating, 47, 664
Keays, 615
Keeffe, 266, 529
Keely, 558
Keenan, 587
Kelleher, 16
Kelly, 76, 111, 172, 294, 381, 395, 396,

447, 555, 587, 595, 603, 605, 606,

690
Kenarty, 604
Kenefick, 352

Kennedy, 286, 352, 412, 472, 516, 537
Kenny, 111
Keogh, 296
Keon, 359
Keonan, 647
Keough, 77
Ker, 563
Kerby, 98
Kerdiffe, 309
Kernan, 587, 591
Kerr, 359, 588
Kerreghan, 588
Kerwin, 604
Kidd, 203, 479
Kiernan, 404, 405, 443

KlLBEACON, 607

Kilbeggan, 191
Kilbeew, 647, 654

KlLCLONAGH, 461
KlLCOOLEY, 674

Kilcrea Abbey, 253; 524

KlLCREDAN, 255
KlLCUMMIN, 616

Kildare, Earl of, 301, 302, 38+

KlLDAVIN, 193
KlLFANE, 608

Kilfea, 212, 686

KlLFITHMONE, 461
KlLFKUSH, 397
KlLGOBBIN, 342

KlLGULLANE, 8, 256

Kilkea Castle, 100

KlLKEEDY, 622

Kilkenny, 121, 386, 609
Kill, 38

KlLLAHENNY, 600

Kill of the Grange, 576

KlLLEAGH, 11
KlLLEAVY, 235

Killen, 485, 553

KlLLENY, 171
KlLLINEY, 574
KlLLULAGH, 192, 682
KlLLYLEAGH, 540
KlLMACOW, 610
KlLMAHON, 257
KlLMANMAN, 662

jr ( Co. Armagh, 520

KlLMORE, { Cq> Meat^ ^ m

KlLMURRY, 99
KlLNAMANAGH, 667
KlLREA, 399
KlLRONANE, 258
KlLSARAN, 405
KlLSHINE, 648
KlLSKEER, 649
KlLTEALE, 662
KlLTEGAN, 489
KlLVELLANE, 674

Kindelon, 36

Kineley or Kinnely, 246, 349

King, 595

Kingsley, 468

Kinnery, 251

Kinny, 335

KlNSALEBEG, 678

Kinsley, 102
Kirevan, 114
Knags, 450
Knavenstown, 384
Knight, 448
Knockainey, 397
Knox. 415, 417
Kyle, 329, 334, 624, 625

Lackagh, 603

Lacy and Leacy, 99, 100, 381

Lake, 491

Lalor, see Lawler

Lambert, 141, 146, 637

Lane, 19, 359, 530

Langley, 175

Langston, 71

Laracy, 156

Large, 485

Larkan and Larkin, 122, 337

716

Latouch, 311

Laurence, 205, 489

Law and Lawe, 101, 322, 323, 334,

625, 626
Lawler and Lawlor, 174, 297, 335,

379, 447, 604, 617, 618, 619, 678
Lawless, 42
Lea, 346

Lean, 249, 262, 357, 529
Leary, 247, 526
Lee, 21, 259
Leech, 661, 662
Lees, 353
Leeson, 559
Legeoux, 660
Leigh, 465

Leighton. or Lighton, 54
Leinster, Duchess of, 533
Leixlip, 101
Lemasne, 244

Lenehan, or Linihan, 18, 246, 646
Lennard-Koper, 164
Lennon, 401
Lentaigne, 556
Leslie, 157, 158, 260, 269, 278, 451,

518
Lester, 448
Lever, 191
Levered, 595
Levinge, 152
Lewis, 55, 56, 165
Liddiard, 24
Lifford, Lord, 305
Lillie, or Lillies, 456
Limerick, 124, 136, 622
Line, 8, 9
Lislee, 260
Lister, see Lester and Lyster, 174,

175
Little, 412

LlTTLETOWN, 467

Lloyd, see Loyd, 168, 332, 334
Lock and Locke, 292, 533
Lodge, 665
Logan, 61, 521
Loggan, 182
Loke, 262
Londonderry, 136
Lonergan, 241
Long, 253

LoUGHBRICKLAND, 21

Loughcrew, 651
loughmoe, 461
Loughnane, 95
Loughran, 588
Louth, 633
Low, 58, 141
Lowden, 279

Lowman, 113

Lowry, 49, 392

Lowther, (>55

Loyd, see Lloyd, 346

Lucas, 165, 166, 657

Lumbard, 304

Ltjsk, 38

Lutterell, 172

Lutwidge, 421

Lydon, 595

Lynan, 559

Lynch, 153, 290

Lyne, 527

Lyons, 527

Lyster, see Lester and Lister, 353

M'Alchendon, 286

M'Aleher, 590

M'Alroy, 592

M'Ardle, 291

M'Avoy, 615

M< Bride, 91

M'Cabe, 444

M'Cafery, 589

M'Caherty, 23

M'Calla, 402

M'Canna, 355

M'Carthy, 11, 246, 252, 253, 256. 258,

474, 525, 527, 528
M'Cartney, 281
M'Carty, 181
M'Causland, 403
M'Clane, 471
M' Clean, 329

M'Clelland and M'Kleland, 283, 539
M'Clintock, 632
M'Colline, 589
M'Collogh, 286
M'Conchy, 402
M'Connell, 538

M'Cormack and M'Cormick, 23, 181
M'Coskar, 400, 589
M'Crea, 452
M'Creedy, 270
M'Cusker, 400, 589
M'Daniel, 664
M'Dermod, 555
M'Dermot and M'Dermott, 111, 453,

454
M'Donald, 351, 359
M'Donnell, 334
M'Dowell, 22, 167
M'Evoy, 589, 615, 663
M'Gaharin, 592
M'Gee, 53, 592
M'Goldric, 592

717

M'Gown, 278, 282

M'Grath, 679

M'Guyre, 675

M'Gwire, 409, 675

M'llvening, 280

M'Inerny, 130

M'Kay, 201, 402, 403

M'Kee, 283, 284

M'Keney, 93

M'Kenna, 690

M'Kennan, 441.

M'Kenzie, 67

M'Laine, 167

M'Loughlin, 380

M'Mahon, 209, 336, 566

M'Mahon, Kory bwee, 154, 155

M'Manus, 356, 589, 592

M 'Master, 534

M'Millan, 534

M'Minn, 538

M'Mulchan, 590

M'Neill, 402

M'Neilly, 286

M 'Niece, 64

M'Night, 270

M'Philip, 1

M'Quillan, 20

M'Kae, 136

M' Sweeney and M'Swiney, 260, 526,

527
M'Taggart and M'Tegart, 90, 278
M'Ve. 590
M'Veagh, 422, 509
Macalees, 588
Mackey, 488
Maclaine, 167

Madden, 248, 266, 566, 586
Maffett, 167, 539
Magdalen Asylum, 310
Magee, 284, 285
Magheradrool, 23
Maghernakill, 444
Magill, 234, 400
Magilligan, 627
Maginn, 411
Maginnis, 357
Magner, 17, 18
Magrath, 589, 592
Maguire, 65, 155, 156, 250, 344, 359,

588, 589, 591, 592
Maher, 30, 466
Mahon, 318

Mahony, 10, 11, 256, 259, 526, 567
Mainn, 338
Mairs, 541
Malahide, 44, 577
Mallin, 691
Malone, 119, 380, 452, 619, 623

Manders, 324
Manderson, 492
Mandeville, 612
Manfieldstown, 405
Manifold, 44

tnn or Manne, 338, 339
nning, 256, 485
Maple, 314
Mara, 252
Marcer, 238
Marewood, 432
Marmiom. 634
Martelli, 481
Martin, 115, 321, 563, 605, 608, 619,

693
Martley, 423
Maryborough, 447, 451
Mason, 169
Massey, 394
Matthews, 290
Matthey, 239
Maturin, 325
Maurice. 660, 661
Mawreward. 432
Maxwell, 358, 469
Mayberry, 402
Mayne, 549
Mayo, Lady, 140
Max, 666

Meade, 130, 240, 531
Meadows, 477
Meaghan, 404
Meagher, 379
Meares, 450, 680, 681
Mecredy, 687
Mehegan, 246
Meighan, 457
Mercer, 7, 142
Meredith, 348, 448, 599
Merony, 132
Midughan, 605
Miller, 92
Millikin, 350
Mills, 244, 485
Miner, 590
Milverton, 352
Minchin, 57
Mitchell, 91, 169
Moderats, 539
Motrin, 355

MOGEELY, 13

Moleswortb, 660

Molines, 434

Molloy, 48, 112, 391, 393, 394

Moloney, 97

Molusk, 517

Molyneux, 85, 96, 434

Monagban, 195

718

Monaghan, 158, 163, 445, 656

MoNANIMY, 16, 261
MONASTEREVAN, 101, 108, 117
MoNASTERORIS, 396

Monea, 89, 354

Monk, 661 M

Moxkstown, 353, 354

Montague, 53

Montgomery, 23, 62, 140, 163, 276,

284
Mooney, 30, 111, 662
Moore, 3, 53, 61, 106, 173, 283, 442,

478, 485, 539, 552, 566, 602, 604,

663, 664
Moorhead, 626
Moran, 100, 456
Morassy, 604
Morgan, 103, 136, 647
Morley, 182
Morony, 621
Morress or Morris and Morriss, 12, 13,

450
Morrison, 284, 303, 304
Morrow, 539
Mortimer, 147, 148
Mosgrove, 91
Mothel Abbey, 473
Motherway, 255, 256
Mountaine or Mountin, 178, 244
Mount Jerome, 567
Mourne Abbey, 261
Moyagher, 652
Moycarkey, 462, 675
Moyne, 462
Mulhollan, 287

MULLAHIFF, 600

Mullen, 156, 520, 521
Mullowney, 261

MULTIFARNHAM, 476

Mulvany, 65

Munk, 537

Murphy, 3, 56, 109, 173, 182, 190, 206,
243, 247, 254, 267, 292, 380, 389, 413,
531, 532, 575, 592, 605, 606, 607, 669,
691

Murray, 41, 119, 334, 592, 69<">, 691

Murrin, 172

Murtagh, 443

Mylard, 387

Nagle or Neagle, 17, 257, 286

Naile, 691

Nash, 177, 190

Neale, 181

Neale, the, 638

Nealon, 420

Neary, 413

Neill, see Naile and Neale

Neligan, 96

Nesbitt, 23

Nevin, 277, 278, 285

Newburgh, 624

Newcastle, 490

Newcome, 333, 334

Newcomen, 561

Newcomen, Lord, 561

Newell, 594

Newton, 396

Nohoval, 262

Nolan, 99

Novlan, 208

Nowlan, 33, 208, 381, 611

Nugent, 137, 138, 149, 409, 605

Nunn, 167, 168

Nunscross recte Kilfea, 212

Oakes, 49

Oakpark (Carlow), 521

O'Beirne, 457, 646, 648

O'Brien, 12, 14, 17, 57, 125, 249, 251,

382, 474, 524, 526, 556
O'Bryan, 246, 294
O 'Byrne, 538
O'Carroll, 96
O'Coneannon, 95
O'Connor, 56, 196
O'Conor, 94
O'Crean, 454
O'Dea, 125
O'Dempsey, 616
O'Donnell, 234, 235, 590
O'Donoghue, 254, 528
O'Driscoll, 620
O'Dwyer, 671
O'Flaherty, 590
Ogle, 478, 682, 683
Oglevie, 533
O'Hanlon, 235
O'Hanly, 94
O'Healy, 264
O'Hara, 153, 519
O'Kane, 400
O'Keeffe, 260, 265, 529
O'Kelly, 94, 601
Old Court, 529
O'Leary, 254, 525, 526, 528
Ollighan, 691, 692
O'Loghlen, 131
O'Minahan, 640
O'Moran, 640, 645
O'Morrison, 641
O'Neill, 32, 53, 112, 113, 197, 404,

452, 518, 555

719

O'Quin, 188
O'Reilly, 156, 423
Ormsby, 687, 688
Orr, 279
O'Sullivan, 606
O'Toole, 197
O'Twomy, 506
Owen, 73, 166, 169

Page, 207

Paine, 182

Pakenham, 391

Palmer, 175, 550

Palmerstown, 46

Pasely, 173

Passlands (Monasterevan), 108

Patrickson, 253

Patrick's Well, 180

Pattinson, 448

Patton, 66, 280

Paye, 257

Pendergast, 664

Percivall, 478, 551

Perrin, 50

Perry, 61

Petterson, 355

Pettit, 194

Petty, 181

Peyton, 111

Phair, 259

Phelan, 172

Phepoe, 559

Pheron, 181

Phibbs, 92

Phillips, 541, 666

Pickens, 400

Pierce, 196

PlERCESTOWN, 196

Piercy, 563

Pigott, 256, 257

Pike, 105

Pillsworth, 419

Pink, 286, 287

Pinkston, 276

Pitt, 137

Plastowe, 484

Plunkett, 45, 413, 425-438, 600, 650,

652
Poer. 473
Pointon, 568
Pollard, 646
Pollock, 649
Pomeroy, 311
Pool, 577
Poole, 348
Pope, 316

Porter, 205, 311
Porteus, 359

PoRTGLENONE, 518
PORTMARNOCK, 48
PORTNASCULLY, 611

Potter, 314

Powell, 468, 555, 621

Power, 195, 473, 661

Powerscourt, Lord, 214-217

Powerscourt, 212, 492, 686

Powys, 394

Pratt, 252

Prendergast, 380

Preston, 105, 435, 436, 438

Price, Prise, or Pryse, 76, 183, 294,

345
Prior, 327, 334, 347
Punney, 404

Purcell, 112, 385, 552, 612, 675
Pursie, 205
Putsull, 388

Quin or Quinn, 24, 42, 49, 241, 214,

266, 385
Quirke, 14

Rahan, 263
Rahelty, 463
Rainsford, 60
Randels, 532
Rankin „ 355
Raphoe, 268
Rathbeggan, 653
Rathmore (Meath), 155, 424
Rathregan, 654
Ratoath, 444, 654
Rea, 19, 400, 474
Read, 325, 689, 690
Ready, 530
Reed, 140, 540
Reeves, 35
Reid, 286, 540

Reilly, Rieley, and Rily, 6, 18, 77, 259,
261, 351, 404, 412, 413, 590, 649, 650
Revell, 486
Reynolds, 103, 267, 268, 454, 486. 626,

627
Rice, 130, 131
Richardson, 59, 65, 342
Richmond, 403
Rickaby, 204
Ridell, 285
Rider, 486

Rinkle or Rinkel, 290
Riordan, 260

720

Roache (see Roche), 248, 475, 486, 568

Roberts, 67, 503

Robertson, 66, 214, 284

Robinson, 23, 60, 61, 108, 205, 288,

358, 449
Roblastre, 553
Robok, 118
Roche (see Roache), 17, 120, 132, 263,

523
Rochefort, 41, 190
Roden, Lord, 139, 140, 215
Rodgers, 538
Rogerson, 35
Rolton, 69
Ronan, 253
Rogayne, 258
Ronny, 285

Rooney or Roney, 340, 350, 351
Roper, 164

Rorke or Rourke, 120, 345
rosconnell, 611
Roscrea, 467
Ross, 577
Rossiter, 2

Rossmore, Lord, 164, 168
Rowland, 268
Roycraft, 494
Rudkin, 664
Ruinn, (?Ruane), 615
Runkell, 38
Rurson, 486

Russell, 40, 43, 75, 279, 304, 549, 612
Ruth, 627
Rutherfurd, 57
Ruttledge, 415, 417, 418
Ruxton, 325
Ryan, 135, 167, 182, 244, 349, 384,

466, 474, 475, 487, 615, 621, 674
Ryder, 486
Ryland, 350, 660
Rynd, 310
Ryvers, 576

Sadleir, 334
Sadler, 487
Salmon, 604
Sandes, 326, 334, 598
Sandy, 61

Sandys, 123, 124, 493, 687, 688, 689
Saul, 237, 243
Savage, 287, 288
Scanlon, 533
Scardevile, 74
Scellin, 192
Schoales, 199

Scott, 100, 102, 169, 204, 217, 358,
359, 400, 536

Scottstown Bridge, 168

Seabrook, 204

Seagrave, 294

Seapatrick, 288

Secaur, 53

Seele, 29

Seery, 592

Semple, 577

Severs, 555

Shaen, 172

Shanaghan, 620

Shankey, 536

Shannon, Lord, 242

Shaugness, 619

Shaw, 23, 270

Shea, 351

Shee, 181

Sheehan, 247

Sheerman, 693

Sheil, 119

Sheils, 413, 492

Shepard, 487

Shepherd, 50

Sheridan, 155, 156, 206

Sherredon, 207

Sherwood, 487

Sheilds, 20

Shinrone, 617

Shirley, 71

Shuckburgh, 47

Shyane, 463

Simpson, 281

Sinklar, 357

Sinnott, 678

Sisson, 345

Sleane, 557

Sloan, 538, 540

Sly, 204

Small, 279

Smallman, 467, 468

Smartt, 565

Smiddy, 11, 13

Smirl, 402

Smith, 60, 115, 167, 189, 234, 297,

340, 343, 443, 469, 559, 613, 614,

616
Smyth, 345, 402, 414, 476, 487, 554,

646, 679
Snagge, 67
Snead, 102
Snell, 487
Southren, 206
Spain, 112
Spence, 357
Spencer, 559
Spiddal, 595
Spring, 365
St. Anne's, 311

721

St. George's, 568

St. John's, 49

St. Kevin's, 51, 312

St. Laurence, family of, 570, 655

St. Michael's, 321

St. Michan's, 322

St. Paul's, 57

St. Werburgh's, 324

Stabannon, 415

Stack, 96, 97, 98

Stacpole, 132

Stafford, 193, 255

Stamford, 374

Stanford, 5

Stanley, 214, 442

Stanton, 251

Staples, 307, 308

Staunton, 594

Stearne, 27

Steele, 483

Stephens, 63, 474, 513

Stevenson, 632, 676

Steward, 170

Stinson, 355, 401

Stock, 330

Stoker, 449

Stokes, 365

Stone, 207

Stoney, 393

Stopford, 476, 655

Story, 4

Stout, 474

Stradbally, 172

Stradford, 171

Strange, 25

Striche, 129

Strong, 343

Strongbow, 299

Suffield, 661

Sullivan, 18, 243, 244, 258, 380

Sunter, 442

Supple, 244

Sussex, Lord, 298

Swan, 206, 207, 208, 326

Sweeny, 590

Swindel, 355

Swiney, 11

Swords, 71

Sydney, 299, 303, 305

Synnott, 193

Taaffe, 407, 411, 414
Taghshinny, 137

Tailer and Taillor (see Taylor), 72, 73
285 '

Talbot, 45, 420, 488

Tallaght, 75

Tanderagee, 236

Tankardstown, 174

Tanner, 341

Tare, 68

Tarlton, 660

Tate, 486

Taylor (see Taillor), 22, 72 73 204
205, 283, 284, 285, 346, 347, 348 487'
537, 559

Tearnon or Teernan, 447, 603

Tehallan, 657

Temple, 25

Templemichael, 473

Temple more, 463

Templeroan, 530

Templerobin, 263

Templeusque, 2t>5

Termonfeckin, 634

Thackeray, 141

Therry, 263, 264

Thomond, Lord, 125, 126

Thompson, 62

Thornton, 409

Thorpe, 380

Three-mile-water, 689

Thurles, 181, 464

Thwaites, 67

Tickell, 34

Tilson, 60

Timolin. 117, 606

Tindall, 487

Tinkler, 422

Tinnaclash, 2

Tisaxon, 531

Tisdall, 406

Toberboe, 665

Tobin, 9

Todd, 22

Tolin, 560

Tomas, 337

Tool, 341

Toomy, 506

Townley, 637

Townsend, 262, 469

Tracey, 182

Tralee, 360, 363, 368

Tramore, 680

Travis, 206

Trench, 106, 171

Trevor, 59, 480

Trinity College, 25, 326

Trousdell or Trowsdell, 7, 449

Troy, 122, 603

Trumble, 351

Tuite, 651

Tully, 606

Tullymore Park, 289

E E E

722

TlJLLYNISKIN, 187

Turner, 349
Turvin, 674
Twamley, 206
Twihill, 633
Two-mile-Borris, 464
Tyde, 443
Tynan, 446, 447
Tyndall, 69, 487
Tyrawley, Lord, 151, 152
Tyrrell, 40

Underwood, 195
Ussher, 680

Vale (Wall), 178
Vallance, 105, 106
Vallottin, 477
Vane, 540
Vanston, 17
Veacock, 280
Veale, 474
Velden, 591
Verner, 493, 494
Vesey, 348, 415
Vise, 682

Waddle, 21

Wade, 485

Wainwright, 202

Wakelin, 559

Wakeman, 678

Waldron, 108

Wale, 613

Wales, 167

Walis, 403

Walker, 183, 186, 311, 482

Wall, 36, 108, 178, 181, 252, 334, 476

Wallace, 20, 22, 401

Waller, 63

Walsh, 16, 32, 61, 98, 99, 164, 195,258,

382, 389, 454, 455, 456, 490, 607, 608,

611, 612, 618
Walshe, 72, 73
Walton, 692
Ward, 173, 404, 415
Wardlan, 519
Ware, 568
Warnock, 471

Warren, 55, 68, 165, 414, 635

Waters, 395

Waterson, 91

Watson, 356, 394

Waugh, 548

Weir, 90, 356

Weldon, 487

Welsh, 288, 679

Welsh Island, 617

Wemyss, Lord, 164

West, 209, 210, 324, 552

Westenra, 164, 165, 168, 494

Wexford, 198, 476

Whealey, 91

Wheble, 118

Whelan, 32, 115, 293, 679

Whiston, 488

Whi taker, or Whittaker, 59, 457

White, 15, 107, 180, 182, 260, 488, 565,

606
Whiteside, 410
Whitshed, 321
Whittle, 390
Whyte, 293
Wicklow, 218, 692
Wiely, 536
Wilkin, 93, 355
Wilkinson, 24
Willan, 48
Williams, 210, 456
Williamson, 62, 546-8
Willoe, 318

Wilson, 46, 62, 70, 71, 167, 472
Winder, 488

Wingfield, 214-217, 493, 494
Wogdon, 66
Wood, 268, 309, 358
Woodlock, 116
Woods, 352,
Worrall, 628
Wotton, 628
Wray, 329, 334, 568
Wrigley, 554
Wright, 488
Wrightson, 101
Wyly, 488
Wymes. 565
Wynne, 291

Yewtree (Monasterevan),

Yorke, 133

Younge, 277, 334, 600

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